Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 914)

914 Part X Real Time and Rendering
Managing Your Render Files
Rendering produces render files that are actual media files stored on your hard disk,
the same as your captured media. Video and audio render files are saved to the disks
you specify in the Scratch Disks tab of the System Settings window. For more
information, see Chapter 62, “
Choosing Settings and Preferences ,” on page 969.
When you’re working on multiple projects or a highly complex project, render files can
accumulate very quickly. It’s important to manage your render files to maximize your
disk space.
Note: If you run out of disk space during the rendering process, a dialog appears giving
you the option to delete old render files and free up disk space.
Locating Render Files
Final Cut Express stores video render files in a folder named Render Files. By default, this
folder is located in a folder called Final Cut Express Documents, which is located on the
specified scratch disk. The Final Cut Express Documents folder contains separate folders for
video render files, audio render files, captured media, and caches for waveforms and
thumbnails.
Inside the Render Files folder, Final Cut Express creates a folder for each project with
render files.
Render files for a project