Do I need to render after finished editing in FCE?

I'm finishing my very first FCEHD3.5 project (the whole audio & video editing part). DO I HAVE TO RENDER ANYTHING befor recording to the camera, using the method that you described?
(I used some photos in my project and they look "funny" while played from the timeline and watched in the canvas; photos are funny in terms of flickering, moving pixels along edges of objects, etc. - would any rendering help with this?).
And, in general - what about the rendering? -(this is my 1st project, so I have no experience there)Do I need to render anything? Or should I just print to camera, and find a way to burn the project in iDVD..?
MacBook Pro 17 inch Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GB RAM, 100GB7200HD, Super Drive, FCEHD3.5, PanasonicPVGS500, G-Raid ExtHD320GB

The easiest way to do this is, first make sure you don't have any clips at all selected in the timeline, then just do the Render All > Video and the Render Only > Mixdown. FCE will take care of things from there.
The length of time it takes to render the video depends on a whole lot of factors ranging from what kinds of effects/generators you used in your clips, how many there are, how long they are, whether or not any are already rendered, etc. plus all the hardware specs/capabilites of your Mac ... all of which makes it really hard to estimate how much time it will take.
Mixdown audio takes all your audio tracks and builds an 'audio render' file that contains 1 stereo pair resulting from all your audio tracks. It goes a lot faster than rendering video does ... and btw helps reduce/eliminate problems with dropped frames.
Your MacBookPro has great specs, you should find this goes pretty well, but I still really can't estimate your render time. Take a look at your timeline - over how much of it does the red 'needs rendering' indicator line show? That would give you some indication - at least short vs. long.
Good luck!

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Anyone has print out the iPhoto album book by apple after finish editing? May I check is the quality good? I have compiled my photo album book , choosen hard cover option , 100 pages , estimated cost is US150. Not sure worth to print out or not?

All I can say is the books I've created as gifts to my children for their children were received with absolute joy and appreciation (each book chronicled in pictures the first year of each grandchild's life). Granted the sentimental factor had a lot to do with the recipient's enjoyment of the book but they were spetacular. The book with its glossy dust cover is a very impressinve way to present your photos.
As Larry has pointed out so many have posted here that they were very satisfried with their book and Apple is very good about correcting problems.
To make sure there are no errors in the book before you order preview the book as described in this Apple document: iPhoto '11: Preview a book, card, or calendar before you order or print it. If the PDF file shows no errors, either in text typos (my biggest problem) or in missing photos, etc., the printed book will be error free.
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Still need to render after using Compressor 4...

Hi there.
Having a small problem figuring out why I still need to render a video clip after using Compresor 4.
I am able to add the fiile to Compressor 4 successfully.
I select "Apple ProRes-422" as my codec
I chose a destination and click submit.
It takes the file - and does its thing and places it in the correct folder.
When I go to Final Cut Express (4.0.1)- and "Import" the file - I see the long red line at the top and it says my clip is unrendered...
It seemed so straight forward when I looked at the YouTube videos...
I am currently on Lion...
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That would explain it...
Thanks!
SparkyCanada

After Finish editing, no done key on LR version 3.6

When I finish editing my photo on my LR version 3.6, I don't see a done key on bottom right.
Is this normal, as I have seen the done key when I see some youtube tuturials.
I have to just go to export to save the finish file each time, and was wondering if this is nomal on this version ?
Thanks again.

There isn't a "Done" button in Lightroom because the image itself is never changed. All adjustments are stored in the catalog as they are made, so technically your image is in a constant state of being changed. If you want to pass on a copy of that image that includes all of the adjustments that you have done using Lightroom, then you export a copy and share the copy. But the original remains in Lightroom.
I think a workflow that many use is to export copies as needed for clients, or e-mail, or whatever. Then, when their purpose has been fulfilled, that copy is erased so that the only image you need to be concerned with at any time is that master image.
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Renders are super-slow. Have to re-render after each edit.

Is my computer not compatible with Premiere Pro CC?
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RAM 4GB
64-bit processor
Windows 8

That's not much power for today's media.

After I finish editing in FCP 10.1.1, projects disappear. Any advice?

After I finish editing in FCP 10.1.1, projects disappear. Any advice?

