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cleaning out render files
I am working with many projects all related to one master project, and I am noticing that I am periodically losing render files when I open the projects. They come up offline and are lost in renderspace. My question is, does a periodic render dump effect the quality of the project? Meaning, If I start fresh with a clean render for a project, with it effect the quality of the video because it has to re render what has already been rendered before? Thanks, any leads to where I can get info on this subject would be great. I am working on a g5 quad with 2 gigs of ram and FCP 5.1.2.
gracias!
Jesus
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Feel free to erase all your render files. When you open Final Cut it will tell you theyr’e gone and you just say “ok.”
Besides the time of having to re-render, you’ve lost nothing.
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You’re losing render files because you’re using them cross-project. While harmless, it can get annoying. Rendering in FCP never uses a render file as a source for another render. Although I certainly wish it would. This is key to working speedily and creatively and FCP have failed to realize it. There’s nothing like rendering a huge stack of layers for 30 minutes, only to add one more layer and and be forced to render again. Kinda ridiculous.
On your project(s), if you made one big project and then divided the other projects into folders and sub folders you wouldn’t lose the renders. As you edit and save in a project, FCP deletes the render file for good from the cache. It has no way of knowing another project has a link to that file. Ditto goes with other media management like deleting “unused” media. If that media is used for another project, FCP has no way of knowing that. Maybe someday, but I sure wouldn’t put it high on their priority list. These are issues with any non-linear or creative application.
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thanks for the advice, and I agree, nothing worse than rendering for 30 min. and a slight change in opacity and blammo, another 30 min of rendering…
thanks again!jesus
http://www.zeechproductions.com
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