2 Minute: How to Render In Premiere Pro
10Rendering and previewing sequences:
Premiere Pro attempts to play back any sequence in real time and at full frame rate. Premiere Pro usually achieves this for all sections that either need no rendering or for which Premiere Pro already has rendered preview files. However, real-time, full frame-rate playback is not always possible for complex sections without preview files: unrendered sections.
To play back complex sections in real time and at full frame rate, you may have to first render preview files for those sections. Premiere Pro marks unrendered sections of a sequence with colored render bars. A red render bar appearing in the time ruler of a sequence indicates an unrendered section that probably must be rendered to play back in real time and at full frame rate. A yellow render bar indicates an unrendered section that probably does not need to be rendered to play back in real time and at full frame rate. Regardless of their preview quality, sections under either red or yellow render bars should be rendered before you export them to tape. A green render bar indicates a section that already has rendered preview files associated with it.
Sequences refer to preview files in much the same way as source media. If you move or delete preview files in the Windows or Mac file browser rather than the Project panel, you’ll be prompted to find or skip the preview files the next time you open the project.
Render a preview file for a section of a sequence
You can render any part of a sequence that falls under a red render bar. You can also define a section of the sequence you want to render by setting In and Out points.
Render a preview file for a section of a sequence setting In and Out points:
Set In and Out points to mark the area you want to preview.
Choose Sequence, and select one of the following:
Render Effects In to Out
Renders the sections of the video tracks lying within the In and Out points containing a red render bar. Alternatively, press Enter.
Render In to Out
Renders the sections of the video tracks lying within the In and Out points containing either a red render bar or a yellow render bar.
Render Audio
Renders a preview file for the sections of the audio tracks lying within the work area.
Note:
You can set Premiere Pro to render the audio tracks whenever you render the video tracks. For more information, see Render audio when rendering video.
The rendering time depends on your system resources and the complexity of the segment.
These options are not available if the work area is enabled.
Note:
To maximize the quality of motion in rendered preview files, check the Maximum Render Quality option in Sequence Settings. For more information, see Settings.
Render audio when rendering video
By default, Premiere Pro does not render audio tracks when you select either Sequence Render Effects In Work Area, or Sequence Render Entire Work Area. However, playback may suffer when the data throughput of your disk drive cannot sustain the flow when mixing multiple channels of audio and audio in a complex sequence. You can change this default so that Premiere Pro automatically renders audio previews whenever it renders video previews.
Select Edit Preferences General (Windows) or Premiere Pro Preferences General (Mac OS).
Select or deselect Render Audio When Rendering Video.
Click OK.