For those of you who want a quick command line solution without any processing (and free!). Install ffmpeg. From command line switch to a directory with exported tif files, then run:
ffmpeg -f image2 -r [your frame rate] -pattern_type glob -i '*.tif' -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -qp 0 -pix_fmt yuv422p movie.mkv
-r sets frame rate value
-pattern_type glob -i '*.tif' scans all tif files from the current directory
-vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -qp 0 -pix_fmt yuv422p means fast x264 compression with highest quality setting and YUV 422 chroma subsampling
If you need to upscale, then add [-sws_flags lanczos -s WxH] . For example to upscale 1344x488@20fps to 1920x640 :
ffmpeg -f image2 -r 20 -pattern_type glob -i '*.tif' -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -qp 0 -pix_fmt yuv422p -sws_flags lanczos -s 1920x640 movie.mkv
This is a very fast way to export. You can use
-preset veryslow, then files will become less in size, but it's time consuming.
And here's another test: