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kentwolf wrote on 12/19/2007, 11:29 AM
As compared to preview quality?

Yes.
bob ripperden wrote on 12/19/2007, 11:41 AM
is there any way to get a better quality picture out to a vcr without rendering..all my shows are 30 min. trying to save time.
Thanks.
blink3times wrote on 12/19/2007, 3:23 PM
No.

Rendering is sort of like RE-WRITING the video... which is what you need to do when you do a color change or use a filter to remove video noise. The video has to be RE-WRITTEN, or in other words rendered in order to produce the end result that you seek. The only time you can avoid rendering is when you have not introduced any changes to the video, so the video doesn't have to be re-written.
bob ripperden wrote on 12/20/2007, 4:06 PM
Vegas pro 8 lets me preview out to another monitor before rendering and I’m able to connect the output for this to a vcr and with the preview set at best quality I record it...I am wondering, does it have a better picture quality if rendering first...I don't need to keep it or send it to another format. If I do need to render what should be the format?
Thank you so much.
Bob
TheHappyFriar wrote on 12/20/2007, 5:49 PM
the picture quality won't be better, but if you have FX, lots of changes, etc. it will stutter. Rendering solves this.

If you're just outputting to VHS direct from the timeline, select the range that's going to be on the VCR & render that to a new track @ DV AVI (or widescreen, if you're using that). Then solo those tracks. Then play those back.