Is picture in picture that rendering intensive… ??

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Jakob,
About the rendering time (a MBP 2.2, managing HD at 10b), 50 minutes for a 10 minutes clips is not too crazy time. It may run faster if you optimize your System and media HDs, but no much more faster.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jakob Mortensen]

Hey Rafael

Thanks for that input. Good to know what is to be expected.

Best wishes

Jakob

[Tony Brittan]

Just a suggestion, so that you won’t have to re-render the whole 10 min clip each time you change a keyframe, use your blade tool and cut the clip on either side of where you plan on changes. Then, you’ll only have to render that small piece!

Tony Brittan
Apple Certfied Pro – FCP
islandshoreproductions.com

[Rafael Amador]

Jakob,
The Activity Monitor (% CPU, Disk Activity,..) can give you some tips about your FC performance.
You have to learn by observing which are the typical values when FC renders different stuff in different conditions.
If you look in your Activity Monitor, and you see that FC is taking a 175% of your CPU, you can be sure that FC is not sleeping. But if the % CPU is low, that can means that is the GPU instead of the CPU who working hard.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com