Movie Capture

Movie Capture is an extension for Omniverse Kit-based apps which allows you to easily render your output to high resolution images or movies in the format of your choice. It supports rendering to movie or image sequences, as well as single-frame captures.

Enabling the Movie Capture Extension

The Extension can be enabled by:

1. Navigating to Window > Extensions Manager from the top-level menu

2. Searching for Movie Capture in the text field of the Extension Manager window, to reveal up the omni.kit.window.movie_maker result.

3. Clicking the toggle to enable the Extension.

Once enabled, a Rendering > Movie Capture menu item will be added to the top-level menu.

Navigating the User Interface

Movie Capture Interface

UI Element	Action
Camera	Selects the camera to be assumed for rendering the movie file.
Capture Range	Sets the duration a capture when using capture sequence. Range: Sets duration values to either frames or seconds. FPS: Frames Captured within 1 second of playback. Start: The start Frame/Second (based on the Range drop-down). End: The end Frame/Second (based on the Range drop-down). Capture every Nth frames: If enabled, captures 1 of every Nth frame.
Resolution	Presets for common resolutions.
Ratio	Width and height adjustments to accommodate the aspect ratio: Width: Width of the rendered image or movie file (in pixels). Height: Height of the rendered image or movie file (in pixels). Link: If selected (blue), width/height adjustments will force the unadjusted value to maintain the aspect ratio. Aspect Ratio: Selects the aspect ratio of the rendered image or movie file.
Render Preset	Sets the render quality of the rendered movie file: Use Current: Uses the renderer currently selected in the viewport. RTX – Interactive (Path Tracing): Sets the renderer to RTX – Interactive (Path Tracing) mode. RTX - Real-Time: Sets the renderer to RTX - Real-Time mode. RTX – Accurate (Iray): Sets the renderer to RTX – Accurate (Iray).
Samples per pixel	Total number of samples used for each rendered pixel in one frame update.
Path trace samples	Total number of path-traced samples.
Subframes per frame	Number of sub-frames to use in motion blur calculation.
Frame shutter open	Time offset to begin the motion blur.
Frame shutter close	Time offset to end the motion blur.
Queue instance	Select the Omniverse Queue to use for background rendering.
Set Up Queue/Open Dashboard	Displays information about setting up Omniverse Queue, or opens its dashboard if a Queue is available.
Start delay	Timer to let the stage state settle. Helpful on larger scenes, where initial loading can produce artifacts.
Task comment	Optional comment associated to the render to help identify it when looking through the list of tasks listed on the Queue dashboard.
Batch count	Number of batches into which to divide the task.
Path	Location where the rendered image or movie file will be created: Folder icon: Sets the path of the rendered image or movie file. Arrow icon: Opens a file browser to the location set in the path.
Name	Name of the output file: Frame number: Format for numbered frames when capturing a sequence of images. Extension: Sets the extension of the rendered image or movie file.
Save Alpha	Preserves alpha transparency in the rendered image or movie file.
Capture Sequence	Begins the capture operation.
Capture Current Frame	Captures only the current frame.
Submit to Queue	Submit the render to Omniverse Farm for background or remote rendering.

Capture Progress Interface

UI Element	Action
Progress bar	Shows the progress of the render.
Elapsed time	Duration for which the sequence has been rendering.
Estimated time remaining	Approximation of the time remaining in order to complete the render operation.
Current frame time	Duration for which the current frame has been rendering.
Average time per frame	Average time taken to complete rendering frame, based on the progress completed thus far.
Encoding	Time spent encoding the movie sequence.
Pause/Resume	Either pauses or resumes the current render.
Cancel	Stops the current render operation. Any encoding currently ongoing will be lost.

Note

Some options shown on the dialog will vary based on the capabilities of the renderer selected for the operation.