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When I am finished editing an image in Lightroom, what files should I have in my Library? I start with a RAW file or a tiff scan from film. I label that "A" as the archived file. I make a virtual copy to work on in the Develop module. When I am done, I save a file as a Print file with dimensions of the print. Since Lightroom is non-destructive, do I need to save any other versions? For instance, in Photoshop since the crop is destructive,
I edit an uncropped version and do the crop when I am working on the Print version. What should I have for the most flexibility over time in Lightroom?
I use Lightroom CC on a IMAC desktop. My photos are on a separate hard drive and are also backed up offline. Im running OSX10.9.4.

You don't need to make a virtual copy before you edit the photo (this is optional, but most people don't bother as its extra work with little or no benefit). EXCEPTION: If you are doing multiple crops of the image, you would need virtual copies in that case, created after all other editing is completed.
You can't "save" from Lightroom, you can "export". (It's a terminology thing) You would need to export a photo at the desired dimensions for printing, but there's no need to retain this exported photo, you can consider it temporary and delete it once the print has been made, knowing that you can always re-create it exactly from Lightroom if you need it.
So to answer the question in your title, all you need to retain on your hard disk is your original image (and in the EXCEPTION case where you have multiple crops of the image, you would retain the multiple virtual copies in Lightroom).

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How can i stop itunes from scrolling up/down after I editting a song's genre?

This is really bugging me to no end.
I like to add my change song titles and genres for my songs. The problem is once I hit the "enter" button or click elsewhere within the iTunes application to finalize my changes, horrible things happen. Itunes will scroll to a random location and make me look at a different song.
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I can't edit the above post. Here is a more grammatically correct version 2 of what I'm trying to say.
My post only applies when editing songs DIRECTLY from the iTunes window. That means you click on the song, wait, then click on it again. Sorta like renaming files on mac or windows computer. I am NOT talking about the separate metadata window that opens up when you right click a song and select "get info" or, alternatively, by selecting a song and pressing ctrl-i or cmd-i.
I like to add/change song titles and genres. The problem is once I type in a new genre/title and hit the "enter" button my entire list of songs jumps to a portion i wasn't viewing. Itunes will scroll to a random location and make me look at a different song on my playlist, same playlist though. And it can be a smart playlist, my entrie library, or a keyword search of some songs I am viewing.
In terms of randomness, iTunes will jump, to the top of my smart playlist after I finished editing song No. 601, I edit, hit enter or click somewhere else, then the itunes window suddenly jumps up to song 23, but does not select it. Instead itunes is still selecting/highlighting song No. 601 and I need only to press up/down on my keyboard to look at song 600 or 602. This puts me back close to my original spot of song No. 601. Either that or I scroll from song 23 to song 601, but that is annoying. Sometimes instead of jumping up from song 601 to 23, it will jump down from 601 to song 1256.
This is very irrational behavior and it occurs 80% of the time when I edit things. I mostly edit song "title", "genre", and the "shows" metadata columns.

Do you need to render a movie every time you open it in AE

Do you need to render a movie every time you open it in AE. It seems every time I open my project there is no sound. I don't think I am rendering correctly. My goal is to edit and animate o piece of a movie.

See this:
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Need help with a finished FCPX movie

I recently upgraded to Final Cut Pro X from Express and am loving all the new features and capabilities that come with it. I just helped a friend with filming and editing a play at his school. After I finished editing it, the final MOV file is about 11 GB. Pretty big. When I try to put that file into iDVD to try to burn a DVD, my Mac begins to heat up really fast and I'm worried that this might overheat the processor.
I've tried other means of compressing the file without losing quality, like Handbrake, but to no avail. Is there a way to compress the file down so I can burn it to a disc in a more manageable way?
I've heard of compressor but am not all that familiar with it. Would that program be applicable to my situation?

