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Always Need To Render Text???
Hey everyone,
I’m running FCP 6.0.6 on a Mac Pro 2×2.8 GHz with 6 GB RAM. I have a project that was shot in DV50 and the settings are:
DVCPRO50 – NTSC
720×480 NTSC DV 3:2
NTSC – CCIR 601/DV
Anamorphic
Lower (Even) Field
29.97Anytime I add text to the video, I have to render. If it’s static text, it shows a dark green bar; if it’s a crawl, roll, or any other motion text, it’s red. Is this normal? Do I have to render every time I lay a title down or move text?
Just want to confirm I have the rest of my project settings correct and that I’m not forgetting something simple.
Thanks!
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1 Reply
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[Richard Lowe] “If it’s static text, it shows a dark green bar;”
Normal.
[Richard Lowe] “if it’s a crawl, roll, or any other motion text, it’s red. Is this normal? “
Yes…normal. If it wasn’t over video, you still might have to render it. WHY? Because FCP doesn’t make text media until you render it. If it is moving, then it requires the power of the computer to deal with the real time computations of that move. Put that over picture…that’s a bit of computing. So a render is needed. Quite normal.
[Richard Lowe] “Do I have to render every time I lay a title down or move text? “
No. You can lay down text, and get the dark green or even light green render bar, but you don’t need to render it just to watch it. You’ll need to render before you output, but it should play. Heck, even ORANGE will play back if your RT settings are right, and the footage it is over isn’t complex (like HDV is), and you have fast enough hard drives.
Make sure your RT settings are set to UNLIMITED. That is the best way to be able to try to play back footage without the need to render.
Shane
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