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What happens if I never render video??
Trust me I’m not new to filming, editing, etc., though I’m still sorta “green” and I’ll admit that. Anyways this question has been nagging me for some time:
What happens if I make a movie or even a DVD with Encore, yet I never render the video in Premiere? The reason I ask is because I used to think that the reason for rendering in your sequence was so that not only did the preview play back correctly, but so that the effect was applied PERIOD. But it seems that with some effects I can still play it back without having to render it which means the effect is getting applied. I know it doesn’t look as nice which is why I’d render it anyways for playback in editing. But if I never rendered it would the effect be applied correctly for the final film? Or would it just “not be applied”?
Well there goes my first post! I’m glad to be a part of the community!
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8 Replies
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Rendering “Preview files” is primarily for your viewing pleasure if your computer is not fast enough to give you a smooth preview, making editing difficult.
Most computers today are fast enough to give a “real” preview without rendering especially for SD projects. Editing AVCHD with effects applied may only give a preview of a few frames per second and require rendering preview files in many cases. -
You always need to render if you play the timeline back to tape.
Phocas Kroon
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When you export to Media encoder your un-rendered footage will be rendered during the encoding process.
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[Phocas Kroon] “You always need to render if you play the timeline back to tape.”
You mean if you export to tape, if my machine is fast enough I can do a external device preview, I can copy to tape without rendering
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Technically you r correct but there is no guarantee you’ll get full quality full frame rate and audio lag. Best to render if u want to even device out to tape deck to ensure quality. But then you might as well go to tape properly too. 😉
Jon Barrie
aJBprods
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[Jon Barrie] “but there is no guarantee you’ll get full quality full frame rate and audio lag”
That’s why you monitor it, and make sure settings are correct, I’ve haven’t had a problem with a SD or SDWS yet. -
I was replying to the comment that if a machine was fast enough u don’t need to render to go out to tape…
JBJon Barrie
aJBprods
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Late to the party… I did notice in CS4, that an export through AME of rendered footage (not using rendered files) makes that export lightning fast, even at maximum quality, compared to a non rendered timeline.
It seems that even the time it takes to render the timeline prior to the export makes the combined time much shorter than a non rendered export.
No scientific study here, and I really haven’t looked into the reasons why that is…
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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