FC-HD Making me render every shot

I'm sure I've done something wrong but I shot in HD and am editing in HD and it's making me render every shot. What step have I missed?

-New Sequence (FILE > NEW > SEQUENCE)
If it doesn't prompt you to chose an easy set up, go to the "Easy Setups" command in the FCE menu. Choose your HD setting (it should be "HDV __" with a specific HD setting behind it, depending on whether you shot in 1080i or 720p, select that preset).
Copy and paste all of the clips in the DV sequence (the one you have to render in) into the HD sequence and see if you have to render. If you don't, then always use this specific sequence preset while editing with your camera's footage.
-benny

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Having to render every single little change I make!

I know this has been asked before and discussed before and I've gone over every instruction that people have posted but I still have the problem of having to re render every single little change I make. If I shorten a clip I have to re render it if I move it a little to the left I have to re render it. Even making changes to one clip can then mean I have to re render all the other clips that I haven't even modified. I've done everything people suggest to do. I convert my footage to a format that FCE likes and will work with yet I still have to keep re rendering every little thing I do which makes the simple task of editing a music video together take forever.
Can anyone please suggest anything that I may be missing as this is getting really frustrating!!??

Cool, as soon as I can get back in front of my Mac I'll get that posted up for you. In the mean time I just thought I would post up the process I've been following and maybe you'll spot something that I'm doing wrong.
Firstly the Camcorder I'm using films in 720p HD in mpeg4 H.264 format in widescreen/16:9. Now I read on another forum that the H.264 is no good for editing in FCE so I would need to convert to something compatible. I was pointed to a program called "Mpeg Streamclip" which is what I now use to convert to an acceptable format. If you are familair with the program the process I follow is to Open up the clip I want to convert and select the option "Export To QuickTime" It then gives me the options available for this. Firstly I choose DV-PAL from the dropdown list and then slide the quality slider up to MAX. The DV-PAL option defaults at 4:3 so in another dropdown menu I change that to 16:9 to preserve my widescreen. I then select "Make Movie" and it creates a copy in .mov format and DV-PAL. I have FCE setup to work with DV-PAL (all formats) as previously mentioned and from the instructions I've followed I should now be able to work with clips un hindered by having to re render.
Now I am doing green screen footage and using the Chroma Key filter which I understand does need to be rendered but from what I have read I should only have to render once and from then on I should be ok without having to re render.
I am very new to video editing and am a music engineer mainly but in the interest of being an independant artist I'm trying to do as much by myself as I can.
Thanks for any help you can give, it will be much appreciated.

Must render every clip ????

Hi All,
I shot a project using the XL2 in 24p /16:9 in FCP I'm using the 24p preset but everytime iI bring a clip in the timeline it must be render. Can you guys tell what I'm doing wrong or is it normal for this to happen. If there is a work around please post it. I have a music video to complete but having to render every clip in the timeline is going to take forever.
Thanks.

Welcome to the discussions.
Next time, please use the SEARCH function in the upper right hand side of the forums as this question pops up daily.
#28 Having to render every clip in the timeling
Shane's Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?
Your clip settings MUST match your timeline settings. If you have DV/NTSC material, you need a DV/NTSC timeline. The frame rate, audio rate and dimensions (4:3, 16:9) all need to match exactly.
The most important thing you need to do is properly set up your project from the start. It is always advisable to use the Easy Setups. Here is an in-depth article on the topic:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/settings_fcp_5balis.html
Shane
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After Effects CC seems to automatically render every time I make a change. HELP

A yellow bar appears under my compostion window above my time line. I can't even type a sentence with the type tool without it trying to render every letter. Its making my computer and my worklow painfully slow and it's also irritating me. I don't kno why it suddenly started to do this while I was editing audio layers. Can anyone tell me how to turn it off? Please?
Update: it also makes it so my RAM preview only renders 1 frame at a time and it cannot store any rendered frames so it has to always start over and rerender everything.

You have not provided system information and other details. That aside, standard procedures apply - trash the prefs, flush the caches, check your configuration, verify that the source files are intact, reinstall the program if necessary.
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The images imported to my stage turn up as blank and render every image previous to the rogue imported image as red squares that fill the perimeters of the image which then renders the publishing and scene testing features in flash useless, what can i do

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I don't know if Flash has a memory limit of its own. The memory for your Flash file is based on the available memory on your computer.
There is a limit on the number of frames that you can have in any given timeline. I think that it's about 15000 frames, but that's a guess. Flash does all of its work at runtime, this means that no part of your animation is pre-compiled like it is in a video file. So the more objects that you have on the stage, the more work Flash has to do. It follows that the more objects that there are to animate, the more work your processor and the video card have to do.
Here's a list of articles on memory management that might be useful:
Garbage collection internals for Flash Player and Adobe AIR | AdobeDeveloper Connection
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Do I need to Render every time I make a to the audio or video?

