Constant Rendering in FCP ruining my project

Is it necisary to render constantly in FCP to see what the outcomes is. I have used other video editing packages and have never had to do this. It is really getting in the way of the workflow. A lot of the time I just want to try something and I have to render just to see if it works.
Even just a music file requires rendering otherwise you just get a beep.

Hi Fats,
I'm guessing that your sequence settings are different from those of the material you are working with in FCP. Look at the the information provided in the Browser about your original video clips, and make sure that the sequence you are editing them in has the same settings. You are probably editing DV material in a DVCPro 50 sequence (or something like that - make sure that the pixel ratios match, like maybe you are using square pixels or something). Normally you shouldn't have to render for a lot of basic effects. Also make sure that the "RT" setting (next to the timeline TC window) is set to dynamic. This will make it even less necessary to to render during previewing. If you are editing some formats like mp4, or any mpeg compressed footage (I think) you will have to render it. If that is the case export all your footage in a normal video format like DV NTSC 48Khz and edit the export.
I hope that this helps.
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masterpieces wrote:
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