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• Current Settings (the default setting) Uses the disk cache settings defined in the Memory & Cache preferences.
Use OpenGL Renderer Determines whether you use OpenGL to render (see “To render with OpenGL” on page 595).
Proxy Use Determines whether to use proxies when rendering. Current Settings uses the settings for each item.
Effects Determines which effects are enabled for the rendered composition. You can choose to use current settings
or to turn all effects on or off. If you choose All On, all applied effects are used in a composition or a layer. If you
choose All Off, all effects for the composition are disabled.
Solo Switches Determines whether solo layers are rendered.
• Current Settings (default) Leaves all Solo switches as they currently are on your layers. This option renders all
layers regardless of the status of their Solo switch, unless layer visibility is turned off.
• All Off Makes all Solo switches behave as if they are off.
Guide Layers Determines whether guide layers are rendered. Choose Current Settings to render guide layers in the
current composition or All Off (the default setting) to not render guide layers. (Guide layers in nested compositions
are never rendered.)
Color Depth Determines the color bit depth for the rendered composition. Choose Current Settings (default) to use
the project bit depth, or choose a different bit depth to override the project bit depth.
Frame Blending Determines the frame blending settings for all layers. Use On For Checked Layers to render frame
blending only for layers with frame blending enabled in the Switches column in the Timeline panel, regardless of the
composition’s Enable Frame Blending setting. (See “Enhancing time-altered motion by blending frames” on
page 169.)
Field Render Determines the field-rendering technique used for the rendered composition. Choose Off if you are
rendering for film or for display on a computer screen. (See “To test field-rendering order” on page 597 and “To
separate video fields in imported footage” on page 100.)
3:2 Pulldown Determines the phase of 3:2 pulldown introduction. (See “About 3:2 and 24Pa pulldown” on page 101.)
Motion Blur Determines when motion blur is applied.
• Current Settings RendersmotionblurascurrentlyspecifiedbythemotionblurswitchesandEnableMotionBlur
composition setting in the Timeline panel.
• On For Checked Layers Renders motion blur only for layers with motion blur enabled in the Switches column in
the Timeline panel, regardless of the composition’s Enable Motion Blur setting. Shutter angle affects the amount of
Motion Blur.
• Off For All Layers Renders all layers without motion blur regardless of their settings in the Timeline panel.
Time Span Indicates how much of the composition is being rendered. To render the entire composition, choose
Length Of Comp. To render only the part of your composition indicated by the work-area markers, choose Work
Area Only. To render a custom time span, choose Custom, type timecodes in Start, End, and Duration, and then click
OK.
Frame Rate Determines the sampling frame rate used to render the composition. Select Use Comp’s Frame Rate to
use the frame rate specified in the Composition Settings dialog box, or select Use This Frame Rate to type in a
different frame rate. The actual frame rate of the composition is unchanged.
Use Storage Overflow Determines whether rendering continues when the first assigned storage volume overflows.
If this option isn’t selected, rendering stops when the first assigned volume reaches capacity. (See “Working with
overflow volumes and segments” on page 631.)