Apple MA261Z/A User Manual - Page 884

Selectively Rendering Parts of a Sequence There are several ways to selectively render specific parts of your sequences. Â Select the items you want to render manually: The easiest way to control what is rendered is to select the sequences or clips you want to render using the Selection tool. For example, you can select any number of sequences in the Browser, and then render them all at once by choosing Sequence > Render All > Both. You can also select clips in an open sequence, individually or in groups, and render only those clips by choosing a command in the Render Selection submenu. You can select items in the Timeline to render with the Selection tool, or the Group Selection tool, or by setting In and Out points in the Timeline. This is a good way to save time by isolating a section of a sequence you're working on for rendering. For more information on selecting items in the Timeline, see "Finding and Selecting Content in the Timeline" on page 355. Â Render audio and video clip items separately: Since audio clip items in a sequence with audio filters applied are rendered on a per-item basis, you can choose to render only the audio effects in your sequence to free up processing resources to enable realtime mixing across more audio tracks, or for real-time video effects that would otherwise require rendering. Note: For more information about item-level rendering for audio clips, see "More About Audio Render Options" on page 887. Â Render items according to their Timeline playback state: Final Cut Express HD has several render categories (or Timeline playback states), indicated by the color of the render status bar above the ruler in the Timeline. You can specifically choose which categories to render. For example, while you're editing, you may only want to render clips with effects that can't play back in real time. In this case, you can select the option to render sections with the "Needs Render" status in the Render, Render All, or Render Only submenus of the Sequence menu. This limits the scope of the Render command to clips that can't play in real time, while clips with real-time effects applied are not rendered. Later, when you need to output your project to tape, you can select additional render categories to render using the Render All command. This allows you to render all items with effects at the highest quality, prior to output. Note: Final Cut Express HD automatically renders all effects that cannot be played back at full quality in real time prior to output using the Print to Video command. 884 Part X Real Time and Rendering