Guide 23

Get sharper output

Choose proxy and output quality to suit your screen, GPU and storage.

Why use it

QHD is the sweet spot for a sharper large-screen image without jumping to 4K.

The Output menu open below Monitor with HD, FHD, QHD and 4K choices.
Output · choose the final size of your composition

Do this

  1. 01Leave Proxy Cache at HD for a good balance of quality, speed and space. Choose FHD when fine video detail matters and your machine has the headroom.
  2. 02Add the clips you plan to use before a show and wait for Proxy Cache to show Ready. You can still add one live: the current look keeps playing while it prepares.
  3. 03Use the phone-orientation button beside External to switch between Landscape and Portrait. Portrait FHD renders a native 1080×1920 frame for Instagram Reels and other vertical video.
  4. 04Choose Output below Monitor: HD, FHD, QHD or 4K. QHD is a sharp large-screen balance; FHD is the practical portrait recording choice. In Portrait, the bounding-box button over Monitor shows a safe-area guide that never appears in External or Broadcast output.
  5. 05Effects render at the selected Output size, while smaller video proxies scale to fit. Splode Lab accepts MP4, MOV (including HAP and DXV), AVI, MKV and WebM; use keying when you need transparency.
Proxy Cache showing Ready with its HD and FHD quality choices open.
Proxy Cache · Ready means the selected deck is prepared