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Why does audio sound bad, or need to be rendered, in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere or iMovie?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:45:10 +0000

Final Cut (and other editing apps) will accept many kinds and formats of audio for import into the Browser or Timeline.

However, just because they will, doesn’t mean you should!

If you import compressed audio, for example, in MP3 or AAC codecs, or audio in a different bit or sample rate than your Timeline (such as 44.1 KHz, 32 KHz or 12-bit), you will often hear clicks, pops, and audio dropouts while editing, which is distracting for your creative process, [read more →]

Why do all my clips need to be rendered before I can play them?

22-02-1989 — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:39:54 +0000

The red line at the top of the timeline indicates that the clip must be rendered before it will play back.

This could result from many things, such as having many intensive filters applied to the clip and being in “Safe” RT Mode.

But for novices, nine times out of ten, the reason the clip “redlines” is because the sequence settings do not match the footage type you are dropping into it.

Check the clip format by highlighting it and pressing [read more →]