Support for Final Cut Studio Users in South Louisiana
Scratch Disk Dilemma
At the Nov 09 monthly meeting, I was asked about a scratch disk dilemma.
Problem: Shooting four on-going projects that will take a long time to finish shooting and editing. More footage than will fit on a 1TB drive. PITA to keep resetting the scratch drive all the time.
Solution 1: If you look at your FCP System Preferences (Final Cut Pro > System Preference > Scratch Disks), you'll notice that you can designate more than one scratch disks at a time. When the first one fills up, FCP will move to the next one. So set multiple scratch drives at one time. See the graphic I attached to this post.
Solution 2: Use Edit Mule's Auto-Scratch utility to make each FCP Project file point to it's own custom scratch disk. $35.00 www.editmule.com Tell them Ben from SLFCPUG sent you! And here's my review of their software in Event DV magazine:
http://www.eventdv.net/Articles/Editorial/In-the-Studio/In-the-Stud...
Problem: Shooting four on-going projects that will take a long time to finish shooting and editing. More footage than will fit on a 1TB drive. PITA to keep resetting the scratch drive all the time.
Solution 1: If you look at your FCP System Preferences (Final Cut Pro > System Preference > Scratch Disks), you'll notice that you can designate more than one scratch disks at a time. When the first one fills up, FCP will move to the next one. So set multiple scratch drives at one time. See the graphic I attached to this post.
Solution 2: Use Edit Mule's Auto-Scratch utility to make each FCP Project file point to it's own custom scratch disk. $35.00 www.editmule.com Tell them Ben from SLFCPUG sent you! And here's my review of their software in Event DV magazine:
http://www.eventdv.net/Articles/Editorial/In-the-Studio/In-the-Stud...
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