User Manual

Media Creation Settings

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Media Creation Settings: Additional Options for Render Tab

Media Creation Settings: Media Type Tab

Option Description

Same as Source When this option is selected, your Avid editing application renders the effect using the

resolution of the clip or clips used to create the effect. If an effect is created from clips

that use different resolutions, your Avid editing application uses the highest quality

resolution.

Effects Processing Controls the resolution (bit depth) used for effects processing. The following options are

available:

• 8-bit: Select this option when rendering time is more important than image quality.

Also use this option if you are mainly working with effects that don’t support 16-bit

precision.

• 16-bit: Select this option for the best overall image quality. Use this option if you use

10-bit resolutions, use many levels of nested effects, or want the best color fidelity for

rendered effects.

• Automatic: Select this option if you want the media source to determine the effects

resolution. This is the default.

Save after Render When this option is selected, your Avid editing application saves open bins after you

perform a render operation.

R3D Source Quality

(Debayer)

Sets the playback quality for RED material. You can choose Full, Half (Best Quality),

Half (Good Quality), Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth. For details on preparing you RED clips,

see “Preparing your RED Clip for Transcode, Mixdown, or Render” on page 412

Option Description

Video File Format Defines the video file format, either Open Media Format (OMF) or Material Exchange

Format (MXF). This option applies to video format menus in the Capture tool, the

Consolidate/Transcode dialog box, and other places in your Avid editing application. For

more information, see “File Format Specifications” on page 1451.

If your project uses an HD resolution, you cannot select OMF as a file format. MXF

is selected by default.