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Replacing clip with render
Anyone see any reason not to take a clip that you’ve already rendered and replace it with the actual render file? It seems that that way you won’t lose the render if you move it or turn it off and on, etc.
Andrea Stewart
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What if you want to make a change to the cut?
Shane
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Well I’m thinking in terms of after applying a color correct or a blur or some such. I would think it would make it easier then to shorten, move, or otherwise alter that particular clip as you adjust your cut.
I’m just talking rendering a clip, not a section, and then replacing it.
Andrea Stewart
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Have not used this workflow. Would you not lose the clips meta data? Timecode, log notes, the ability to match frame to the original clip or bin? Not to mention reconnecting to offline media. Sounds risky.
Victor
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Ah Victor. I think you’ve gotten to meat of what would be unadvisable about using this method. Of course I always duplicate the timeline so all is not lost. But still, you have a point.
I was just floating the idea out there. Its just such a pain when you have to rerender every time you pick up a clip and move it ever so slightly of put it in a different timeline.
Andrea Stewart
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Why not export the renderd clip to a folder called exports, reimport and place over original clip and turn off original clip with “control B”. This way the original is always there if you need it.
Mike Reilly
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How about exporting the section or clip as a Quicktime Movie “baking in” the effect, re-importing it, then stacking it above everything else on the highest layer.
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Exporting a quicktime is essentially what a render is. Ad replacing with the render file is the same thing. And you have one less file taking up space on your drive rather than “baking in”.
@Dave – I think when you control B a clip it then becomes unrendered. I could be wrong.
One downside did just occur to me though. If you use the render manager, you are in danger of losing your clip.
Andrea Stewart
Producer/Editor/Director – Owner
Germane Creative LLC -
The proper method for this is to nest the item(s), open the nested sequence and render it. It now acts just like the above workarounds and you won’t lose any data.
And if you’re running FCP 7 it won’t unrender just by trimming the end of the clip. And it won’t unrender in any version if you just move it. Provided it is on layer 1 and stays on layer 1. FCP is still kinda stupid when it comes to these things.
If you’re not running 7, slice the clip at the trim point instead of trimming it and the remaining portion of the clip won’t unrender.
If you have to move large chunks of timeline, use ripple insert tools or ripple delete tools. Nothing will unrender and you won’t get the dreaded preparing for playback message.
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