I’ve got what I think is a simple question. I checked the forum but did not have any luck finding an answer.

Say I’m working on a project. I bring three or four clips into the Media Room. The clips are various lengths and file sizes, let’s say 10min @ 50MB, 25 min @ 200MB, 40 min @ 350MB and 1 hour @ 800MB. I put each in the timeline and perform my edits on each one individually.

This is my question. When I get ready to either “Produce” or “Create Disc”, how does PD handle the original four original files in the media room. Do they reside in the Media Room in their original size?, or Is it only the edited clips in the timeline that are sent to the “Produce” or “Create Disc” function leaving the original files stored in the Media Room?

I’m trying to get my arms around how big some of my projects are after all the edits have been performed. I had one project that came in at 15GB. This was after I had edited the original clips into smaller clips. It seemed to me the end file size should have been smaller.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

TeeMan TeeMan