i need Animatin Shop 3 help, cant save AVI files

[Phat J]

hi
i have animation shop 3 and i cant save AVI file animations
whne i go to save it as avi, no avi compressors show up, i can only choose uncompressed, but when i choose that it says "error writing to file"
i do have space free so thats not the problem
i can save avi files fine with premiere or virtualdub or any other video editing program. just not animation shop
does anyone know how to fix this?
thanx

[Mirror_Image]

Are you running FAT32 or NTFS file system? FAT32 has a file size limit of 4GB, and that might be a problem (if your files exceed 4GB).

[KingJohn]

hi
i have animation shop 3 and i cant save AVI file animations
whne i go to save it as avi, no avi compressors show up, i can only choose uncompressed, but when i choose that it says "error writing to file"
i do have space free so thats not the problem
i can save avi files fine with premiere or virtualdub or any other video editing program. just not animation shop
does anyone know how to fix this?
thanx

Using defaults:
Click "SAVE AS" and select AVI for the file type, type a name to save.
Create new > Next
24 Bit > next
This next section lets you chose the codec you want, I selected DivX , also tried uncompressed
Next, 10 frames per second > next
Next, finish

Done

[Phat J]

MirrorImage:
my animation is only 5 seconds long so it wouldnt be anywhere close to 4gb
plus i dont have 4gb free on my harddrive haha

letmeinforgodsake:
thats what i do, no compressors show up in the drop down list except uncompressed, and if i choose that, it says "error creating file" or something similar

[KingJohn]

I think you have a bad installation of PSP, are you using a hacked version ? sounds like.

Try downloading the evaluation program and install it "as is" see if it works ok before you mess around with it 7.04 upgrade is also there.

A 5 second gif will make a very tiny AVI !

email it to me, Ill convert it and send it back

[Phat J]

ok thanx i will try that
yah its a hacked version but it worked fine b4

haha the animation is 704x480 with millions of colors so it will look really bad if i save to gif :P

[Phat J]

i downloaded the animation shop 3.04 trial version, but i still have the same problem :P
i emailed the company maybe they can help
do u have any more ideas?
thanx again

[KingJohn]

Did you un-install the hacked version first and delete any traces of it in both the registry and your hard drive ?
Sometimes things get left behind, settings.. ini... reg... they can all mess up a new installation.

Maybe the hacked version works like the demo, neither will have the ability to export until you pay !. I've never seen this problem before.

[Phat J]

yah i uninstalled the hacked version b4 installing the demo
the stupid thing is that everything worked perfectly when i originally installed the hacked version :P

how would i know what to delete from the registry?

oh maybe i should mention i have another program that i cant use the codecs in either, Xara3D, its the exact same problem as Animation Shop, no codecs show up and i cant save uncompressed AVI
but every other program i have (Premiere, VirtualDub, TMPGEnc, etc) saving AVI works fine

[KingJohn]

Hi

Well I would not recommend you manually deleting things in your registry, unless you know what your doing. I would be more inclined to use a registry cleaner like Norton utilities system check.

It sounds like your system is crying out for Norton I use it regular and every time I run it, there are errors...

Not used Xara3D for sometime, don't have it installed, so cannot comment on its settings. Have you run the Paint Shop Pro 7.04 update ? maybe that would fix some problems, although I don't think it will work on a hacked version. I have animation workshop 3.04, from its updates.

Can you load an AVI in ok ?