• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Lost the render

  Posted by Steven Gladstone on September 21, 2009 at 8:27 pm

  Muddling through, and I’ve imported some footage, then had to render it, which took two hours. I did one thing on the timeline, and the red render bar is back. Do I have to re-render? How can I make it so that I don’t have to render it every time I make an adjustment.

  I am such a neophyte on this.

  Steven Gladstone
  https://www.gladstonefilms.com

  Steven Gladstone replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  September 21, 2009 at 10:39 pm

  #28 Having to render every clip in the timeline

  Shane’s Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?

  Your clip settings MUST match your timeline settings. If you have DV/NTSC material, you need a DV/NTSC timeline. The frame rate, audio rate and dimensions (4:3, 16:9) all need to match exactly. In Final Cut Pro 6, this is easy, because when you drop a clip into the timeline, it asks if you want to set up the timeline to match the settings of the first clip you drag into it. Click YES and you are ready to go.

  However, in FCP 5.1 and earlier, it is a bit trickier.

  The most important thing you need to do is properly set up your project from the start, and the best way to do this is to choose a setting from the Easy Setups, located under the Final Cut Pro menu.

  Once you do this, you’ll need to create a new sequence. This is because the sequence that is already in your new project is setup for the typical default setting of DV/NTSC, or for the settings of your last project, which might not match what you are currently working with. So delete SEQUENCE 1 and create a new sequence:

  This new sequence will contain the settings you chose in the Easy Setup menu, and should match the format you captured.

  Shane

  

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  Steven Gladstone

  September 22, 2009 at 12:27 pm

  Thanks, it finally dawned on me that I was putting .avi files on the timeline. Sooooo, I finally just exported them from a bin as Quicktimes, and now they work without rendering.

  Thanks again, your post got me to see the problem.

  Steven Gladstone
  https://www.gladstonefilms.com

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