Working with scratch disks – Adobe Premiere Elements 12 User Manual
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Working with scratch disks
Captured Video
Captured Audio
Video Previews
Audio Previews
Media Cache
DVD Encoding
Note:
About scratch disks
Types of scratch disks
Set up a scratch disk
Maximizing scratch disk performance
About scratch disks
When you edit a project, Premiere Elements uses disk space to store scratch files for your project. These include captured video and audio,
conformed audio, and preview files. Adobe Premiere Elements uses conformed audio files and preview files to optimize performance, allowing
real-time editing, high processing quality, and efficient output. All scratch disk files are preserved across work sessions. If you delete conformed
audio files, Premiere Elements automatically recreates them. If you delete preview files, they are not be recreated automatically.
By default, scratch files are stored where you save the project. The scratch disk space required increases as your movie becomes longer or more
complex. If your system has access to multiple disks, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 12 > Preferences >
Scratch Disks. Specify the disks Premiere Elements uses for these files. For best results, set up your scratch disks at the very beginning of a
project, before capturing or editing.
Types of scratch disks
While performance can be enhanced by setting each scratch disk type to a different disk, you can also specify folders on the same disk. Select
Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 12 > Preferences > Scratch Disks to set the following scratch disk options.
Folder or disk for video files and stop-motion still image files that you capture using the Capture panel.
Folder or disk for audio files that you capture using the Capture panel.
Folder or disk for video preview files. These files are created when you choose Timeline > Render Work Area, export to a movie
file, or export to a DV device. If the previewed area includes effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Folder or disk for audio preview files. These files are created when you choose Timeline > Render Work Area command. They
are also created when you choose Clip > Audio Options > Render And Replace, export to a movie file or DV device. If the previewed area includes
effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Folder or disk for audio peak files, audio conform files, video index files, and other files Premiere Elements creates to improve
performance when reading media files.
Folder or disk for encoded video and audio files that are generated when you create a DVD.
Premiere Elements places preview files, encoded files, media cache files, and other types within subfolders of the folders you specify for
these types. Each subfolder is named for the type of scratch files it contains.
Set up a scratch disk
You set up scratch disks in the Scratch Disks panel of the Preferences dialog box. To verify the amount of free disk space on the selected volume,
see the box to the right of the path. If the path is too long to read, place the pointer over the path, and the full path appears in a tool tip.
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