I am a bit puzzled by the tools -> render to new track, it works but what is the use of it?
Anyone care to explain or know use-cases for it?
this allows you to quickly create a rendered section / new 'master' media file within a project. This can be useful if you want to see the final image without dropping frames or image quality due to processing in its location.
Non-volatile version of Shift+B. I’ve often used it to smash a Render issue.
I use it frequently to condense a bunch of audio tracks/events down to stereo, stems, ect.
Non-volatile version of Shift+B. I’ve often used it to smash a Render issue.
I thought that would be SHIFT+M?
Without fail, I use it to create a set of durable backup tracks BEFORE creating a Multicam editing workspace.
Yeah audio subs and sends is a great idea!
I'm a big believer in a 'Smart Render' feature whereas any clips on the timeline that do have some clip-FX on them should be automatically background-rendered [after passing a selectable GPU/CPU idle %-threshold criteria] to a codec of choice [in this instance perhaps intermediate] thus vastly improving playback performance and final render speed. But that's my VP2x future music...
Thanks all for the explanation/use cases. I just wonder, if you use such a rendered new track in the final project, and you do the final render, will that not lead to quality loss on that particular part (as I assume it is actually rendered 2x) or am I wrong?
If your video is rendered to a new lossless track and your audio is rendered to PCM (.wav) there won't be any loss on the final render.
I only prerender to either a lower rez so I can watch without glitches or a lossless format (usually uncompressed for me) so I can use as final output. I only use uncompressed for intermediary uses.