zephyr6

Yes, I have plenty of animation in Houdini- tutorials and an original. Going by your instructions I still need to know how to “go to the ROP layout. Is the mlay window the one that opens the ”Mantra render view"?
This really sucks! I'll try to figure this out by what you wrote. I'm getting so :!: that something I know will turn out to be a simple process, (that someone could show me how to do in a few minutes in person), is instead taking what seems like forever. (Regarding the .avi don't you need to take it into an editor for that?)

You're way ahead of us—thanks.

P.S. After seeing the video I still don't understand the basic concept. Maybe I need to back up a little bit. I have never rendered anything! I am woundering what it is I should be seeing. When do I get to see the rendered animation,- ya' know with actual movement, and what do I do if something isn't showing up in the render view that is in my hip file? also someone mentioned “padding” my file before I render it?

After babysitting an hour and a half download it is unable to render the video because the decompressor can not be found. Any suggestions?