Movie Capture¶
Movie Capture is an extension for Omniverse Kit based Omniverse Apps and allows you to easily render your output in high resolution images or movies in the format of your choice.
Enabling Movie Capture¶
Movie Capture is an extension and can be enabled by navigating to Window > Extensions Manager and enabling utils.movie_capture. Once enabled you should see a new Panel labeled “Movie Capture” was added to the User Interface. If you close the panel or wish to toggle it off/on, you can navigate to Window > Movie Capture and enable/disable as desired.
Movie Capture Panel¶
The movie capture tool provides a number of settings to help you output movie sequences or single frame captures. Below is a list of the various settings and their usage.
Movie Capture As Seen in View¶

Movie Capture as Seen in Create¶

Option |
Result |
App Notes |
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Movie Type
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Selection of what type of movie to capture.
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View Only
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- Sun Study
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Drives the sun study tool and records the output.
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View Only
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Camera
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Selects the camera to be assumed for rendering the movie file.
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Resolution
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Presets for Common Resolutions
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Not Available in View
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Ratio
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Width and Height adjustments to accommodate the Aspect Ratio.
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- Width
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The width in pixels of the rendered movie file.
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- Height
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The height in pixels of the rendered movie file.
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- Ratio (Drop Down)
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Selects the aspect ratio of the rendered movie file.
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Frame Rate
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Playback Rate in frames per second. Higher is smoother.
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Time of Day
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Selects the range of time to use in the sun study.
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- Start Time
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Sets the Sun Study time of day for the rendering to begin.
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- End TIme
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Sets the Sun Study time of day for the rendering to end.
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Time Duration
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How many minutes/seconds it takes to cycle through the Time of Day range.
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Also depicts total length of the rendered movie file.
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Render Preset
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Sets the render quality of the rendered movie file.
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- Draft
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Optimizes speed of render over quality.
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- Good
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Balances speed of rendering with quality.
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- Best
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Optimizes quality of rendering over speed.
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- Custom
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Uses custom render settings.
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- Gear
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Opens the render settings allowing a custom setting to be made.
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Samples Per Pixel Per Iteration
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Total number of samples used for each rendered pixel in one frame update.
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Not Available in View
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Path Trace Samples
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Total Number of path traced samples.
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Not Available in View
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Subframes per Frame
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Number of sub-frames to use in motion blur calculation.
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Not Available in View
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Frame Shutter Open
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Time offset to begin the motion blur.
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Not Available in View
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Frame Shutter Close
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Time offset to end the motion blur.
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Render Style
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Allows selection of render style.
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View Only
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- Normal
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Renders in the normal render style (full color)
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View Only
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- White Mode
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Renders in White Mode
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View Only
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Motion Blur
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Sets the quality of the Motion Blur of the rendered movie file.
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View Only
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- Good
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Optimizes speed over quality.
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View Only
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- Better
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Balances speed and quality.
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View Only
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- Best
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Optimizes quality over speed.
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View Only
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Path
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Where the rendered movie file will be created.
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- Folder
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Sets the path of the rendered movie file.
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- Arrow
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Opens the location set in the Path.
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Name
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The name of the output file.
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- Extension
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Sets the extension of the rendered movie file.
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- Save Alpha
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Preserves alpha transparency in the rendered movie file.
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Encoding Target
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Sets the compression level of the rendered movie file.
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View Only
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- HDD
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Optimized compression for Hard Disk Drive playback. Better Quality.
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View Only
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- Web
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Optimized compression for Web based playback. Faster Download.
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Make Movie
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Begins the recording process.
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Progress
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Once started, shows the progress of the render.
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- Elapsed Time
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How long the movie has been rendering.
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- Estimated Time Remaining
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Approximates render duration.
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- Current Frame TIme
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How long the current frame is taking to render.
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- Average Time per Frame
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The average time it takes to complete a frame render.
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- Encoding
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Pause
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Stops the current render but allows the render to be resumed.
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Cancel
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Stops the current render, any render progress will be lost.
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Note
Options will vary based on selected renderer.