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The DV Rack Software and Controls Overview
Ejecting Clips for Use in Other Programs
You can remove clips from the DV Rack Clip List and make them available for use
in other programs by ejecting them. Ejected clips are removed from DV Rack but
they are not deleted from your hard drive. Ejected clips can be found in the DV
Rack
Ejected
Clips
folder in the current Project folder.
1.
In the Clip List, click the clip you’d like to eject to select it.
2.
Then, click the
Eject
button,
or press the
Delete
key.
Moving Clips to the Garbage Folder
If you do not think you will have use for a clip but want to keep it available just in
case, then we recommend moving it to the Garbage folder. This ejects the clip
from the Clip List and moves it a Garbage folder within the current project folder.
1.
In the Clip List, click the clip you’d like to move to the Garbage folder.
2.
Then, hold down the
CTRL
key and click the
Eject
button or press
CTRL
+
Delete
on your keyboard.
3.
In the Field Monitor, you’ll see a message about your clip being moved to
the garbage.
4.
When you exit DV Rack, you are given the option of emptying the garbage
or not.
5.
Click
Yes
to empty the garbage and permanently remove the clip from your
computer. Click
No
to leave the clips in the Garbage folder just in case.
Emptying the Garbage Clips Folder
You can “empty” the Garbage Clips folder at any time by right-clicking and
selecting the
Empty Garbage Clips Folder
from the pop-up menu. This will per-
manently delete all garbage clips and free up hard disk space. A confirmation
message will be displayed and you should choose “Yes” only if you are certain
that you are ready to permanently delete all the clips in the Garbage Clips folder.
This might be when the project has been edited and/or backed up to removable
media or another computer. If you want to permanently delete some but not all of
the files, you can do so by using Windows' file delete functions.
TIP
: The Garbage Clips folder can save the day when occasionally a bit of audio or video
from an otherwise bad clip can be creatively used to patch a mostly good clip. The
number of “garbage clips” you keep in this folder will depend on how much hard drive
space you want to devote to the project during production.