View Full Version : Rendering before exporting?


Urban Skargren
July 20th, 2013, 01:32 PM
Hello I have this simple question: Do I need to render before exporting?

William Hohauser
July 22nd, 2013, 03:48 PM
No. If your computer plays back a clip that has been adjusted fine then there's no need to render before export. If the clip plays back poorly, you can render to be sure it's OK but in almost all cases you can be confident that the final export will be good.

Urban Skargren
July 22nd, 2013, 05:07 PM
Thank you. Can I keep working on and changing a project while it is exporting?

William Hohauser
July 22nd, 2013, 07:57 PM
No. You can work on other projects.

Urban Skargren
October 11th, 2014, 08:01 PM
Thanks! Can I do batch export? I would be very handy to be able to export, let's say, three projects over night and have them ready in the morning.

William Hohauser
October 11th, 2014, 09:28 PM
Just individually select each project and export. They will queue up and export overnight. Unfortunately FCPX will not let you select more than one project for export at a time but that's a very minor inconvenience as the exports will queue up in order and advance to the next one automatically once the first one is finished.

Dave Partington
October 13th, 2014, 12:19 PM
Thank you. Can I keep working on and changing a project while it is exporting?

Duplicate the project before export, then work on the duplicate while it's exporting from the original.

David Dixon
October 13th, 2014, 01:13 PM
And, of course, if you have Compressor, you can make custom export settings. You can start with one of the default options, duplicate it, then tweak it. Those new ones will appear as options in the Add Destination feature in the Share window in FCPX.