[Joel Smith]

So, are you saying that regardless of previewing the timeline & exporting using “previews & sequence settings” there’ll still be a transcode taking place?

[Joel Smith]

Thanks for that suggestion. Do you know if it ports to AME.

[Joel Smith]

I did check out this option & that render is “instant”, though it’s a bit clunky.

[Joel Smith]

The rendered intermediates are in place of dynamically linked after effects animations. Cineform play back better than QT animation on our computers.

Yes, I am wondering why AME is re-rendering my HQ Cineform files, if I’ve told it use those already rendered files. (per the use previews function/ same as sequence settings.)

The hope of all this is to save render time through multiple re-edits, by only re-rendering those sections of the timeline having seen revision then spitting out the HQ preview files for delivery.

[Joel Smith]

I’m running an intel i7@ 2.67Ghz, Adobe CS5, intended delivery is online (for the moment), render is an avi. I’d planned to transcode to h264 sepreately to fine tune my quality settings to taste/forum.

[Joel Smith]

Ideally I’d like to export to H264.
I’m currently exporting back to a cineform codec, per the sequence settings.

[Joel Smith]

Thanks for the input.
Some specifics:
6 minute timeline, previewed using cineform codec, source footage Sony EX1 MP4 files, export in AME “using sequence settings & preview files”.

2hr render.