User Guide

Chapter Realtime FX
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Rendering and Realtime
Realtime and the Effect Preview
On the Timeline, the above-mentioned effect types are indicated in the Slices (the numbered seg-
ments above the Timeline) by means of defined colors. In this way, the system provides informa-
tion on the effect preview or playback behavior:
Slices above the Timeline
w Green -
These segments will certainly be played back at the full frame rate (PAL: 25 fps/NTSC: 30
fps) because either hardware effects are applied or the Slices have already been rendered
(fps means frames per second).
A green Slice indicates that a render file was created for this segment. The file is used to
play the Slice.
Output of these Slices is possible via IEEE/DV out, analog monitor out (optional), and of
course via the Master Viewer inlay (no IEEE preview with
Liquid Edition PRO ).
w Ye l l o w -
These segments may
jitter when played back (less than 25 or 30 fps), meaning that frames
are dropped. Realtime software effects are always “yellow” because the system cannot
supply exact information before the actual playback.
A yellow Slice always indicates that the system will attempt to play the segment in real-
time, even it has to reduce the frame rate (drop frames). Audio remains synchronous.
Preview is possible in the Master Viewer video inlay and via an analog monitor output
(optional); but not via IEEE/DV out.