capture scratch,why are project files mixed

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capture scratch,why are project files mixed

I have opened a new project in FCP and then worked on a couple of other projects. I return to my new project and find that files from the other two projects I worked on are now inside my latest one. I look at the capture scratch settings, and they always match the latest setting of the newest project. In other words I may open a project from a year ago and it will have the capture scratch, render files etc set to the name of the latest project, I just don't get this?

Posted on May 5, 2012 4:52 PM

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Meg The Dog

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May 5, 2012 5:10 PM in response to DBLewis

Yes, in FCP the setting for the scratch disk is system dependent, not project dependent.

When you set the scratch disk, it will stay set to that scratch disk until you either reset it or trash your preferences, regardless of the projects you open.

MtD

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DBLewis Author

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May 5, 2012 5:40 PM in response to Meg The Dog

So it is normal to see other prokect files within the innapropriate file name.

If this is so, what happens when I trash a project i have finished with or media manage it to another hardrive?

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Meg The Dog

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May 5, 2012 6:03 PM in response to DBLewis

DBLewis wrote:

So it is normal to see other prokect files within the innapropriate file name.

If you have not been keeping track of your designated scratch disk, yes.

If this is so, what happens when I trash a project i have finished with or media manage it to another hardrive?

If you trash a project's scratch disk location that happens to contain files unrelated to that project, those unrelated files will be trashed as well.

If you media manage a project, FCP knows where all the files are, and what the correct paths to those files are, and will locate them correctly regardless of where your current scratch disk is set to (providing you have not trashed them first). Media Manager will not have a problem locating the files pertinent to the project unless they have been moved, trashed, or re-named at the finder level.

MtD

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