Q: How do I render out my animation as a movie or avi?
A: Maya Batch Rendering Tutorial - SimplyMaya.com on Vimeo
For the assembly of image files after rendering, (if you don't have After Effects, Premier, or any other money-costing video editing program), you can try VirtualDub, which is free and it does handle .iff files. Just open the program, then go File > Open video file > click on the first in the sequence and make sure that "Automatically load linked segments" is checked on. Then simply export as an .avi or whatever you like.
Last edited by stwert; 02-04-2011 at 07:29 PM.