FCP Export 3 Days

FCP Export 3 Days

by Jason Black

on Jun 10, 2013 at 7:54:09 pm

We're doing a 3.5 hour doc with hundreds of shots. We just got finished with coloring all of them thru NewBlueFX Color Fixer Plus, which changed all the rendered shots to un-rendered (because of adding the color). The timeline is ProRes422 HQ

When exporting to regular Quicktime, it says the export will take about 4 days. Any ideas on how to speed up this process?

Re: FCP Export 3 Days

by Shane Ross

on Jun 10, 2013 at 9:27:43 pm

Render first, then export. But you did use a rather render intensive plugin. And 3.5 hours of it...it might take a while. I applied a plugin called NEAT Noise Reduction. And only to about 30 min of a 51 min doc. Render time was 15 hours.

Speed it up? Faster processors are key....More RAM might help a little. If it is a plugin that utilizes GPU, a better graphics card might help a lot too.

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Re: FCP Export 3 Days

by Todd Gillespie

on Jun 10, 2013 at 9:56:41 pm

To reiterate what Shane mentioned.

I've had many a render take days to process. I use Colorista by Magic Bullet and it is very render intensive.

For 3.5 hours, ALL Color Corrected, yup, sounds about right...especially on aging Apple hardware.

Unfortunately I have yet to find a plug-in that can really take advantage of the GPU, so the speed of the processors are the key for the render times.

Good Luck,

Todd at UCSB
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Re: FCP Export 3 Days

by Edward Troxel

on Jun 11, 2013 at 4:06:15 pm

You might test rendering in 8-bit which should speed things up. You might also test with GPU Acceleration in the plugin both on and off to see if one is faster than the other.

Edward Troxel