Playing Back with Proxies

The Proxy Quality options allow adjustments to the display quality in order to increase system responsiveness. This can be useful when a project progresses and the effects pipeline requires heavier computation. When proxy resolution is selected from the menu, the media is displayed at full frame size, but the quality is reduced by showing fewer pixels that are larger in size.

The Quality drop-down menu is available everywhere you have a viewer, in proxy enabled projects, including Batch. There are a few exceptions, such as the Text module, for example.

Using the Proxy Quality box, set an option for playing back clips across the system:

• Full Resolution: generate a full-resolution render for any player or viewer. A yellow border appears around the selected viewport.

• Proxy: generate a proxy-resolution render for any player or viewer. An orange border appears around the selected viewport.

• Proxy on Scrub: generate a proxy-resolution render when scrubbing and a full-resolution render while playing a clip normally. A yellow border appears around the selected viewport.

  Users can toggle between Full Resolution and Proxy by pressing the shortcut key Ctrl+P.

When playing back media in proxy quality mode, the viewer is bordered in orange, in the Timeline, as well as in Batch, so you can tell at a glance if you're in Proxy or Full Resolution mode.