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render question
if Ive got a project thats finished is there any advantage to rendering it on the time line before exporting it at the final quality?. if Im making a reference file I I normally render it on the time line first as Id been told it make a smaller file, however now I want the full self contained file
thanks for any help or advice
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Thanks for the reply, where do I find the mix down option?
I’ve got my movie on the time line, I’m rendering it at the quality I want then I’m going to go export self contained.Do I do the mix down when it’s on the time line or do I select this when I’m exporting?
Thanks again for you help
http://www.thin-kingmedia.co.uk
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ok now I no this is here Ill use it! if I hadent used it what would happen?
http://www.thin-kingmedia.co.uk
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If you don’t mixdown your audio, it’ll get mixed down when you export. Supposedly. There have been bizarre problems in the past. There have also been problems with the mixdown not letting go when you make changes AFTER a mixdown. Things like volume levels refuse to change audibly, even though you’re changing the levels. Have to delete the audio renders at that point.
If you don’t render your video it’ll get rendered when you export. A self contained movie simply means the RENDERED frames of video get copied to their own quicktime. No re-compression. But layers of video and effects have to be compressed (rendered) into one steam of video. If you don’t render before export, then it will render for you as I said, however it will just be to a cache file somewhere and your timeline will remain un-rendered when the export is complete. Might as well render it once in the timeline.
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