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“file overwrite” error on Resolve 8
Hi,
I’m making the switch from Color to Resolve, so I’m a newbie on the system and this may be a basic question.
When rendering, I continually get an error message that says ” file directory X already exists, rendering will overwrite the existing file on disk, do you want to overwrite?”
This terrifies me, naturally. I have tried many different render directory paths, all with the same result. I tried it anyway, and the files rendered fine, into the proper place, with no change to the original source file with was in a different directory.
But I dont like this error, and I dont know what it means. Does it mean that the machine will actually find my source file, in my Red directory or wherever, and overwrite it?? -
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Hi, if you have files in a folder and select that folder to put new files, the warning message is letting you know that the new rendered files may overwrite the old existing ones in that folder. It will depend on the individual file name but there is a chance of overwrite within that folder. If you add a / and another folder level, you won’t see that message until you try to render clips there after the first render to that folder.
Peter -
Hi there,
I have to admit, this is one of the less useful things in Resolve.
Of course the folder is there, its the output folder one defined 🙂
But in the age of rendering ProRes, this message pops up almost every time.
I wonder if it would be possible to check the files, not the folders.
This it especially crucial when using the pre and suffix things, rendering in source mode and so on.
Scratch actually has a wonderful way of checking the content you rendered already, it will automatically determine where to continue a stopped render and lets you play and bin the results if you like.
The naming on the other hand is quite cryptic, so the best of two worlds would be nice.A slice of color…
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