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Chapter 11 Realtime FX
Rendering and Realtime
This section provides you with information on when effects are realtime-capable and when they have to
be rendered, as well as what this means for the Timeline playback (preview).
When to render, when to use realtime? page 602
Realtime and the effect preview page 603
Render management of software effects page 605
Optimizing realtime preview page 606
The Render Viewer page 607
Working with render files page 608
When Render, When Realtime?
Avid Liquid distinguishes among two types of effect:
Realtime effects (“host-based” or software-based) -
These effects require no special hardware. All the effects are computed by the host PC CPU or the
graphics processor (GPU).
For detailed information on these effects, see: “Effects and Effect Editors on page 625.
Render effects -
These are effects that are always rendered.
This type includes Classic Effect Editors of Avid Liquid and third party plug-in effects.