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Finding Unused Media Files – Not working
I found this post and it did answer my initial question of how to find unused media. I read all three posts and aware it does not find nested sequences. I am leary it is telling me incorrect info…
My project is broken down into 7 sequences… 6 for individual chapters and the 7th to nest them all. All sequences exist in the same bin. I highlighted all 7 and asked for unused media. It is giving me back a lengthy list and after careful examination I noticed there are psd files listed I know for certain are being used. This concerns me cause I don’t want to delete stuff being used.
I am about to master the project to Beta and will soon delete all capture scratch, but in the meantime I really need to make space on the terabyte by deleting all unused media.
Could you please tell me if I missed a step or doing it incorrectly?
Thank you!
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Use the label trick to test. Do a find unused media search. Then highlight and label the clips the same color. You should see them change color in the bin AND the timeline(s). If none of them are used in the timeline(s) then you shouldn’t have any clips labeled that color in the timeline.
To test the test, do a search for used media and label those. All the clips in your timelines should have that label color.
And on deletion, I wouldn’t touch ANYTHING that can’t be redigitized. If it doesn’t have legit timecode, it stays until the project is approved, mastered and PAID for.
But there’s not much harm in accidentally deleting a clip that can be batch captured again. Leave the photoshops, the aiffs, the jpegs alone! They don’t take up significant space anyway.
HTH
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Yes, this helps! I didn’t realize it would color code on timeline as well… how nifty!
Thank you for your time!
Take care!
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[Bret Williams] “And on deletion, I wouldn’t touch ANYTHING that can’t be redigitized. … But there’s not much harm in accidentally deleting a clip that can be batch captured again. Leave the photoshops, the aiffs, the jpegs alone!”
Yes, always be wary of deleting files.
Note however, you will be warned when you try to delete a clip which is used by a sequence.
(Not so for any clips NOT used in any sequences!)
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