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Settings
When the Configuration section is set to Preview, the Settings section of the Render dialog
includes three options that determine the overall quality and appearance of your final output.
These buttons also have a significant impact on render times. When the Configurations setting
is set to Final, these options cannot be disabled
HiQ: When enabled, this setting renders in full image quality. If you need to see what
the final output of a node would look like, then you would enable the HiQ setting. If
you are producing a rough preview to test animation, you can save yourself time by
disabling this setting.
MB: The MB in this setting stands for Motion Blur. When enabled, this setting renders
with motion blur applied if any node is set to produce motion blur. If you are generating
a rough preview and you aren’t concerned with the motion blur for animated elements,
then you can save yourself time by disabling this setting.
Some: When Some is enabled, only the nodes specifically needed to produce the
image of the node you’re previewing are rendered.
Size
When the Configurations section is set to Preview, you can use the Size options to render out
frame sizes lower than full resolution. This is helpful when using the Render dialog to create
proxies or just creating a smaller file size.
Network
The Network setting controls the distribution of rendering to multiple computers. For more
information, see the network rendering section in this chapter.
Shoot On
Again, this option is only available when Configurations is set to Preview. The Shoot On setting
allows you to skip frames when rendering. You can choose to render every second, third, or
fourth to save render time and get faster feedback. You can use the Step parameter to
determine the interval at which frames are rendered.
Frame Range
Regardless of whether the Configurations is set to Final or Preview, this option defaults to the
current Render In/Out Range set in the Time Ruler to determine the start and end frames for
rendering. You can modify the range to render more or fewer frames.
Configurations
When set to Final, the Render Settings are set to deliver the highest quality results, and you
cannot modify most of the options in this dialog. When set to Preview, you can set the options
to gain faster rendering performance. Once you’ve created a useful preview configuration, you
can save it for later use by clicking the Add button, giving it a name, and clicking OK.
Rendering Previews
You can render Flipbook previews into a viewer. These Flipbook previews exist entirely within
RAM. They are created by right-clicking over a node in the Node Editor and choosing Create >
Play/Preview on > Left viewer/Right viewer from the pop-up menu. The Render Settings dialog
appears where you can configure the preview and initiate the rendering. You can also Option-
drag a node directly from the Node Editor into a viewer. The Render Settings dialog will be
displayed, and the preview will appear on the viewer you target.
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