Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 391)

Chapter 15 Manage media files 391
When you create a new event on your local system, a folder is created for the event:
/Users/username/Movies/Final Cut Events/eventname/
The [event name] folder can contain one or more of the following items. The contents of these
folders depend on the options you selected during import or in the Import preferences. These
files are used and managed by Final Cut Pro, and thus should not be moved, modified, or deleted.
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Event file: Final Cut Pro event files have the name CurrentVersion.fcpevent.
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Analysis Files: This folder contains analysis files associated with the media files.
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Original Media: This folder contains either the original files that you imported from your
camcorder or hard disk or alias files that point to the original files in another location.
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Render Files: This folder contains render files associated with the media files.
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Transcoded Media: If you chose to create optimized or proxy media, the transcoded files that
were created are located in this folder.
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Old Versions: If you update existing events to open them with a newer version of the
application, Final Cut Pro first saves copies of the original events in this folder.
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Backups: This folder contains a single backup copy of each event. This is a copy of
CurrentVersion.fcpevent (the event file) only, not the associated source media files. Final Cut Pro
updates the backup copy in 15-minute intervals (if it detects a change in the event). This
backup copy is meant to be used by Final Cut Pro automatically in the rare instance of an
issue when opening the event.
Similarly, when you create a Final Cut Pro project, a folder is created for the project:
/Users/username/Movies/Final Cut Projects/projectname/
The [project name] folder contains the following items. These files are used and managed by
Final Cut Pro, and thus should not be moved, modified, or deleted.
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Project file: Final Cut Pro project files have the name CurrentVersion.fcpproject.
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Render Files: This folder contains render files associated with the project.