• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  System settings for projects

  Posted by Gary Johns on April 8, 2011 at 4:35 pm

  I’ve spent some time searching the forums and haven’t found an answer to my question yet. I have been using FCP for about 8 years now and this one thing still bugs me!

  How do I get the system settings (scratch disk, thumbnail cache, autosave, waveform, etc.) to follow my projects? I may edit between 2-4 projects a day. It is more than tiresome to have to remember to change these settings for each project.

  Yes I know I could make just one folder and dump everything in it. Don’t want to do that. I’ve got 144 TB server I’m using for projects and storage. Plus the assorted external drives and HD’s in the box. If I’m editing a small project (50 GB) it might be on one of the HD’s, but I’ve also got a LARGE project that’s using 1.6 TB of space.

  Surely there has to be some way to make this happen. It seems ridiculous to have to try and remember to change the settings for every project.

  Gary Johns
  FCP 7.0.3
  G5 (2×3.2 Quad)
  16 GB ram
  Tons of storage!

  Gary Johns replied 15 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Zane Barker

  April 8, 2011 at 4:45 pm

  [Gary Johns] “How do I get the system settings (scratch disk, thumbnail cache, autosave, waveform, etc.) to follow my projects?”

  You manually change the settings each time.

  There may be a 3rd party software that handles this, but Im not sure. Perhaps this will be a feature in a future version of FCP.

  **Hindsight is always 1080p**
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  David Roth weiss

  April 8, 2011 at 4:50 pm

  [Zane Barker] “You manually change the settings each time.”

  Nope!!! Those days have been over for several years.

  Use Preference Manager from https://www.digitalrebellion.com. It allows you to store your prefs by user, by workflow, and by project. It’s essential, and it’s free.

  David Roth Weiss
  Director/Editor/Colorist
  David Weiss Productions, Inc.
  Los Angeles
  https://www.drwfilms.com

  POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

  A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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  Zane Barker

  April 8, 2011 at 4:51 pm

  Good to know thanks David.

  **Hindsight is always 1080p**
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  Gary Johns

  April 8, 2011 at 4:52 pm

  Nevermind. Just found the Preference Manager dl and will be using it for my projects.

  Still seems like such a small thing that FCP could do and chooses not to. *sigh

  Gary Johns

  Gary J.

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