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Tapeless workflow and rendering
Is their any harm in outputting via file an unrendered sequence? Let’s say I made a change to a previously rendered sequence and thus the whole long file becomes unrendered (orange line in timeline not red). Is is OK to output the sequence (ProRes HQ) without re-rendering the entire sequence again? I have done it and I see no difference but just want to through it out to “pasture” to see if I’m being foolish. It seems to save a lot of time not having to render and then output. (Obviously I am talking about minor changes that I don’t necessarily have to verify in real time.)
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FCP needs to render the sequence when you output it – so if you are outputting the sequence in the same codec you are rendering in, you would see little timesaving via either method.
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FCP renders as it exports… however only the exported file benefits – the sequence itself stays as it was.
So I recommend rendering first and then exporting. If the computer is going to go to the trouble of rendering you may as well retain all it’s hard work.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Cheers
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