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About Effects Preview
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Most effects must be rendered so you can preview them properly. Some effects can be displayed in the OpenGL view, but most of them must be rendered and previewed in the Render Mode of the Camera view.
Once you preview your effect, you may want to adjust it. By default, as soon as you modify a parameter, Harmony will recalculate the preview image. If your scene is heavy and you do not want the preview rendered automatically, deselect the Auto-Render option and do the preview update manually.
You might also need to play back your animation and see the final effect before final rendering. But first, you must connect a Render Preview node to each effect.
You cannot play back your animation in Render mode. You must perform a render or a preview render to see your animation with the final effects
To make your previews calculate faster, you may want to render them at a smaller resolution. You can use the Preview Resolution command so you will not have to modify the resolution of your scene every time you make a check preview.
Time Estimated 5 mins
Difficulty Level Beginner
Topics List
- About Effects
- Node View
- Node Library View
- Adding Effects
- About Input and Output Ports
- Connecting Effects
- Blur
- Transparency
- Cutter
- Using the Cutter Node
- Glow Node
- Highlight Node
- About Effects Preview
- Previewing Effects in Render Mode
- Playing Back Effects
- Exporting a QuickTime Movie
- Activity 1: Staging a Night Scene
- Activity 2: Adding Blurs and Transparencies
- Activity 3: Masking a Light Source
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