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# Rendering Overview
Earth Atlas 80K is configured for rendering through Unreal Engine's **Movie Render Queue (MRQ)**.
The project includes ready-to-use render presets for both **Lit** and **Path Tracing**, allowing you to quickly render animations created in Level Sequencer.
## Starting a Render
Open the `Level Sequence` you want to render.
In the Sequencer toolbar, click **Render this movie to a video, or image frame sequence**.
This opens **Movie Render Queue** with the current sequence added as a render job.
{% hint style="info" %}
**Movie Render Queue does not open?**
Make sure the `Movie Render Queue` plugin is enabled under **Edit → Plugins → Rendering**. Restart Unreal Engine after enabling the plugin if required.
{% endhint %}
## Render Presets
Earth Atlas 80K includes four ready-to-use Movie Render Queue presets.
| Preset | Rendering Mode | Resolution |
|---|
MPPC_4K | Lit | 3840 × 2160 |
MPPC_FullHD | Lit | 1920 × 1080 |
MPPC_PT_4K | Path Tracing | 3840 × 2160 |
MPPC_PT_FullHD | Path Tracing | 1920 × 1080 |
For the highest-quality output intended for Earth Atlas 80K, use one of the **Path Tracing** presets.
The **Lit** presets provide significantly faster rendering and are useful for previews, test renders, or workflows where Path Tracing is not required.
### Loading a Preset
In Movie Render Queue, click the current configuration in the **Settings** column and select the required preset.
After loading the preset, you can either use it as provided or modify individual settings for the current render.
Review the configuration and click **Accept** to apply it to the render job.
Back in Movie Render Queue, click **Render (Local)** to start rendering.
## Important Render Settings
### Texture Streaming
When using the supplied presets, keep:
**Game Overrides → Texture Streaming → `Don't Override`**
Earth Atlas 80K uses several very high-resolution textures. Keeping `Texture Streaming` set to `Don't Override` preserves the project's existing texture streaming configuration instead of forcing Movie Render Queue to change it.
This is particularly important when `High Resolution Enabled` is active, as Earth Atlas 80K then uses its highest-resolution texture sets and significantly increases texture memory requirements.
## Virtual Texture Pool
The supplied Earth Atlas 80K project already contains the recommended Virtual Texture Pool configuration.
If you migrate the assets to another project or create a new project, check the settings under:
**Project Settings → Engine → Virtual Texture Pool**
Because Earth Atlas 80K uses very high-resolution textures, especially when rendering with Path Tracing, the following settings are recommended:
* `Default Size in Megabyte` — use at least **256 MB**. **512 MB** is recommended to provide additional headroom.
* `Pool Auto Grow in Editor` — **Enabled**.
* Fixed pools for `BC7` and `DXT5` — **Optional**. They can be configured when dedicated pools for these texture formats are required.
