Save Hard Drive Space by Managing Video Files - Final Cut Pro Tutorial

Save disk space on your hard drive by managing Final Cut Pro generated media file. If you are editing video on a laptop computer, you know how fast the small included hard drive can fill up. Large video files, FCPX render files, and any titles, effects or animations can add up to fill a hard drive in no time. In this video, first I'll show you how you can cut down the file size of your original video by trimming off unnecessary footage at the start and end of your clip using quicktime. I will also show you how you can delete the generated files in your project after you are done editing, without deleting your project. If this video is helpful to you, please like, comment and subscribe. Thanks for watching !

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[Serge]

Do you use optimized or proxy media when editing?

[ModernDayTech]

Oh my, THANK YOU. Your tip at 3:22 saved me. I'm on my 5th 8TB harddrive and I just learned that I had to delete library files.

[melconwagner]

I can't thank you enough for the tip regarding "Delete Generated Library Files". I've been searching everywhere for so long looking for a way to free up my hard drive space. THIS LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE!!!!

[MIRAJADESIGN]

Serge, you just helped me remove an entire TB of old unused data slowing my mac down! I am forever grateful for the knowledge you have shared. My computer thanks you too. It can breathe again!

[Hannah]

Holy crap I've been struggling for weeks as I constantly have under 1GB storage and literally can't move anything else to my external hard drive as I am working on a project, and deleting the rendered files just freed up 30GB!!! THANKYOU

[KevinRape]

I was editing HDR video and freed up 200GB. I was wondering what was going on. These tips are a blessing.

[Producergrind]

WOW im forever grateful that you made this video and uploaded it for the world to see and I found it and saved TB's of space that I thought were used up forever!!!

[dogwoodbear]

Just had a tiny project sized at 900GB shrink down to 112MB! Thank you so much!!!

[justesmond]

Thank you Serge. Your videos have helped me learn FCP. This came in handy, as I was wondering why my Library was getting so big.

[JesseWilsonMusic]

Mate! This is such a good clear concise tutorial much better than the other ones thank you so much :) :)

[JustSoYouKnowDom]

I JUST SAVED SOO MUCH SPACE! I WENT FROM 281GB DOWN TO AYYYE! THANK YOU!

[PFYCTV]

At the 1:08 mark, using Quicktime to trim... is this relevant to 360 videos and will save the necessary meta data needed for these types of files?

[abouecom]

Very simple and useful tutorial, reduced my 65gb to 10gb.

[ammouralammar]

ok I just did the last tip you mention and it save me OF SPACE!! thank you!!

[ammouralammar]

So all those files, if I already finish my project and save the final product to an external hard disk, that that footage is no longer necessary, I can delete it to save space? or it will compromise my tools such as transitions, generators etc?

[arminfatol]

Thanks for this very awesome video! Very easy to understand. Thanks for very usefull tip using QuickTime for trimming videos before importing them into FC.

[PsyckadeliTV]

Great video. I didn't know about trimming in quicktime. That's great info...

[tisha.klemetz]

Hallelujah! Thank you!!!! We’d been looking for this exactly 🙏🏻

[flipandroid]

Very helpful!! Best video on how to save hard drive space on FCP.

[LifeofAccro]

thx... the last tip of deleting render files (and how) was what i needed. Ive just been deleting my projects once i knew i was done with them to free that space back up... but theres always that "what if" i need to re-edit down the line (for no good reason) ...at least now I can make some archive library and prolong their death a bit longer ;)