Proxy files final cut pro x

This is how:. Select the clips that need proxies in the browser this can be one clip or many. Right-click or control-click on the selected clips and choose "Transcode Media". You can monitor the progress in the "Background Tasks" window if you're interested -- you know, if that's your thing.

Finally, you might find yourself in the "Info Inspector", studying the details of a certain clip. Select the clip in the browser Open the "Info Inspector" and scroll down to the bottom area labeled "File Information".

Where it says "Available Media Representations", if there's not already a proxy version of a clip, you'll see a button that says "Generate Proxy". Side note -- "Generate Proxy" -- that would make a great band name. Go ahead and use it if you want. That's a freebie. Click on the "Viewer Options" pop-up menu and select "Proxy" in the Media section. Once you've switched the media type to proxy, you might notice a change in the quality of your image in the viewer.

If you're one of those people with a highly-trained eye who is mortally offended by low quality images -- well, you might find yourself getting thoroughly disgusted by the nasty image quality in the Viewer. Sorry about that, but Keep in mind that this is only a temporary solution.

No need to get worried that your final video will look like that. You're just using the proxy versions while you edit the video.

Once you do that, you're magically working with high quality video again assuming the original media was high quality to begin with. Was it? Did you pay attention to lighting , composition , and audio? See Copy or move items between libraries in Final Cut Pro. A copy of the project appears in the event, automatically connected to the relevant original or optimized media.

Create a proxy-only project for offline editing In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the event that contains your project.

Relink a proxy-only project to original or optimized media You can return a proxy-only project to the original library and reunite it with its original or optimized media.

Become a member of our Video Training Library today! Batschkus says:. June 22, at am. Larry says:. June 23, at pm. Bryan Pridmore says:. July 2, at pm. If the original camera format can be edited with good performance, this option is dimmed. Create proxy media: This option creates video proxy files. You can create proxy media in a variety of frame sizes from Proxy files increase editing performance and take up considerably less storage space than optimized files.

When transcoding files, Final Cut Pro always retains the original media for future use. You can create optimized and proxy media during the import process or in the browser , after the media has been imported. You can also create a proxy file for a clip using the Info inspector. After transcoding is complete, the optimized and proxy files are stored in your Final Cut Pro library or in an external location you define.

See Set storage locations in Final Cut Pro. During import, Final Cut Pro either creates an alias file that points to the media file in its original location, or creates a copy of the original media file. After the files are imported, transcoding, optimization, and analysis are performed in the background.

See Intro to importing media in Final Cut Pro.