Managing the Size of an Archive

While the clips are always archived in a project archive, you can decide to not include the media, Timeline FX, and BFX renders and reduce the size of that archive. Batch renders and other renders, such as the result of the Paint tool, and virtual clips, are always archived in a project archive.

You need:	Archive Options Settings:		What is included in the archive:
	Cache Media on Archive:	Archive Renders box:	Cached source media:	Uncached source media:	Timeline FX/ BFX renders:
The largest, most inclusive archive.	Enabled	Include Renders	Included	Included	Included
An archive which can easily rebuild the Timeline FX and BFX renders.	Enabled	Exclude Renders	Included	Included	Excluded
An archive where media already cached and renders are all included in the archive. Uncached media are not archived.	Disabled	Include Renders and Cache	Included	Excluded	Included
An archive where renders are archived, source media are not.	Disabled	Exclude Source Media Cache	Excluded	Excluded	Included
An archive where media already cached are included in the archive. Uncached media and renders are not archived.	Disabled	Exclude Renders	Included	Excluded	Excluded
An archive where media and renders are not archived, only the clips. This is the smallest possible project archive.	Disabled	Exclude Renders and Cache	Excluded	Excluded	Excluded

Flame also compresses the size of an archive by archiving a single copy of duplicate frames.

Multi-version Clips and Archives

If your project, or the clips you are archiving, contains multi-version clips, use the Cache Versions box to manage what is cached. This setting can impact the size of the archive.

Limiting the multi-version caches:

• All Versions: Every single version of a clip is cached on being archived.
• Used Version: Only the currently selected versions of multi-version clips are cached.

Note that in both cases, the actual clips are archived: the Cache Versions box only manages the media, not the clips.