DVD’s can be burned directly from inside FCPX, no need to use Compressor…
Although, Compressor offers much more flexibility.
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to a DVD as data-file.
Otherwise, save your FCPX media as “Master File” and burn that file with Roxio “Toast”.
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converts the media always to standard definition.
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I have been having a problem I can not figure out. I have had it with FCP 5.0 and FCP 6.0. After making a multi clip and dragging it to my timeline. It works great, I edit it normally with no problems. Sometimes , but not always, when I go back to fine tune the edit, here is what happens.
When I play the multiclip, I only see the full screen image that is also playing in my canvas. When I stop the clip all three edit windows ( I am working with 3 cameras) show back up in my viewer. When I hit play again, the 3 edit windows disappear and the same full screen video is playing in both the view and the canvas.
Some times while playing the timeline, a section will play with all three edit windows available, and the next clip on the timeline the edit window returns to full screen, not allowing me to edit or see the three cameras simultaneously.
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I just re-read your posts and you say that only one angle appears in the CANVAS? That is how it's supposed to work. You can also set it to play back in mult-angle view to your video monitor (I think it also plays in the Canvas, I can't remember off-hand), but that doesn't work well for mult-angle editing. You want to see all the angles (as many as possible at least) in the Viewer (monitor wall), and to see the active "on-air" angle in the Canvas (Air/Program output). That's how we do it in live, and live-to-tape productions.
In multiclip mode, these are examples of what happens:
1. During playback, hitting keypad numbers 1, 2, 3,... will cut to those angles, but will not record the cuts (may need to change keyboard layout in the FCP menu)
2. During playback, hitting Cmd + keypad numbers 1, 2, 3,... will cut those angles, and the cuts will be recorded in the sequence, effectively allowing you to "switch it live" (may need to change keyboard layout in the FCP menu)
3. During playback, all angles will play together (like a monitor wall) in the Viewer, with the active angle being highlighted
4. While playback is stopped, and the Canvas/sequence is selected, where ever the playhead is in the sequence, hitting keypad numbers 1, 2, 3,... will change that clip's angle
I see you have a MBP, so if that's what you're editing on, then the keypad thing won't necessarily work. I don't recall if the top number keys also do it, but you can program them to if they don't in the Keyboard Layout menu.
The FCP manual is actually pretty helpful with all this. I'd also suggest to not collapse any of your multiclips until you're finished editing.
tim
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First of all you don't use a KeyListener to check for KeyEvents on a compponent. You use "Key Bindings" and Actions:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html
When you are "editing" a cell then focus is on the edtitor used by cell editor. For a cell containing Strings a JTextField is used. Since a JTextField supports an ActionListener all you need to do is get the JTextField and add an ActionListener to the text field. You can use the getDefaultEditor(...) method of JTable and cast the editor to a DefaultCellEditor. From there you can then get the editing component.
Of course the question is why are you specifically worried about the enter key? What if the user tabs to the next cell or uses the mouse to click on a different cell. There is more than one way to finish editing a cell.

Can't render: after effects error: internal verification failure. What can I do?

I need to render a comp (h.264 default settings) and the process is stopped with the following error: "after effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! {could not find itemframe we just now checked in}".
What can I do? I have already tryed to re-start Ae several times. The render stops at random points, when started again. The comp is very simple: a mp4 movie background, still PNG pictures one after another with opacity and 1 mask keyframed and write-on texts at their side, explaining the pictures. Thank you in advance for any help.

User52142 wrote:
Yes, the problem is that Ae seems to not handle well MP4 files. Why is that?
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MP4's use interframe compression. That means that they only have a complete frame every once in a while and the rest are filled in using a variety of methods including motion estimation. Depending on the compression settings, a video with interframe compression often won't have a complete frame for a few seconds. That means that, out of every 90 frames or so, only one of those frames actually contains full pixel data for the entire frame (and that frame is usually somewhat compressed using intraframe compression [like a JPEG]). After Effects has to decode a lot of crap and translate it into full-frame, full pixel information before it can even begin to process it.
After Effects is much better with it now than it used to be. CS4 and earlier used to struggle with it bad. Each version since has improved handling of such things. Also, each version implements ways of handling newer versions of codecs. Keep in mind, version 11 (CS6) was written before a lot of modern cameras were even built. The current version (13.2) probably would not have had the issue you did.
Does that explain it?

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I would think this would be a common question but I can't find the answer.
After I edit a photo from iPhoto 09 in photoshop, the preview of the photo in iPhoto does not update. I can double click on the photo and see the edits but when I zoom back out it goes back to the original state.
Any ideas on how to correct?
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Be sure you're using Photoshop correctly from wihtin iPHoto:
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
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2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done. 3 - however, if you get the navigation window
Click to view full size
that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
NOTE: With Photoshop Elements 9 the Saving File preferences should be configured as shown:
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I also suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always. In PSE’s General preference pane set the Color Picker to Apple as shown:
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NOTE: If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds.
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