Render when importing .avi

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Jimmy Morrison

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I am importing .avi files, editing them, then exporting to dvd. Do I need to render the footage before I export? It has to encode it anyway, so I am just wondering if it is necessary?
 
If it is not rendered it's not 'real-time'? If it is not real-time what is it? Sincerely, I'm not sure what that it means when it's not real time.
 
Kugar13 said:
If it is not rendered it's not 'real-time'? If it is not real-time what is it? Sincerely, I'm not sure what that it means when it's not real time.
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If your editing system has enough horsepower, PPro can playback a timeline in real-time; meaning the specified framerate of the timeline like 24fps or 30 fps. Once you start adding effects and transitions, at some point the system may not be able to keep up with the processing load so it will start dropping the framerate by skipping frames during the playback. Rendering pre-processes the timeline so it can be played at the full framerate.
-Dan
 
TeleDan said:
If your editing system has enough horsepower, PPro can playback a timeline in real-time; meaning the specified framerate of the timeline like 24fps or 30 fps. Once you start adding effects and transitions, at some point the system may not be able to keep up with the processing load so it will start dropping the framerate by skipping frames during the playback. Rendering pre-processes the timeline so it can be played at the full framerate.
-Dan
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Thanks TeleDan! It is awesome to be able to get answers/advice from a pro!
 
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