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Difference between Base (Canvas) and Output (Scaled) resolutions

As canvas implies, it's the resolution of the preview pane where you place sources/

The output takes the base canvas and scales it to whatever you set it to.

When using a different resolution is worth using

  • For Streaming: If you're limited on bandwidth / encoding efficiency you might consider scaling down, or the opposite on YouTube for extra bitrate (same principle as upscaling)

  • For Recording: If you know you're gonna scale to a different resolution in post editing you can do it directly while recording, though this means it's scaling on the fly, may or may not help with performance.

Frame rate

All of us use Fractional FPS Value, and use the fps we want / 1