deleting files at the end of a project

[Tom Wolsky]

You have to delete everything, the project file is simple the instruction set. You can delete the media from inside FCP. Select the items and right-click to Make Offline. You have the option to remove from disk. This is a fatally destructive function. Once you do it the media is gone.

All the best,

Tom

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[Kai Cheong]

The other bunch of files you might like to delete would be the render files – space hoggers that they are.

Personally, I wouldn’t delete the project file. It takes up very little space & you never know when you’ll need to revisit the project somewhere down the road. With the project file, your edits are all in place & if you were working with tape media (that has been properly captured with timecodes), you could easily recapture them again with the project file.

Kai
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[Stewart Charles]

thnaks for the info, theres no way Id need to re vist this project! Ill check the render files as well

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[David Volz]

Aloha from Kauai! I’m a 45 year old surfer from the islands very new to the digital media world, I love Final Cut Pro but been hitting some major stumbling blocks lately. Any advice on how to get more proficient with out reading long confusing manuals? Thank you! Aloha, David