Found a better ''workaround'' that allows me to leave Background Rendering on. After you finish all your editing and you are going to Make  Movie, go to Delete Auxiliary Files and delete all those files for your current project. After deleting those files quickly click Create File so it stops the Background Rendering from starting ...

Forgot to add this last part, It also didn't matter what settings I used under Video and Audio Preferences tab in the Background rendering section. I tried to ''Set Codec Automatically'' and manually set it by selecting ''Use this codec for background rendering'' both ''MPEG-2: best for output to disc'' and ''MPEG-2: best for ...

Ok, I added my system info and also found a ''workaround'' solution but it's not what I would prefer doing with this software. I tried turning off the background rendering since this generated the Stair-Stepping artifact in the preview and it could easily be seen when watching the preview screen at full screen. This artifact appeared whether ...

I did a comparison between what my HD 720P video looked like before and after adding any Video Effect and found a major quality issue. I used RGB Color Balance and had the settings set to 0 so there would be no alteration to the original video just that a video effect had been applied. The project setting matched the HD 720P video. 1. Any Video ...