Proxying in hitfilm pro

Proxying

For Proxying in to be right HitFilm uses GPU acceleration and intelligent caching to maximize performance across a wide range of hardware. However, some intensive visual effects will always be too complex to render in real time.

Proxying creates a pre-rendered version of a composite shot or video asset, providing faster

performance. This is particularly useful when using embedded composite shots or using composite

shots on the editor, as you can maintain fast performance.

You can adjust proxying storage and render settings in Options.

Creating proxies

To create a proxy, right-click an asset in the Media panel and choose Make Proxy from the asset's

menu. You can also choose Make Proxy from a layer's menu on a timeline.

Proxying in hitfil

This progress wheel indicates how far along the process of creating a proxy has come.

This play icon replaces the progress wheel when the proxy is complete, and indicates a
 completed proxy is ready for use in playing back that asset.Proxying is carried out in the background, so that you can keep on working while proxies are

created. You can keep track of proxies in the Processor panel, which can be turned on in the

workspaces menu.

Once a proxy is complete it will be used in place of the original on all timelines. This also enables a

composite shot to display frame thumbnails on the editor timeline.

Invalidating proxies

Making any changes in a proxied composite shot will cause the proxy to be invalidated. Therefore it

is best to use the proxying system once you have finished work on a composite shot, or when you

do not expect to be making regular changes.

Once the work area is set, click the Export Work Area button to add the work area to the render

queue.

Export Screen

The HitFilm Export screen is where you manage your exports. It is divided into two main sections.

On the left is the Queue. You can add multiple export tasks to the queue, and export them

individually or all at once. On the right is the Presets bank, where you can select from a variety of

predefined export settings designed for different purposes. You can also customize the settings at

any time you need to, and save your own export presets.

Queue

When you export a timeline from the Edit screen of HitFilm, it is added to the export Queue. You

can view the list of queued timelines here, and select the export details used by each task. The

details of each task in the queue are also listed.

Name: The name of the task to be exported.

Format: The format to be used for the export. This is determined by the preset that is selected.

Preset: Presets contain a specified set of format and compression details which will be used to

create the exported file. The presets panel on the right side of the Export screen can be used to

manage your presets, and will be discussed later.

Duration: Indicates the total duration of the exported file.

Output: Here is where you can set the name and location that will be used by the exported file.

Click on the Output field to enter a name to be used by your exported file, and to choose the

location to which it will be saved.

Presets

The Presets portion of the Export screen lists all your available export presets. Presets allow you to

save export settings that you wish to use again, and make it easy to export multiple versions of your

project for different purposes. The included presets provide a variety of settings suitable for most

export situations, but you are not limited to only exporting using these settings.

You can create your own presets at any time. Click the New Preset button below the presets list,

then select the format you wish to use, MP4, Image Sequence, AVI (Windows), or MOV (Mac).

Once you select a format, the options for that format will be shown, so you can select the specific

settings you wish to use in your preset.

In the queue, you can select any of your available presets for each export task.

You can delete a preset by selecting it in the list, and then clicking the Delete Preset button at the

bottom of the screen.