How to Create Optimized and Proxy Media in Final Cut Pro

[@ceegee2676]

Thank you for this precise explanation...been browsing for a while.

[@StupidRaisins]

You are welcome!

[@ArmyBarbie]

My frames keep dropping no matter what i use smh i keep getting a black screen and it doesn’t wanna export

[@StupidRaisins]

Hmmm. Is your comp underpowered?

[@ArmyBarbie]

@@StupidRaisins i just bought this m1 pink iMac :(

[@StupidRaisins]

Strange. That should rock out to the max. What are the specs? What footage are you editing?

[@dennisatlas]

Thanks for explaining. Supposing your editing is going smoothly without optimized, is there any benefit to the quality of the exported video from creating optimized high quality media? Will added effects and color corrections not be as good in the final export without optimized media, or is this purely for the ease of editing?

[@StupidRaisins]

I don't think it will make your export any better. It's just for smooth editing.

[@dennisatlas]

@@StupidRaisins Thanks!!

[@StupidRaisins]

You're welcome

[@Osmien118]

thanks for the vid/info... sub'd

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks for the sub!

[@AdventureTravelandScuba]

My question is why the optimized media is such a big size when I edit 1 hour video editing in prorez

[@StupidRaisins]

Optimized Media transcodes the video to the Apple ProRes 422 format, which provides better performance during editing, faster render times, and better color quality for compositing. But it's a big file. It's big because it has a lot of data inside. If your original media can be edited fine, don't optimize.

[@AdventureTravelandScuba]

I have 2021 Macbook Pro solid state drives do You think it will handle it without optimazaions?@@StupidRaisins

[@StupidRaisins]

How much RAM do you have? What kind of processor?

[@Jonners]

Where do the proxy files go?

[@StupidRaisins]

They're stored in the FCP Library file.