• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  View while rendering?

  Posted by John Steventon on November 10, 2005 at 1:54 pm

  Hi there,

  Me again…

  Is there any way to make the render update the monitor as it’s performing? Ie, I’m doing some heavy light filtering on some shots which work at points, but not at others. If I was able to see the clip while it was rendering, I’d save a lot of time.

  Unfortunately, parking the timeline on the clip to see it frame by frame isn’t an option as it’s movement related. I’m not doing a comparison here – but Avid has this option (can’t remember what the check box is) and it plays 5 frames at a time (ie, it’ll render them, then play them, pause, then render etc etc etc.)

  Can FCP do it, or do I just cancel after a couple of minutes and take a look-see?

  Thanks in advance.

  John

  John
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  Jerry Hofmann

  November 10, 2005 at 4:41 pm

  You’ll need to cancel to see it playback… rendering takes over the system.

  However you might try looking at unrendered material using the option+p keyboard command. This will playback unrendered effects and show you playback as fast as your computer can render each frame. Red condition or not…

  Jerry

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  Kevin Monahan

  November 10, 2005 at 6:26 pm

  You can also just step through the effect before you render. You can also use the QuickView window. I find Medium Quality chugs through pretty fast.

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  John Steventon

  November 11, 2005 at 5:34 pm

  Thanks to both of you for your help. I keep forgetting I can set the playback to a really low level to check things. Not always appropriate, but I’ll give it a go and check it out.

  Thanks again.

  John

  John
  Success is merely a failiure to imagine more…

  G5 2.7Ghz, 4.5Gb ram, Blackmagic Decklink/multibridge, 5.6Tb Infortrend storage, FCP Studio 5.02, Makie MCU control, Yahama 5.1 surround, JVC DTV multi-format monitor, 2x23inch Apple monitors – and a partirdge on a pear tree.

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