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Slow Project Startup
My project takes longer and longer to start up. It’s not a large project but I have an enormous amount of render files (including lots of re-renders…) Could that be the reason? and do I then trash them all and just render the ones I currently need?
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Select your project file from the finder, and type cmd+i. How large is this file? Over 50mb gets cumbersome, but there are ways to reduce their size if that’s the case.
Also FCP will trash any render files not associated with a sequence automatically so trashing them won’t help much.
Open sequences make opening project files slower too.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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Thanks for getting back to me, Jerry.
Running FCP on iMac i7, 8 gigs memory and a Lacie 1 tera…
Project is less than 40mg (tho efx heavy, filters, motion etc.)
Ran Disk Util verify and repair ~ no problem
(Have left a trail of old related and unrelated projs around ~
but this one seems clean…)
So why does it take 5 minutes to “read proj” at start up??? -
How complicated is the sequence you’re working on? How many clips in it and what is it’s length. It might open faster if you break it down to smaller segments, and only work on one at a time. Opening large complex sequences takes the computer a lot of time to do.
Also keeping copies of sequences in your Browser makes for a larger project file. Titles and other graphics created in FCP itself also enlarges project files fast.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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Thanks, Jerry
I’ve come to the conclusion that my projects are so efx heavy:
with so many seqs filled with filters and motion
that that is exactly what’s been slowing me down.
So I made a new project with just the few sequences
I’m working on ~ which comes up in much under a minute.
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