FCP Rendering Time

[Chris Morlang]

Alright! When rendering 1920×1080 this is what Activity Monitor Displays:

FCP is using 29 Threads and Average 1.6 GB Real Mem
It uses 358% CPU Average

65% By the User
25% By the System
10% Idle

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Chris,

[Chris Morlang] “It uses 358% CPU Average”
IF FC shows a very low use of the CPUs that means that somewhere (System, drivers, plulgins..) there is something preventing FC working properly.
In your case FC is using all the 4 cores so is working fine.

The problems are on the time-line.

[Chris Morlang] “It was originally set to DVCPRO HD when I started I changed it to AppleProRes to get 1920×1080(square pixels) instead of 1220×1080 (non-square pixels) but then my render times went through the roof.”

Elaborate this change on size/pixels aspect, please.
Is your sequence 1920×1080 SQ pixels?
Is your footage 1920×1080 SQ pixels?
If so, does the footage in the time-line has “Size100%” and “Distort > Aspect Ratio: 0”?
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Chris Morlang]

> Elaborate this change on size/pixels aspect, please.

It used to be:
Frame Size: 1280×1020
Aspect Ratio: HD (1280×1020) (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (1280×1080)

> Is your sequence 1920×1080 SQ pixels?
Yes it is 1920×1080 Square.

> Is your footage 1920×1080 SQ pixels?
Yes it is as well.

> If so, does the footage in the time-line has “Size100%” and “Distort > Aspect Ratio: 0”?

Yes it does

~Chris Morlang~