Graphics Programs Reference
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image.) Now when you click the Play icon, the sharpening appears throughout the entire
clip. But, there's a decent chance on that playback you ran into a problem.
Step Seven:
So, chances are somewhat likely that when you played that clip it either was a bit jittery,
or it played for a few seconds and then the playhead literally stopped. That's because the
clip hadn't fully rendered a preview yet (this is a phenomenon video people deal with all
the time, but as photographers we're like, “Huh?” because we're used to everything hap-
pening in real time). When you apply an effect like a filter, it takes some time (and a lot
of your computer's RAM) to apply that sharpening to 24 frames every second. So, how do
you know if your video has rendered and will play without being choppy? You'll see a thin,
solid green bar directly above your video clip in the Timeline panel (as shown here at the
