Motion clips rerendering

[David Bogie]

[Mick Haensler] “However, when I bring the Motion projects into the FCP timeline, FCP rerenders them every time I make the slightest change. I’ve tried rendering them out of Motion as MOV files and bringing the Motion project straight into the FCP timeline with the same result. “

If I read you post correctly, the problem is most likely the sequence settings in FCP do not match precisely the settings of the Motion files.
But you haven’t said what is actually rendering in FCP (and it’s quite confusing without lots of experience). is it the timeline that’s rendering or the Motion file? Since your’e in FCP, it’s probably the timeline. Is the .motn or QT movie on top of another layer? Then, yes, of course it has to render. Every pixel under the Motion clip is being altered by the Motion clip.

If you are importing .motn files, they’re not really rendered yet. The best you can get as a preview is the best your machine’s GPU can deliver.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Mick Haensler]

Thanks for the response Dave. It’s the file itself that is rerendering, not the entire timeline. I do have the files layered, It’s also happening when I move around a text clip that was created in FCP in the timeline itself. You’ll have to excuse my ignorance as I’m new to FCP coming from a real time no render edit suite.
Sounds like something I’m just going to have to live with.

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media