Render, render, render...

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Render, render, render...

I seem to be spending a great deal of time waiting for things to render, and I don't know why. For instance; I just copied a few clips from a project I was working on into another project and now all of the clips are re-rendering and it slows everything way down. I have also noticed that in the render window the "Transcode and analysis" process is taking FOREVER!! Why is this? I'm shooting with a Canon 5D at 1920x1080 24p. Might this have something to do with optimized versus proxy media?

MacPro (Tower), Mac OS X (10.6.5), Final Cut Studio

Posted on Dec 5, 2011 1:08 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 5, 2011 1:16 PM in response to Andy Drefs

What is the hurry ? Render takes time. Take a cup of coffee or a short walk

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Andy Drefs Author

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Dec 5, 2011 1:27 PM in response to innocentius

Uhh, as I mentioned, it slows things down and seems unnecessary since the files I transferred had already been rendered. Some people have little things like deadlines they're trying to make, leaving little time for cups of coffee and walks. But thanks so much for the insight.

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Dec 5, 2011 1:37 PM in response to Andy Drefs

It sounds like you didn't optimize your media on import. Your camera shoots in a highly compressed aquisition format that should be converted to ProRes 422 for editing. So you invest the time when you first bring the media into your project, instead of rendering every time you make changes.

Larry Jordan explains it well here:

http://www.larryjordan.biz/media-in-fcp-x/

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Andy Drefs Author

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Dec 5, 2011 2:22 PM in response to stuckfootage

Thanks "Stuckfootage" - at least you provided some info that is of value! The Jordan piece was helpful.

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Andy Drefs Author

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Dec 6, 2011 2:18 PM in response to stuckfootage

OK, I now have a 90 minute timeline that I need to send to a client for review. I added a timecode layover to assist her. Why does it take an hour or more for this to render after overlaying it in FCP X? This seems inordinately long............

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 6, 2011 2:35 PM in response to Andy Drefs

Ninety minutes is a lot of video. You're basically rebuilding the entire video timeline. Are you working with optimzied media or native H.264?

If you're going to be sending a compressed version, it might be better to make a master and use Compressor to encode, applying the timecode overlay there.

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Andy Drefs Author

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Dec 6, 2011 6:07 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

The media is optimized.

I wasn't aware that I could apply the timecode in Compressor, I'll look into that, thanks!

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