Smart Rendering

Smart rendering passes through unedited frames without recompression when the source, project, and template properties match. This preserves quality and can significantly reduce render time.

Requirements

• The source media, project settings, and the selected template must match in width, height, frame rate, field order, profile/level (when applicable), and bit rate.
• Frames with effects, compositing, transitions, or resampling are re-encoded.
• To disable the feature, clear Enable no-recompress rendering on the File I/O tab of the Preferences dialog.

How to smart-render

1. Open the Render dialog (Rendering your project).
2. Enable Match project settings in the filters to narrow templates to compatible choices.
3. Select a format that supports smart rendering (see below) and choose a template whose properties match your project.
4. Click Render.

Supported formats

• DV AVI
• DV MXF
• IMX MXF (IMX 24p MXF not supported for no-recompress)
• XAVC Intra MXF
• HD MXF
• MPEG-2 (for example, HDV/DVD camcorder files)
• Panasonic P2
• XDCAM EX (selected SP/HQ profiles)