<p>after posting this I randomly stumbled upon a setting in Preferences. </p>

<p>Preferences -> Memory</p>

<p>Optimize rendering for performance
Changed to "Memory"</p>

<p>Looks fine now. </p>

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2016-02-02T00:14:27.687Z
Please also mark this question as solved ;)
user3450548
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2016-02-02T01:11:48.063Z
Note that the timeline render isn't necessarily the final result. How you set the export settings determines the quality of the final output.
stib
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2016-02-01T22:54:18.720Z
2016-02-01T22:54:18.720Z
Damo
<p>I'm testing some high quality footage from Arri (<a href="https://www.arri.com/EN/camera/alexa/learn/alexa_sample_footage/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.arri.com/EN/camera/alexa/learn/alexa_sample_footage/</a>) and I've noticed that PP when rendering the timeline lowers the quality considerably. </p>

<p>If you reference the below image, I have only added a title only and the timeline render quality in PP is awful. </p>

<p>Both my playback and pause resolution is full. </p>

<p>If I remove the title from the timeline the full quality is restored. This issue will occur with any PP effect. If I don't render the timeline, the program sequence runs at full quality. </p>

<p>The final render out is fine, but I want to work with the footage in high quality as my machine is more than capable. What am I missing here?</p>

<p>CPU: i7 4770K @ 4.3</p>

<p>MEM: 32GB</p>

<p>GPU: GTX970</p>

<p>SSD Disks</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/qxueQ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qxueQ.jpg" alt="Difference between source and program"></a></p>

<premiere><video-quality><cs6>
Quality difference between source and timeline render
Damo
# Quality difference between source and timeline render

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-01)

I'm testing some high quality footage from Arri (<https://www.arri.com/EN/camera/alexa/learn/alexa_sample_footage/>) and I've noticed that PP when rendering the timeline lowers the quality considerably.

If you reference the below image, I have only added a title only and the timeline render quality in PP is awful.

Both my playback and pause resolution is full.

If I remove the title from the timeline the full quality is restored. This issue will occur with any PP effect. If I don't render the timeline, the program sequence runs at full quality.

The final render out is fine, but I want to work with the footage in high quality as my machine is more than capable. What am I missing here?

CPU: i7 4770K @ 4.3

MEM: 32GB

GPU: GTX970

SSD Disks

[![Difference between source and program](https://i.sstatic.net/qxueQ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/qxueQ.jpg)

**Tags:** premiere, video-quality, cs6


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2016-02-01. Score: 1

after posting this I randomly stumbled upon a setting in Preferences.

Preferences -> Memory

Optimize rendering for performance
Changed to "Memory"

Looks fine now.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Please also mark this question as solved ;)  
> **username_2**: Note that the timeline render isn't necessarily the final result. How you set the export settings determines the quality of the final output.  

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