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FCP 6 HD Render Issue
Hi all,
This is my first large HD project. We have about 45 minutes of DVC Pro HD footage on the timeline, shot at 1080i. Whenever I make any change regardless of whether it’s as simple as trimming a clip or something like colour correcting a clip it requires me to re-render my entire project. It’s taking upwards of 4 hours to render the project. I’m running on a current model, 8-core MacPro. According to iStat, I’m only using 20% of my CPU power and about 40% of my ram.
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So if you change one clip, it removes the render files not just for that one clip, but the whole project? If this is happening, something isn’t right. Are you dealing with nested sequences by chance?
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Ridgeline Digital Cinema Mastering
Universal Post
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#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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So it seems to have been a bit of a fluke because it happened once yesterday where I had to render everything after one small change and again today but now after a restart it seems to be fine. All of my settings seem to be correct, I will double check though.
Thanks for the help
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