How can I save disk space during non-linear editing?
[This might still be a useful technique for big projects, but with huge disks going for very low prices, it’s no longer necessary for the most part]. As you start to capture and manipulate clips, you will find your disk space vanishing like mist on a summer’s dawn. An 11.5GB disk, like the one I bought, can hold less than an hour’s worth of video. And if you’re doing a lot of effects and transitions, the final video you render will eat up space as well. I find the best way to deal with this problem is to edit my video in small, natural segments. In my video on pet bird care and training, for instance, I have short segments on picking your bird, teaching her the “UP” command, teaching her more complex commands, dealing with multiple birds, bird safety, and so on. To create my video, I edit each one of those segments and tie them all together to make the final video.
As you start to capture and manipulate clips, you will find your disk space vanishing like mist on a summer’s dawn. An 11.5GB disk, like the one I bought, can hold less than an hour’s worth of video. And if you’re doing a lot of effects and transitions, the final video you render will eat up space as well. I find the best way to deal with this problem is to edit my video in small, natural segments. In my video on pet bird care and training, for instance, I have short segments on picking your bird, teaching her the “UP” command, teaching her more complex commands, dealing with multiple birds, bird safety, and so on. To create my video, I edit each one of those segments and tie them all together to make the final video. The main advantage of working this way is that, once you’re done with one segment, you can render a final copy (Export Program Movie in Radius EditDV) and delete all the source clips. The only caution you have to follow is to make sure the final product is exactly as you
