The quick answer: to render in Adobe Premiere, you simply make sure the timeline is selected and press the Enter key. The computer will grind a bit with a progress bar, and when it's done it will start playback. I'm not sure if Elements does the same thing, but suspect it does. You might check your Help menu or manual for instructions on how to render.
What's going on when you render? When you assemble clips and then add effects to them, the effects alter what's played back. In playback before rendering, Premiere reads the clips, computes the effects to add to the clip contents, and displays the results on the screen. The effect computation can take some time, and that's what sometimes makes the video playback stutter. When you render the timeline, Premiere reads all the clips, computes all the changes, then writes the changed content to one or more preview files. The next time you play the timeline back, it reads straight from the preview files so there's no heavy computing involved to display the video, and hence much smoother playback. Anytime you record back to tape or use a codec to export video, Premiere automatically renders before sending data out. Mike Boom At 10:28 PM 10/12/2008, you wrote: >Thanks for taking the time to reply! > >I'm new at this; rendering? Please elaborate.... > >--- In [email protected], Mike Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's a little hard to tell just what's going on from your > > description, but have you rendered your timeline yet? Unrendered > > video on the timeline can often be choppy, especially if you've > > applied effects to it. If, after rendering, it's still choppy I'm not > > sure what the problem is. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Mike Boom > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
