Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1454)

Keeping Track of Rendering Progress
The amount of rendering time depends on the type and number of effects that are
applied. When you render, a status window appears and provides you with the following
information.
• Percentage of completion: The percentage of rendering that has been completed, based
on the number of frames left to render.
• Estimated Time: The estimated time remaining to render. This value appears above the
progress bar, in seconds, minutes, hours, and so on.
Final Cut Pro bases its estimate on how long the last frame took to render and how many
frames remain to be rendered. Because different sections of your sequence may have
different effects applied, this estimate may change over time as it’s constantly updated
to reflect the clip currently being rendered.
Render files for a sequence are generated cumulatively, so you can cancel rendering and
retain what you have already rendered without having to start over.
Temporarily Disabling Rendering
Normally, Final Cut Pro attempts to calculate all the effects applied to the frame at the
current playhead position. Sometimes, especially with effects-intensive sequences, you
will want to turn off these calculations temporarily while you make changes to edits in a
sequence or to the settings of a motion effect or filter. When rendering is turned off, all
clips that require rendering (indicated by red render bars in the Timeline) do not appear
in the Viewer or Canvas. This way, you can work in the Timeline or in the Controls, Filters,
or Motion tab of the Viewer without waiting for individual frames at the position of the
playhead to render for display. Clips with real-time effects applied still appear.
To temporarily turn off rendering
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Press the Caps Lock key.
1454 Chapter 85 Rendering and Video Processing Settings