![]() You’ll get faster performance from your computer that way. It’s a good habit to turn off the display of your waveforms (type Option+Command+W), unless you are specifically editing audio clips where seeing the actual waveform on the Timeline helps you decide where to place the edit point. These files contain the images of your audio waveforms that are displayed in the audio tracks of the Timeline. I make a point to set all six files to the same place: the FCP Media folder, which I create on my second hard drive. While these three folders are most often stored together, each can be stored separately. These next three folders all create files that use the same icon, but different from the first three folders. Mix-downs occur whenever your audio tracks exceed the real-time track limit set in User Preferences. These files are created whenever Final Cut renders an audio effect, or creates a mix-down. Using other render quality settings will alter the file name.Īudio render files. The letters “FIN” in the file name, indicate they are rendered at the highest possible quality. They, too, are stored as QuickTime files. These files are created whenever you render a video transition or effect. This contains all the media files you capture with Final Cut. These first three folders all create files that use the same icon, and all three folders are stored together.Ĭapture scratch. Let’s take a look at the files each of these folders contains. Here’s an article that describes this organization process.īut, I digress. That makes storing, locating and removing all files related to a single project simple and quick. In all cases, I create a folder on my second hard drive, called FCP Media, and point all of these folders to that one location. While all the files these three create a small, so their ultimate location doesn’t make a real difference, I tend to locate them in the same location as the first three files. Their default locations is inside the Final Cut Pro documents folder inside your User folder. The second three files are set based upon your selections in the middle of this dialog. The first three files are always stored together, based upon how you set your scratch disks at the top of this dialog. ![]() When you set your Scratch Disks, Final Cut creates six folders: You control what it is named and where it is stored, but, since it is created by Final Cut, I thought I would mention it here. ![]() This is the file that contains all your clips and sequences. Here’s what they are, where they are stored and what they do.Īll these automatically created folders and files are related to choices you make when you set your Scratch Disk, using Final Cut Pro HD > System Settings There are a variety of files and folders that Final Cut creates automatically. Larry’s Monthly Final Cut Studio Newsletter. ![]() [ This article was first published in the October issue of ![]()
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