Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual
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Setting Up Your Editing System
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To specify a disk or a folder on a hard disk as a scratch disk:
a
Click Set.
b
In the dialog that appears, locate and select the disk you want to use.
Only connected external disks or installed internal disks are listed. If your hard disk
doesn’t appear, make sure that it’s connected properly and correctly initialized and
mounted. For more information, see the documentation that came with your
computer, your hard disk, or your disk-formatting software.
c
Click Select (the button includes the name of the disk you selected).
The specified disk is listed next to the Set button, along with the amount of available
disk space.
3
To capture video and audio to separate files, select the Capture Audio and Video to
Separate Files checkbox.
Note: For capturing DV media, it’s usually best to leave this checkbox unselected. For
more information, see “
Capturing Video and Audio Separately
4
Select the checkboxes corresponding to the type of files you want to store on each
scratch disk: Video Capture, Audio Capture, Video Render, and Audio Render.
5
To choose a folder where Final Cut Pro will automatically save copies of your project for
backup purposes:
a
Click Set next to Autosave Vault.
b
In the dialog that appears, locate and find the disk you want to use, then click Choose.
6
Specify additional settings for capturing and exporting files:
 Minimum Allowable Free Space On Scratch Disks: Enter a value to set the minimum
space you want to keep available on a scratch disk. The default value here is usually
sufficient. If you have limited scratch disk space, you may want to set this to the
amount of disk space you want available for render files. If you use most of your disk
space for captured clips, you may run out of space when rendering.
 Limit Capture/Export File Segment Size To: Select this option only if you’re capturing or
exporting clips that may be used on other systems with a file size limitation. Any files
that are larger than the limit entered here (which defaults to 2 GB) are written as
separate files, in which the end of one file contains a reference to the next (so the
first file appears to be a continuous file).
 Limit Capture Now To: This option limits the duration of media files captured using
the Capture Now command. For more information, see “
To remove a scratch disk:
1
Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the Scratch Disks tab.
2
Click Clear next to the scratch disk you no longer want to use.