Activity › Forums › Avid Media Composer › what is the HQ button for? Avid Media Composer what is the HQ button for? Posted by Milton Hockman on October 23, 2006 at 4:41 pm what does the HQ button do in effects mode? Grinner Hester replied 19 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Grinner Hester October 24, 2006 at 12:52 am Just keeps the video as it otta be. Stands for high quality. Turning it off will alow you to play through more unrendered effects but will often make the client yel “what up!?” Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up