• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Consolidating Render Files

  Posted by Oscar Brightman on April 17, 2009 at 3:01 pm

  Hello,
  I made a mess by having multiple scratch folders on different drives. I have many different versions of the project with different render folders, many of which share the same render files.

  I need to free up space and want to delete the render files that are not in use and consolidate the ones I need for the latest and final project to a single scratch disk folder. Can anyone tell me the most effective way to handle this? I can’t tell what I still need and what is obsolete using the render manager. And I don’t want to copy or move or do anything to the original PRoRes media so I am a bit wary of using Media Manager. Can you point me to a tutorial on this or give me a clue? And yes,I promise to be more organized next time!
  Thank you,
  Oscar

  Steve Eisen replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Steve Eisen

  April 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm

  Delete all your render files from the Render Manager.

  You can always re-render your project.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Board of Directors
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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  Oscar Brightman

  April 17, 2009 at 4:46 pm

  That makes sense but when I tried deleting them the timeline freezes up and I get death by colorwheel. Then I have to forcequit and start over. It doesn’t like the render being pulled out from under it. If I delete the render files without the project open then the project freezes up when I do open it. A bit strange and buggy. It’s a ProRes sequence and the files are a bit large.
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  Steve Eisen

  April 17, 2009 at 10:45 pm

  Sounds like a corrupt file/s and not the render files.

  Since you have media all over the place, try consolidating and drag and drop your media onto 1 or 2 drives. From there, re-connect your media.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Board of Directors
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

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