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Q: Is there a recomended way to delete proxy and optimized clips once a project is completed and is ready for archive? also, can proxy and optimized clips be removed (to save space) once a project is ready for color correction and the original clips are used

Is there a recomended way to delete proxy and optimized clips once a project is completed and is ready for archive? also, can proxy and optimized clips be removed (to save space) once a project is ready for color correction and the original clips are used

Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Mar 12, 2013 10:22 AM

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  • by Tom Wolsky,Helpful

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Mar 12, 2013 11:39 AM in response to MusicaGenus
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    Mar 12, 2013 11:39 AM in response to MusicaGenus

    Don't know what your original media specs are but generally you want to color correct to optimized files.

     

    Just trash the transcoded media folder when you're done.

  • by MusicaGenus,

    MusicaGenus MusicaGenus Mar 13, 2013 11:52 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Mar 13, 2013 11:52 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    I have been working on a multiclip project for several months without any performance issues in fcpx. I locked edits a month ago and set fcpx to use original clips. I have been working for a month without a problem.  2 nights ago, I shared (rendered) my project for iPhone and it was set to set to iTunes library.  I came back 3 hours later and it was only at 7%. unfortunaltely, I had to force quite fcpx.  Well, now, that project takes 4-5 hours to open.

     

    My first thought was corrupted render file(s). fcpx has the "Delete Project Render Files" option. What exactly are the render files its talking about? are these the same as the proxy and optimized? If I choose this option, what will the impact be within my project? will it automatically rebuild them when I open the project?

     

    I thanks in advance for your time and help on resolving this issue.

  • by Luis Sequeira1,Helpful

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Mar 13, 2013 1:01 PM in response to MusicaGenus
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    Mar 13, 2013 1:01 PM in response to MusicaGenus

    No, they are NOT the same as proxy or optimized.

     

    When you add a clip to your timeline and, say, apply an effect to it, or superimpose a title on the clip, FCP X has to make many calculations to determine what color each pixel of each frame should be. If a section of your timeline is not rendered, it has to do all these calculations every time you play those frames. A render file has the frames already "calculated", so it plays fast and smoothly.

     

    For simple compositions and a fast computer, you may avoid rendering completely - and you may also choose to only render the portions where playback stutters.

     

    Render files can be safely deleted. FCP X can recreate them if needed (either automatically if you have "background render" on, or on demand, when you select the "render" or "render all" commands).

  • by MusicaGenus,

    MusicaGenus MusicaGenus Mar 13, 2013 9:11 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Mar 13, 2013 9:11 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    this is great information, thank you. However, I have the project open and the "Delete Project Render Files" option is greyed out (unslelectable).

     

    thoughts?

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Mar 14, 2013 1:14 AM in response to MusicaGenus
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    Mar 14, 2013 1:14 AM in response to MusicaGenus

    MusicaGenus wrote:

     

    this is great information, thank you. However, I have the project open and the "Delete Project Render Files" option is greyed out (unslelectable).

     

    thoughts?

     

    The command is active when you have the project library open, not the timeline.

    Open the project library, by clicking the button at the bottom left of the window, below the timeline.

    Make sure that your project is selected in the project library.