User Manual

Deleting Unreferenced Clips and Media
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You should refresh the media directories after you add or remove media from the media drives.
For example, after you have physically moved drives). If you physically add a drive, use the
Mount All command. See “Mounting and Unmounting Drives” on page 443.
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Refreshing media directories can take a long time to execute on systems that have large amounts
of media online.
To refresh media directories:
t Select File > Refresh Media Directories.
Deleting Unreferenced Clips and Media
Unlike the bin files stored in project folders, media files require considerable storage space.
When you finish either a rough cut or a final version of a sequence, you can quickly free storage
space by deleting the media and clips that are not referenced by the sequence. You perform this
procedure only on clips selected in bins.
To quickly view remaining storage on your media drives at any time:
t Open the Hardware tool as described in “Using the Hardware Tool” on page 116.
To delete all unreferenced clips and media files:
1. Select the sequence in the bin.
2. Select Bin > Select Sources.
All source clips for the sequence are highlighted in the bin.
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Motion effects are not counted as references by the sequence. If you want to keep motion
effects, Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) any motion effects to add
them to the selection.
3. Click the bin containing the highlighted clips to activate it.
4. Select Bin > Reverse Selection.
All the clips in the bin that are not source clips for the sequence are now highlighted.
5. Press the Delete key, and then click the check boxes in the Delete dialog box to select the
clips or the media files to delete.
6. Click OK.
The selected clips and media files are deleted.