• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Rendering Clips

  Posted by Russell Howard on January 27, 2012 at 3:29 pm

  Greetings! New user to FCP X. Longtime Vegas Video Pro user, but trying to learn FCP X. In Vegas Video there was a method to render a piece of footage from the time line as a seperate clip, without rendering the rest of the project. Is this doable in FCP X? Is this what “Roles” are used for? I am in the process of watching a bunch of tutorial videos, but have not had that question answered yet.

  Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give this newbie!!

  Michael Cox replied 14 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  T. Payton

  January 27, 2012 at 7:42 pm

  Perhaps there is some terminology that is different.

  – “Rendering” in Final Cut is the process of processing the effects, etc on a clip in a timeline so that it plays back smoothly.
  – “Exporting” is getting a QuickTime file out of FCP X for use elsewhere. Currently in FCP X, exports are for an entire timeline.

  Therefore if you need to Render a portion of your timeline, just choose “Modify > Render Selection”. But if you need to export a portion of your timeline, copy and paste it to a new Project timeline, or Compound Clip in your event.

  ——
  T. Payton
  OneCreative, Albuquerque
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  Russell Howard

  January 27, 2012 at 8:29 pm

  Thank you…that explains it….
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  Michael Cox

  January 28, 2012 at 5:26 pm

  You can also just select the clip(s) and then press control+R. I turn off background rendering, it makes me crazy.

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