Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 67)

• Custom: Whereas Draft, Normal, and Best automatically define the render quality
settings, Custom allows you to pick and choose the individual quality settings in the
Advanced Quality Options dialog.
High Quality Resampling: Turns on high-quality resampling.
Text Quality: Sets text render quality to Low, Medium, or High. When High is selected,
it may slow down project interactivity.
Shape antialiasing: Renders shapes at a higher resolution, then scales objects back to
regular resolution to ensure smooth edges.
Antialias 3D intersections: Renders objects intersecting in 3D space at a higher resolution,
then scales objects back to regular resolution to ensure smooth edges.
Use floating-point footage when necessary: Floating point versions (if any exist in the
project) of floating point QuickTime images are loaded and rendered in float space. This
option slows down project interactivity.
Overriding Project Settings Selected in the Render Pop-Up Menu
Lighting, shadows, reflections, depth of field, field rendering, motion blur, and frame
blending severely impact rendering time. The options selected in the Render pop-up
menu are exported with your project when using the default export presets (“Movie -
current project and canvas settings”). These effects can be turned off temporarily while
exporting. This section describes how to override these settings.
To override the current project settings during export
1 Choose File > Export.
2 Optional: Select a name and location for the saved file.
3 In the Export dialog, click the Options button next to the Export pop-up menu.
4 In the Output tab of the Export Options dialog, deselect “Use current project and canvas
settings.”
Note: If you have already chosen another export preset from the Use pop-up menu in
the Export dialog, “Use current project and canvas settings” is deselected.
The options in the Output tab become available, including Resolution, Color, Frame Rate,
Camera, Lighting, Shadows, Reflections, Depth of Field, Render Quality, Field Rendering,
Motion Blur, and Frame Blending settings.
5 Select the settings you want enabled during the export, such as Lighting, Shadows,
Reflections, Frame Blending and so on.
The exported file will include the settings chosen here, but the Canvas will continue to
display only the settings chosen in the Render pop-up menu.
To override the current project settings for field rendering on export
1 Choose File > Export.
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