Rendering

[Bubby Grub]

Hi Guys,

I have just started my first project in PE11, and as this stage I would only be about 2 mins into it, and my problem is the
rendering. I render what I have done, save and exit the program, but each time I call the project up it requires rendering all over
again. Basically at this stage it has started with a time clock loop, then just a couple of backgrounds with a couple of pics, nothing
over special at this stage, once I finish a particular page set-up from PS that I want to incorporate, then there will be some HD MTS Video, having
to re render every time I go into the project is getting very frustrating. Can anyone help as to what may be the problem.
My computer that I am using at the moment is my second computer which is Intel Core i7 CPU 860 2.80 GHZ 8GB ram. I have found
that it is impossible to play the project without re-rending so any help is greatly appreciated, having to re-render to check what I have
done each time is very frustrating, especially as the project progresses, I figure more time will be spent re-rending then actually being
able to get on with the project at hand.
Thanks in advance for any help
Bubby Grub

[Steve Grisetti]

I'm surprised to hear this, Bubby. This was a problem in version 9, I think, of the program, but it's since been corrected.

Where are you saving your project file to? It's not an external drive, is it? And you have your preferences set to save your Media Cache files to the default Same as Project, right? And are you on Windows 7 or Windows 8?

Try doing a Save As and saving your project to a new folder. Once you do this, the program should automatically create a Preview Files folder within this folder and it should save your renders there.

[Bubby Grub]

Hi Steve,
Going by your response I think my problem lies with the Media Cache Files. Not sure what
is going on, but yes I am running Win 7 64 bit, I have 3 HD which I always save my project to
the 3rd one, but when I check preferences, everything is saved to "Default - same as project,
except for the Media Cache, which is set to Custom - but showing the name of the project.
I created a new Folder different name, and checked the preferences everything was same as 'default'
I rendered, saved with new name, closed and upon re-entering needs rendering again, and the media
cache as switched back to Custom but showing the name I created. I am lost, have to go out now
but will play around a little more on my return, any help you can provide would be most appreciated.
Thanks again BG
PS, just checked a project I have on the go in 7 and my media cache file is set to the default and everything is ok there,
so the problem is with the media cache, but just how to fix it is my problem.

[RJ Johnston]

I'm sure it's the Photoshop files. Wherever there's a Photoshop image, you will have to render that part again. It doesn't matter if you use effects or not or if you have media of a different kind on the tracks above or below it. Also, if you use the stabilizer, you will have to render again the next time you load the project.

[Bubby Grub]

Hi RJ
Thank you so much, you are definitely correct, yes I noticed that if I just did a test run and used jpegs everything was fine,
but the moment a PSD came into it, rendering was required again, and yes the stabilizer was used. That was something I did
not even realize or think about. I have used 7 for so..........long and have used plenty of PSD's as a matter of fact pretty well
all my pics are PSD and I never had that problem, so consequently it never entered my mind. Thank you once again for mentioning
those facts, I was beginning to think I was loosing it. I must admit at this stage I am a little lost as to why especially when PSD's
are a part of Adobe so to speak.
Bubby Grub