Today is the first time I have seriously considered using Final Cut Pro. This software was purchased for me (without my knowing) by the company I am working for to be used for simple editing and exporting. Recently I have been using iMovie and have been creating adequate videos, but figured it is time to upgrade to a "pro" software. That has been a big mistake.
It seems like every time I make a change to the subclip in the timeline I need to Render the movie; if not, additions like transitions, audio filters, or simple changes are unplayable. For instance, when I adjust an audio filter (hum remover, for example) and try to preview the movie in the canvas, all I see is video accompanied by an annoying beeping sounding. Once I render the movie, I can I finally hear the expected audio.
I am convinced I am doing something wrong, but I haven't noticed my mistakes in the help sections. Do I need to Render the audio/video every time I want to make a change and preview said change? Can someone point me in the right direction?

#28 Having to render every clip in the timeline
Shane's Stock Answer #28: When I put a clip in the timline, I have to render it before it will play. Why?
Your clip settings MUST match your timeline settings. If you have DV/NTSC material, you need a DV/NTSC timeline. The frame rate, audio rate and dimensions (4:3, 16:9) all need to match exactly. In Final Cut Pro 6, this is easy, because when you drop a clip into the timeline, it asks if you want to set up the timeline to match the settings of the first clip you drag into it. Click YES and you are ready to go.
However, in FCP 5.1 and earlier, it is a bit trickier.
The most important thing you need to do is properly set up your project from the start, and the best way to do this is to choose a setting from the Easy Setups, located under the Final Cut Pro menu.
Once you do this, you’ll need to create a new sequence. This is because the sequence that is already in your new project is setup for the typical default setting of DV/NTSC, or for the settings of your last project, which might not match what you are currently working with. So delete SEQUENCE 1 and create a new sequence:
This new sequence will contain the settings you chose in the Easy Setup menu, and should match the format you captured.
Shane

Must render every file first????

Hi,
From reading other posts this sounds like it may be a firewire/pci card/ external hard drive issue. I cannot import onto my external hd (which is set up for Mac OS extended) from FCP. I either have to import onto the G5's internal HD then copy onto the external hd or use iMovie to import clips directly to external hd. But now that they are there, when I bring them into a FCP project, they hiccup in the viewer and when I drag them into the timeline, they all have to be rendered first. I have never had that problem. It is already a hassle enough the way I have to get clips onto the external hd, am I stuck with rendering each clip or is there a setting that I must not have right.
Thanks
Dave
PS Each clip plays just fine as a standalone Quicktime File.

Don't capture with iMovie. It saves as a different type of file that FCP does not like.
Make sure your sequence settings match the clips you are putting on there (which will be impossible for files captured in imovie). The biggest cause of having to render every file is sequence settings that don't match the video clips being put on the sequence.
Search first. This comes up daily.

Render every single video

Why do I need to render every single video that I imported and and filters too? Why is that so?

Have you tried the free MPEG Streamclip ?
If not, open your H264 videos in MPEG Streamclip and then Export to QuickTime (cmd-E - NOT Export to DV!) with Compression: Apple DV-PAL (or Apple DV-DVCPRO/NTSC), Quality: 100%, fps: 25 for PAL or 29,97 for NTSC, Audio: uncompressed, Stereo, 48 KHz.
When imported to FCE, the resulting .mov will have both video and audio and will not require video nor audio rendering.
Piero

Do i have to render every time??

i have a simple piece of text in my browser (named the default name "text") that i use over and over in lots of sequences. i stuck a drop shadow in and now i have to render every time? is that right? i didn't have to render before; is there a way to just render the one time?
thanks!

Create your title, put it in and empty timeline, but do NOT render it.
File>Export>QuickTime Conversion.
Set the format type to QuickTime. Click on Options and set the codec to Animation. Set Colors to Millions+. Export.
When you bring this back into your project and put it over video in the timeline, it will still have to be rendered to composite over video, so I'm not sure it will gain you anything.

FC asks me to render every title...

I'm subtitling a 15-minute doc and I've gone halfway through without any issues. Suddenly, FC just started to ask me to render every new title I'm inserting, I haven't changed anything or added any video/audio track to the timeline. I shouldn't be asked to render every title to view it in real time right? Otherwise my subtitling is going to take much more time.
Any suggestions as why it just started to require rendering?
Thanks
Paula

Paula,
I use the FCP text generator quite often for subtitling. I would recommend setting the RT to Unlimited instead of Safe. For each text generator that is added to the timeline, you will get a render bar. Just keep adding your text until you're ready to play it back, then render. With Unlimited RT (Orange render bar), you should be able to play back the timeline without too many dropped frames.

