In certain situations, you might need to render or rerender existing traditional motion effects. To do this, follow one of the procedures described in Rendering Effects.

Information about the type and render status of motion effects appears in the Timeline in the same form as that used for other effects. Each motion effect type has a distinct effect icon, as shown in the following illustration.

Color-coded dots appear on Motion Effect icons to indicate whether they require rendering.

Use ExpertRender to identify motion effects that require rendering.

When you render motion effects, the Avid editing application checks the Motion Effects Render Using option in the active Render setting. If the Motion Effects Render Using option is set to Original Preference (the default setting), the application makes no change to the type of motion effects when it renders them. If the Motion Effects Render Using option is set to a specific motion effect type, the application changes all motion effects to that type when it renders them.

Whenever the Avid editing application changes the motion effect type during a rendering operation, a message appears in the Console window, providing information about the change. For more information, see Creating and Using Render Settings and Displaying Information About Motion Effect Type Changes.

The following is a list of the circumstances in which you might need to render or rerender motion effects.