Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1879)

Render Settings
• Frame Rate: You can use this pop-up menu to reduce the frame rate of rendered
segments of a sequence, dramatically speeding up rendering but lowering playback
quality. For example, if you’re editing at 29.97 fps, and you choose 50 percent in the
Frame Rate pop-up menu, rendered effects in your sequence play back at 15 frames
per second.
• Resolution: Choose a percentage from this pop-up menu to reduce the resolution of
rendered effects, speeding up rendering but lowering playback quality. For example,
if you’re editing with a frame size of 720 x 480, choosing 50 percent lowers the resolution
of rendered effects to a non-interlaced 360 x 240. Rendered effects are still full frame,
but they have lower resolution.
• Codec: This pop-up menu affects rendering of native HDV and XDCAM HD sequences.
Choose whether render files are created in the native codec of your sequence segments
or using the Apple ProRes 422 codec. Because Final Cut Pro supports mixed-format
sequences, you can play back the entire sequence, including the Apple ProRes 422
codec render files, in real time.
Audio Outputs Tab
The settings in this tab allow you to define the number of audio output channels available
for your sequence, using whatever video or audio interface is connected to your computer.
New sequences are created with the audio output preset chosen in the User Preferences
window. Once a sequence is created, you can choose a different audio output preset by
selecting the sequence, choosing Sequence > Settings, and then clicking the Audio
Outputs tab.
By default, a stereo preset is selected, which works with the built-in audio output in your
computer, as well as with most DV camcorders and third-party video capture interfaces.
If you have a more sophisticated audio interface chosen in the A/V Devices tab of the
Audio/Video Settings window, you can create a new preset to route audio to these
additional audio output channels. For more information on choosing an external audio
interface in the Audio/Video Settings window, see
“Assigning Output Channels and
External Audio Monitors.”
1879 Chapter 115 Sequence Settings and Presets