Operation Manual

258 Pinnacle Studio 9
Rendering
This area furnishes several options that affect rendering
– the process in which the video for your final movie is
generated from materials you have assembled in the
Movie Window.
Depending on the speed of your computer system,
Studio may be unable to calculate some of its more
complex effects rapidly enough to provide a completely
smooth and detailed preview in the Player. Among the
items which Studio may not be able to generate in real
time are:
• Many plug-in video effects;
• Many Hollywood FX 3-D transitions;
• Moving thumbnail frames in disc menus;
• SmartSound background music tracks.
Without special handling, the time needed for Studio to
provide previewing for these effects in the Player could
hamper your work flow.
Studio gives you two ways of managing this situation:
• Background rendering: This feature, which you
turn on by choosing either of the Optimize for items
on the dropdown list, lets the computation of the
preview run behind the scenes while you work. Until
the rendering is complete, the Player will show the
simplified preview described below.
You can optimize background rendering
options for preview in the Player or for
output to videotape.