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Will I have to render every little change I do on my timeline?
Does FCP needs to render and re-render any little change in the timeline or do I have some wrong setting? Transitions, new media added to the timeline, even if I trim a clip?
I hope not. If so I think I will miss Vegas dearly. Please tell me I’m doing something wrong and it is not supposed to be this slow. Thanks! -
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Where’s the setting? I couldn’t find under system settings or user preferences. Thanks.
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Your timeline settings probably don’t match your Clip settings.
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Well, yeah, I have multiple formats in there. But this should be no excuse. I mean, there are other apps that mix and match and do real time.
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[Adam Claude Jones] “Well, yeah, I have multiple formats in there. But this should be no excuse. I mean, there are other apps that mix and match and do real time.”
You need a fast hard drive array to mix and match formats in a timeline. Our arrays run 500 to 750MB/s for example and we can mix and match formats all day.
if you’re running of a slower array, less than 150MB/s your realtime options will be limited.
What other apps do is based on hardware and software setups. Final Cut Pro is no different.
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Well, haven’t used Vegas for a while, but if memory serves me well Vegas will playback anything you throw at it in real time. Do transitions, FX and everything in real time. Now I think FCP is better in many other ways but in RT it seems Vegas beats it hands down and I was running it on a older laptop. i guess i just got spoiled.
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By the way I have my sequence set to proress HQ. I thought proress was supposed to speed things up and was exactly made to mix and match since it’s an intermediate codec.
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[Adam Claude Jones] “By the way I have my sequence set to proress HQ. I thought proress was supposed to speed things up and was exactly made to mix and match since it’s an intermediate codec.”
Nope, that’s not what it was designed to do. It’s not in any way shape or form an “intermediate codec.” It’s a 10bit high quality editing codec.
And unless you’re using material larger than 1080 there’s no reason to use HQ.
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It’s 1080p. I thought there was no reason to use HQ 422, so I use HQ. Proress will always not
[Walter Biscardi] “Your timeline settings probably don’t match your Clip settings”.
With proress the timeline will always not match the clips as proress is not a camera or recording format, so what is the point?
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[Adam Claude Jones] “With proress the timeline will always not match the clips as proress is not a camera or recording format, so what is the point?”
We capture all our tape based media to ProRes so yes, the Sequence will match the clip preset when you ingest media to the ProRes codec. ProRes is Apple’s answer to the Avid DNxHD codec.
Many people also convert already ingested material, such as HDV, to ProRes using Compressor prior to the Edit. So there again, the Sequence will match the clips.
ProRes can also be set to the be the rendering codec of other timelines, such as XDCAM so you can edit natively in XDCAM but have all your renders in ProRes.
There is plenty of information regarding ProRes and its uses and also how to properly use Final Cut Pro for the best realtime operability right here on the Cow.
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