Deleting Render Files

[Creative_Paragons]

I am really struggling to open a particular .prproj source file with a file size of 2.2GB.  While the smaller files are opening and editing flawlessly. I am wondering why a file could be so large given that the smaller files are duplicates (161mb) and contain almost all the same information. The only thing I can imagine is that I know that file has been rendered A LOT, so that has increased its size expodentially.

I switched recently to Premiere from FCP so a bit at a loss. If I delete the render files and restart will that reduce the project file size? If so, were are the render files? Under preferences there is a media cache file in /application support totalling 8.5GB. Any idea if that is it?  

[Steven L. Gotz]

Warp Stabilizer is notorious for making project files huge. Did you stabilize any of your clips?

[Creative_Paragons]

Thanks Steven, no, I have not used the stabilizer but have used several filters such as color corrector etc. I cannot even open the file at the moment though some earlier versions are opening and editing nicely. Do you know were the render files are ordinarily kept (or how I can find them) so I can delete them and hopefully decrease the file size?

[Creative_Paragons]

I am editing on a macbook pro 2.66 GHZ w/ 8GB of RAM. Not sure how I can keep this info my profile to avoid retyping it every post...though I did search around.. 

[Steven L. Gotz]

Just look in the Sequence menu for "Delete Render Files".

I don't know for sure, but I think it is more likely that will reduce your file size than looking for the files and deleting them yourself.

I do that every so often for big projects to keep the disk usage down. I just rerender when I am about to go to dinner or watch a little TV.

To be honest I have never paid much attention to the size of the project file.

[Creative_Paragons]

Problem is that I can't open the file Steven. If I can delete the actual render files first, maybe I can open the file/ sequence menu and do as you suggest..problem is, I am not sure were they are.

[Steven L. Gotz]

Search your hard drive for "Adobe Premiere Pro Preview Files".

I don't know if the directory is named the same on a Mac, but it is worth a try.

Otherwise, since on a PC the files end in .avi I would guess that yours end in .mov - and maybe they begin with the word Rendered like mine do?  Search on "Rendered" and see if you can find them.

[Antopiahk]

Hi Steven, I know where all my rendered files are being kept but if I delete rendered files that I am currently editing on premiere pro, will it 'un-render' the files or potentially delete the files on the opened sequence? I also want to ask that if I delete my rendered files from a previous project but is still in premiere pro file format, and when I open the project again, will the file's be unrendered?

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[R Neil Haugen]

Render files and preview are not original media. Render files and previews are used for playback and both can be recreated at need.

Neil

[shabakav]

You can delete the cache file you have in premiere pro preferences. Heres a link Clean those Adobe Media Cache Files by Scott Simmons

The render files are also in the preview/render files that you can delete in the "Premiere Pro Preview Files" folder, these usually aren't large files so I'd go for deleting the cache files.

[A_Kubba]

Hi,

You can try to import the same project in a new one and check the size of the project.

Thank You

Arjun