Preview and Performance

Lower preview quality while editing heavy stacks. Still export renders at full quality.

In: Workspace

Set preview quality

Choose a preview render scale in Settings → Effects. Lower scales reduce work while you adjust the composition.

Choose playback behavior

Settings → Effects offers frame-by-frame or batched playback. Every frame keeps each frame; Drop frames follows real time under load. Temporal effects require frame order.

Cache a preview

Enable preview frame cache in the canvas footer to reuse rendered frames during Video playback. Live inputs bypass this cache.

Limit output rate

Use the frame-rate limit in Canvas Output for Live presentation. Lower it when the stack cannot keep up.

Inspect output

Use the FPS or Detailed output overlay to see presentation performance.

Handle render errors

Use the error message’s retry and report actions. Open log file makes relevant logs available for a support report.

Related

• Animation
• Canvas Output
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madphase 1.4.0