Operation Manual

142 Pinnacle Studio 9
Background rendering of Hollywood FX
Background rendering is an optional feature in which
the computation needed to create a detailed preview of
Hollywood FX transitions is carried out as a “back-
ground task” with no interruption of your workflow.
Options affecting background rendering, including the
option of disabling it altogether, are provided by the
Edit options panel (Setup ¾ Edit). See “Edit settings”
on page 256 for details.
Until the rendering of a transition is
complete, the Player will preview it at
reduced resolution and frame rate.
Studio gives you feedback on the
progress of background rendering with
a temporary progress bar graphic in the
Timescale. The bar gradually changes color as the
rendering operation progresses.
3-D acceleration for Hollywood FX
Studio can use the 3-D accelerator hardware on your
graphics board to speed up the computation of
Hollywood FX previews. If you have 3-D acceleration,
select it in the Edit options panel (Setup ¾ Edit).
If you don’t have hardware 3-D acceleration, the 3-D
calculations are performed in software, which generally
takes longer.
Audio transitions
Video clips in the Movie Window normally have
synchronous audio. In the absence of a transition, both
video and audio cut from one clip to the next. When a