Preview Setting While Rendering at DVinfo.net

Jim Snow · December 31st, 2010, 05:50 PM

It is my impression that the preview resolution setting doesn't matter with respect to render quality. Some argue that before rendering , the preview quality should be set to "Best - Full" for best results. Is there any validity to that?

Don Bloom · December 31st, 2010, 06:11 PM

None that I've ever seen. Render quality has nothing to do with preview quality. I've rendered with my preview OFF. No difference.

Jim Snow · December 31st, 2010, 06:16 PM

That has been my impression as well but I had someone who wanted to argue the point. I'll just leave him to his opinion ;-)

Adam Stanislav · December 31st, 2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Bloom

I've rendered with my preview OFF.

How? I have often been annoyed for it previewing while rendering (a total waste of processor time) and have always been wondering how to render with the preview off. But I have never seen an option for it.

I mean I guess I could always kill the preview window before rendering and restore it when finished, but that is something I would have to remember to do since once you start rendering, you cannot change the layout until the render is finished. So, if there is an option to automatically turn the preview off while rendering. I would like to hear about it.

Leslie Wand · December 31st, 2010, 11:45 PM

the amount of processing required for the preview window is truly negligible - you might save 20sec on a couple of hours.....

if you don't want preview - alt+4

simple

Adam Stanislav · January 1st, 2011, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Wand

if you don't want preview - alt+4

simple

What version is that? I just tried it with Vegas Pro 10 and all it did was beep but it sure did not turn the preview off.

Graham Bernard · January 1st, 2011, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam Stanislav

I mean I guess I could always kill the preview window before rendering and restore it when finished, but that is something I would have to remember ......

Well here's what I do. I use the Vegas Windows Layouts. I use them, there are 10 of them, to loosely mirror my Project progression. So:

1 > 3 Are layouts I've developed for auditioning my clips.

4 > 6 Complex Event aggregation

7 I use for Tiling

8 Audio Work: Mixer and so on

9 Colour Grading and fixing

0 (zero) RENDERING. And here I have a really trimmed mean machine of a workspace. See?

Having my layouts set out and organised in this truly Project creation progression way does add some sanity to my normally all over the place workflow.

So long story short, I don't HAVE to remember just what layout (Preview ON or OFF) I will use, I just know that one of the last things I do, render, will be 0, and that's it. Press ALT+D+1 I can go back to the beginning of a new project.

Vegas Windows Layouts? For me it had the same effect on me when Vegas gave us the 3 Wheel Colour Corrector. Brilliant.

Grazie

Leslie Wand · January 1st, 2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam Stanislav

What version is that? I just tried it with Vegas Pro 10 and all it did was beep but it sure did not turn the preview off.

it's been alt+4 for as long as i can remember.....

have you reassigned your keyboard at any stage?

Don Bloom · January 1st, 2011, 08:02 AM

First I'm not using 10 so it may be different and 2nd I keep my preview screen on my 2nd montior and can simply hit the X on the preview, or goto VIEW and uncheck it or Alt-4 to shut it down. No reason to have it up but it IS weird to be rendering and not seeing ANY kind of image on the screen.

Adam Stanislav · January 1st, 2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Graham Bernard

0 (zero) RENDERING. And here I have a really trimmed mean machine of a workspace. See?

That is a good idea. I'll have to adopt it as well. Thanks.

Adam Stanislav · January 1st, 2011, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Wand

have you reassigned your keyboard at any stage?

No. A brand new computer (several weeks). I just double checked. The help file says Alt-4 should work. But when I tried it, Windows said Vegas stopped working and asked me if I wanted to submit a report, then it killed Vegas.

To quote Chirag Gupta, Not good.

Edward Troxel · January 1st, 2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Snow

It is my impression that the preview resolution setting doesn't matter with respect to render quality. Some argue that before rendering , the preview quality should be set to "Best - Full" for best results. Is there any validity to that?

The preview quality controls how things look when PREVIEWING and has NOTHING to do with rendering. When you choose File - Render As, you can click on "custom" and one of the tabs there will let you set the render quality. You can also go to File - Properties and set the default rendering quality. But it doesn't matter what the preview quality is set to when you start rendering.

Don Bloom · January 1st, 2011, 04:46 PM

Adam, just a thought here but did you accidentally hit ALT-F4? I don't think it would have generated an error report but....as we all know puters sometimes do strange things.

Leslie Wand · January 1st, 2011, 05:21 PM

alt + f4 will certainly close any program that has focus......

Adam Stanislav · January 1st, 2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Bloom

Adam, just a thought here but did you accidentally hit ALT-F4?

No, Alt-4. It's not a big deal, by the way. I was just curious.

December 31st, 2010, 05:50 PM	#1
Jim Snow Trustee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,104	Preview Setting While Rendering It is my impression that the preview resolution setting doesn't matter with respect to render quality. Some argue that before rendering , the preview quality should be set to "Best - Full" for best results. Is there any validity to that?

December 31st, 2010, 06:11 PM	#2
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	None that I've ever seen. Render quality has nothing to do with preview quality. I've rendered with my preview OFF. No difference. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

January 1st, 2011, 08:02 AM	#9
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	First I'm not using 10 so it may be different and 2nd I keep my preview screen on my 2nd montior and can simply hit the X on the preview, or goto VIEW and uncheck it or Alt-4 to shut it down. No reason to have it up but it IS weird to be rendering and not seeing ANY kind of image on the screen. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

January 1st, 2011, 04:46 PM	#13
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Adam, just a thought here but did you accidentally hit ALT-F4? I don't think it would have generated an error report but....as we all know puters sometimes do strange things. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

December 31st, 2010, 06:16 PM	#3
Jim Snow Trustee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,104	That has been my impression as well but I had someone who wanted to argue the point. I'll just leave him to his opinion ;-)

December 31st, 2010, 11:45 PM	#5
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	the amount of processing required for the preview window is truly negligible - you might save 20sec on a couple of hours..... if you don't want preview - alt+4 simple

January 1st, 2011, 05:21 PM	#14
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	alt + f4 will certainly close any program that has focus......