User manual PINNACLE LIQUID EDITION REFERENCE MANUAL

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[. . . ] (See also "Rendering and Preview Quality (relevant only for Classic Effects)" on page 11-96. ) Effect Rendering Render Viewer Rendering occurs automatically in the background. To monitor the rendering process, click the Sigma button to open the Render Viewer. Pinnacle Liquid also plays partially rendered transitions or clip effects on the Timeline. Where no rendered data is available, a gray exclamation mark on a black surface becomes visible in the inlay while the Playline is over a section not yet rendered. Render Viewer Chapter Finish 11 - 93 Effects The Render Viewer displays the video image being rendered. Underneath the video inlay is a rendering status display: w Click Stop Rendering to stop the rendering process. w Click the box to activate or deactivate rendering of the yellow slices (this enables/disables the background rendering of realtime effects). For more information, see "Render Management of Realtime Software Effects" on page 12-6. Any rendering process that has been stopped manually must also be restarted, otherwise no further rendering will take place. w Click Close to exit the Render Viewer (the pulsating Sigma signal indicates that rendering is continuing in the background). w During rendering, a display appears with information on the rendering status (remaining time, number of frames rendered, etc. ). A Timeline Slice above a segment that contains non-rendered effects is displayed in red. From left to right, this area gradually disappears from the Slice as rendering progresses. Rendering with Liquid Edition. InTime (optional) The Li quid Edi tion . InTime technology integrated in Pinnacle Liquid decreases the rendering times considerably by using additional system processors and in particular by incorporating the Li quid Edi tion . InTime board. When installing Pinnacle Liquid, Liquid Edition. InTime recognizes all additional system processors or a Liquid E dition. InTime board and uses the detected capacities for computing the effects. 11 - 94 Chapter Finish Effects Deleting Render Files Render files, i. e. files created when effects or timewarp clips are rendered, can be deleted selectively. It may become necessary to delete render files; for example, after a Batch Digitize operation you may want to perform a manual re-rendering of effects on the basis of the newly digitized material. Or you may want to delete files you no longer need in order to make room on the storage media. The following options are available: Delete Functions in the Desktop Trash Icon The shortcut menu for the Trash icon on the desktop contains a number of options for deleting render files that apply to the current Project. Select: Delete Render Files Of Project:. . . w Not used by any Sequence This option deletes render files that do not reference any existing Sequences in the Project. w Not used by current Sequence This option deletes all render files except those used in the Sequence currently located on the Timeline. w Not used by Sequence(s) selected in Project window This option deletes all render files except those belonging to the Sequences selected in the Project window. Delete Functions in the Timeline Shortcut Menu These delete functions are applied to render files belonging to the Sequence currently located on the Timeline. Select: Delete Render Files. . . w between Mark-In/Out to delete files selectively or w of current Sequence (all) to delete all the render files of the Sequence. Chapter Finish 11 - 95 Effects Rendering and Preview Quality (relevant only for Classic Effects) Use an effect's Properties window to control rendering and preview quality. There are two ways to open this window: w On the Effect Editor's toolbar, click the Effect Editor's Shortcut Menu Button > Properties. w Click Pinnacle Liquid Start menu > Control Panel > Site > FX Editor Properties. Render Quality Use the Render Quality tab to adjust rendering quality settings. You can choose between Best Quality, High Quality and Preview Quality. Pinnacle Liquid renders effects in the YUV color space, in uncompressed YUV quality and on a subpixel basis. Preview Quality Use the Preview Quality tab to control preview quality. [. . . ] In audio technology, three XLR-3 connections are used to transmit analog, symmetric or digital audio signals. The four-pole version of the XLR connection is generally used to transmit supply voltages, i. e. between battery charging devices, batteries, power supplies and camcorders. The digital luminance and color difference signals for ITU-R 601 coding. [. . . ]