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  Setting Scratch Disk

  Posted by Martin Nowak on March 22, 2008 at 8:08 pm

  I am trying to render a large project. However, my normal startup disk is too full to receive the file. So in midstream it quits. So I want to change the scratch disk to an external drive. However, in my Render settings window, I change the Output to my new disk but it still places it on my FULL prmiary drive, how do I change this?

  Im on a mac.

  Marty N

  Darby Edelen replied 18 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Darby Edelen

  March 23, 2008 at 10:14 pm

  [Martin Nowak] “However, in my Render settings window, I change the Output to my new disk but it still places it on my FULL prmiary drive, how do I change this?”

  This doesn’t sound like a ‘scratch disk’ to me, it sounds more like an issue of where you’re rendering your final output.

  The output directory is changed in the Render Queue on the right side of the window where it says “Output to:”. There should be a part that says “YourCompName.mov” or something like that. If you click on it you will be prompted to enter a new name for the render (not necessary in your case) and also choose a directory to render to.

  Here’s an adobe page with more info:

  https://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a4f2dff7-79e2.html

  Darby Edelen
  Designer
  Left Coast Digital
  Santa Cruz, CA

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