[videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Richard BF
Hi Richard, You can set the quality of the standard render by going to Sequence menu, selecting Render and then the quality you want. From now on, when you manually select render (or hit Apple-R) it will render to that quality. The orange you saw, is part of the render status bar, which tel

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Paul Knight
Yes that's right, set up the scratch files, and then "save project as" destination External Hard Drive.  As for the choppy playback, probably got something to do with same thing.PaulOn 16 May 2006, at 22:19, Bill Streeter wrote: Yes Richard, You'll find that you get much better performance if yo

[videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Bill Streeter
Yes Richard, You'll find that you get much better performance if you are working from an external firewire rather than your internal HD. Especially since you are working on a PowerBook that only has a 5400 RPM drive in it. And by this I mean going into your settings in FCP and setting your

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
another thing .. .when I do the unlimited rt thingy, the play back is REALLY choppy ... Richard(also, instead of the red line for rendering over the unrendered stuff it is organge ... not sure what that means) On 5/16/06, Richard (Show) Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul,Very helpful, and I ha

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
Paul,Very helpful, and I have one particular question about your suggestionsYou said"Make sure that  your save file is located on another Hard drive than the one your operating system is on, preferably connected via firewire."... really? ... it just so happens that I just got an external hard dr

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
Thanks you guys! Very helpful! (although I did have to wait upwards of 7 minutes :)... Richardp.s. I would be interested to know if I need to change these backOn 5/16/06, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In older versions, I remember, that you had to change all those settings back be

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Paul Knight
Hi Richard,Yes, turning the Unlimited RT on is a good idea.There are other things I have found that helps speed up the rendering process:1. Make every clip(all those AVI or MOV or WMV) you import into a DV file, before hand using Quicktime.  If you are importing straight from a DV camcorder, the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Michael Verdi
In older versions, I remember, that you had to change all those settings back before you did your final full resolution render. Does anyone know if that is still the case?-Verdi On 5/16/06, Zadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Richard:On the upper left-hand side of your sequence timeline there is

[videoblogging] Re: FCP render question

2006-05-16 Thread Zadi
Hey Richard: On the upper left-hand side of your sequence timeline there is a little button with the letters "RT" and a downward facing carrot. Set your timeline to "Unlimited RT" Playback video quality to "Medium" or "Low" Playback Frame-Rate to "Half" or "Quarter" Now you don't have to rend