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(male voice-over). Final Cut saves its
files in a series of subfolders which are, by default, located
in the Final Cut documents folder inside your
computer hard drive's documents folder.
As you begin to work on several different projects your files
from each project will begin to mix together unless you specify
a unique place to save files for each project.
When a project is begun the first step that needs to be
taken is directing each subfolder to a
specific folder for that project.
The subfolders that need to be redirected are called:
Audio Render Files.
Autosave vault.
Capture Scratch.
Render Files.
Thumbnail Cache Files.
Waveform Cache Files.
To direct these folders to your project folder go to the Final
Cut menu, then down to system settings.
When you click on system settings a new box will open.
In this box click the first set button at the top of the box.
When you do this you will be able to
locate your project folder.
Once your project folder is located click on
it to direct the folder there.
You will also need to do this for the waveform cache,
thumbnail cache, and autosave vault folders
located in the middle of the box.
Students working at the Gregg Technology Center will need to
place their project folder on the Workspace Drive.
The workspace drive does not erase when
the computer is restarted.
If projects are saved any place else they will be erased when
the computer is restarted.
There are several settings in Final Cut that deal with common
occurrences during the editing process such as autosaving and
the undo edit option.
Most of these settings can be altered
under the Final Cut menu.
In the user preferences option you can change how
many undos you can do and how often the
project autosaves among other things.
Also under the Final Cut menu you can
choose the easy setup option.
In this box you can choose what video format
you would like to edit with.
Because video projects tend to draw from several different
sources and can quickly become very large it is important to
be organized even before you begin editing.
An important step in organizing your material is knowing what
kind of footage you're working with because standard and high
definition footage take up different
amounts of space on a computer.
Standard definition footage takes up 1 GB for every five
minutes, while high def footage takes
up one GB every one minute.
In terms of an hour of footage this translates into 12 GB for
standard def and 60 GB for high def footage.
When gathering all of your project components it is a good
idea to place all of them into a single folder.
The capture scratch folder serves this purpose well.
Project organization is important inside FCE as well.
In the browser window bins can be made which are essentially
folders that allow you to divide and organize all
of your project components.
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Some basic bins most projects require are bins for images,
video clips, audio, and sequences.
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