Render Test

I put together a short test project that I'd consider a simple :30 second spot. The footage was all ProRes 422 1080p 23.98.

In addition to 3 different video clips (some of which I used more than once) I created a disclaimer title with an FCP X title clip which I had created in Motion. I also had two clips of text generated with NewBlueFX Titler Pro (Which I recommend taking a look at. I generally prefer it to the FCP X titler or going out to Motion). I also had three clips that had the excellent Tokyo Split Animator added for a three way split. Another clip had an edited version of the BG PIPe Dream effect. Finally, all clips had some form of color correction and FCP X looks filters added (all different). Before each render I deleted all project and event render files. Background rendering was turned off so I could manually start the render to get an accurate time. Also this was with all material on a single FW800 external drive. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test showed read/write speeds of about 47MB/sec. I normally use a Promise Pegasus with 450+MB/sec. read/write.

Results:

10.0.5 Test A: full project from the timeline rendered in 1:43.2
10.0.5 Test B: full project converted to a compound clip with Broadcast Safe Luma and Chroma effect added to the video and a compressor effect added to the audio. This rendered in: 2:04.7
I did not export this project

10.0.6 Test A (same project as above): 43.6 seconds
10.0.6 Test B (same project as above): 44.7 seconds
I also exported the rendered compound clip to my desktop set to open in QT7: 22.5 seconds

IMHO the increase in performance alone would have been enough to make this upgrade incredible.

This is on a 3.4 GHz Core i7 iMac with 16 GB RAM and OS 10.7.5

The crazy thing I am finding about exports (besides the fact that rendering hasn't been necessary since FCPX launched), is that this new Share menu is a truly background process.

Nick, you could take Project A and export it.

While it's exporting, and still on Project A, you could compound the program, throw you broadcast safe-ish filters on it, and export it.

When that's exporting, you can uncompund Project A, add a different tag in an audition (if you have to do that sort of thing) and export it.

You'd then have three different exports according to your needs.

For versioning, this is completely awesome.

Jeremy