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Page 1044: About share, Monitor

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Chapter 24

Share Motion projects

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3D rendering options

Camera: A pop-up menu to choose the cameras to use to render your project, if your project
uses 3D layers.

Lighting: A pop-up menu that sets whether to render lighting effects. The options are On,
Off, or “Use canvas setting.” Turning this option off reduces rendering time; however, lighting
effects do not appear in the output.

Shadows: A pop-up menu to choose whether to render shadow effects. The options are On,
Off, or “Use canvas setting.” Turning this option off reduces rendering time; however, shadow
effects do not appear in the output.

Reflections: A pop-up menu to choose whether to render reflection effects. The options are On,
Off, “Use canvas setting.” Turning this option off reduces rendering times; however, reflection
effects do not appear in the output.

Depth of Field: A pop-up menu to choose whether to render depth of field effects. The options
are On, Off, or “Use canvas setting.” Turning this option off reduces rendering times; however,
depth of field effects will not appear in the output.

Background rendering

The Advanced pane, found in nearly all Share dialogs, lets you send customized Share settings to
Compressor for background rendering while you continue to work in Motion.

Send your project to Compressor for background rendering

1

Choose and configure an option from the Share menu.

For example, you can choose Share > Apple Devices to configure its settings.

2

If necessary, click Show Details to reveal the available panes, then click Advanced.

3

Click Send to Compressor.

Your movie is sent to Compressor for rendering. To monitor render progress, use Share Monitor.
For more information, see

About Share Monitor

on page 1044.

About Share Monitor

Publishing or exporting a project using Share menu options (except for Export Movie, Export
Selection to Movie, and Save Current Frame) opens the Share Monitor application.

You can click the Share Monitor icon in the Dock to monitor the progress of the rendering
process. A number appears on the Share Monitor icon to show how many files are
being rendered.

For more information on using Share Monitor, see

Share Monitor Help

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