Changing optimized Media settings

[Sean Windsor]

Hi All,

Brand new here and to FCPX. I found this thread very informative. I have one question, a question I cant find the answer for on google or when I hunt through fcpx.

Optimized media goes to the Movies folder of my iMacs HD. I have an external 4TB drive that i work off and want to change the destination of optimized media to go to this drive. How can I do this?

Thanks for your help in advance 🙂

Sean.

[Jeff Kirkland]

Optimised Media is (or should be) created in the same directory as your Event, so if your Event is on the external HDD that’s where the Optimised or Proxy media will be created.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
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[Sean Windsor]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your reply 🙂

I actually did just come across that events are by default created in the Movie folder. However I can just click on the event and move the event to my External HD.

Thanks again.

[Bill Rogers]

Revisiting this with my new Sony AX100 4K. I had a workflow in HD with XDCam HD and DSLR footage, but now want to cut 4K today at 1920×1080 but want to be able to create 4K versions when they will be needed. Would “optimized media” be 1920 or 4K? I have not used proxy up to now, as I try to minimize hoops in my workflow, but will this make more sense with double the trouble of 4K XAVC files?

My first shoots are with XAVC at 1920, not being confident with my understanding of 4K workflow. But need to get up to speed in the newly arriving 4K world.

Thoughts? New thread?

-Bill Rogers

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bill Rogers] “Would “optimized media” be 1920 or 4K?”

If it’s 4k media, Optimized media will be 4k ProRes. Proxy media will be 2k ProRes Proxy.

[Bill Rogers] “I have not used proxy up to now, as I try to minimize hoops in my workflow, but will this make more sense with double the trouble of 4K XAVC files?”

FCPX allows really easy switching of resolutions. It’s very easy to test.

[Bill Rogers] “Thoughts? New thread?”

Shoot 4k, edit in a 1920×1080 timeline. If you need a 4k timeline, you can create a new 4k timeline and copy/paste in to it.

For now, there’s no penalty for shooting 4k but disk space.

Jeremy