How come I need to render EVERY TIME I apply an effect in Premiere Pro CC?

I am using Premiere Pro CC version 7.2.2 (33) on a 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 iMac with 24GB of memory and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 512 MB graphics card. The footage I am importing is ProRes 422 1920x1080 square pixel 24 frames progressive footage.
When I place clips onto the timeline, they play without any issue. In fact, they play beautifully! However, whenever I apply an effect, the clips needs to be rendered. Here's the biggest problem though, every effect needs to be rendered and I don't even need to change the settings of the effect. Just placing the effect on the clip causes a red line to appear above my clip.
Help!?

Kevin,
They do play back. They don't become labored or jerky until I begin taxing the GPU with stacked or complex effects. John T Smith was right on about the hardware deficiency and your insight into my FCP past and red render lines completed the answer for me.
It looks like I'm now in the market for a hardware upgrade.
Thank you, both.
Ephraim

Why do I have to render every video clip?

Every clip I put in FCE has to be rendered, why? Is there a setting I have to change? I have a canon hv-20 and I'm using the 1080i setting in the easy setup menu. Thanks for any help!

If they are identical then I can't help you. There is no reason why you would have to render. Which is that you have to render, video or audio or both? The render line is divided is divided into two thin stripes, upper for video, lower for audio.

Turning on Render at Maximum Bit Depth and Maximum Render Quality crashes render every time

I've tried a few times to render an H264 version of my Red media project with Maximum Bit Depth and Maximum Render Quality. Premiere crashes every time. I have GPUs enabled. Are people using these settings with Red media and successfully rendering?

To answer your specific question did you see the tooltip?
I beleive it allows for 32-bit processing (16-bit if unchecked). Per the project settings help file at http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/project-settings-presets.html
Maximum Bit Depth
Allows Premiere Elements to use up to 32‑bit processing, even if the project uses a lower bit depth. Selecting this option increases precision but decreases performance.
The help file for export is somewhat less informative about what it actually does but does point out that it is the color bit depth - http://helpx.adobe.com/media-encoder/using/encode-export-video-audio.html
(Optional) Select Use Maximum Render Quality or Render At Maximum Bit Depth. Note: Rendering at a higher color bit depth requires more RAM and slows rendering substantially.
In practice the simplest suggestion is to export twice - once with / once without the setting and compare the time taken and perceived quality.
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Re-render every time I re-open a project.

Help!
Every time I open the project I'm working on I have to re-render it. As it is a half hour video, with lots of graphics that takes a long time. I am on Premier Elements 11, I have a new Toashiba Satelite (64 bit) Windows 8. I'm not a computer person per se, but I can generally get programs up and running with little or no trouble. I'm using Photoshop Elements 11 in conjunction and have not had problems with that.
Additionally, my PE11 keeps crashing (Error message: This app has stopped working Search on line for solution or close program -- and it seems to choose close prorgame even if I don't touch the keyboard) It has crashed approximately 5 times over the last 3 or 4 days, although I've been working on this project for a few weeks with little or no crashing. It crashed this evening and I lost most of the work I did today, which had been saved and rendered multiple times.
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Does anyone know a fix or what I am doing wrong? I fear I will have to start all over again.
I've not been able to find any solution in the FAQ. Is there a patch I can download?

As we continue to point out in response to your many similar posts, stranger, Windows 8 is the wild card here.
Have you called Adobe Tech Support? Since they provided the files for Classroom in a Book, perhaps they can walk you through a solution.

Have to render every time I add text

Hello,
I'm subtitling a large project using FCP7 and every time I add text I have to render it the text.
This is slowing down my workflow. How can I eliminate the rendering?

What codec does your source footage use?
The source footage was VOB that was exported to Quicktime using ProRes 422 LT
What codec is used in your Sequence setting?
In sequence settings the compressor is set also to Apple ProRes 422 LT
What are the RT settings?
Render Control Settings: Filters & Flame Blending Selected. Frame Rate and Resolution 100% Coded same as Sequence Codec. Quality Normal. Always use best quality is deselected.
What are you using to create the text?
Just the FCP Text Generator.
If you are using external titling software, what color space and format are the files saved in?
Nope.
Where is the source footage located on your computer?
On an external drive, and the project file is on my internal hard drive.
What Mac model are you using, which version of Mac OS X, what CPU and how much RAM?
iMac from 2006, 10.5.8 2GHz Intel Core Duo 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

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