DISconnecting clips from render files?

I've forgotten how to do this - disconnect the clips on my timeline from their related render files.
I've got an 8 bit uncompressed timeline onto which I've put a combination of DV footage (from camera) and uncompressed movies (from Motion).
I want to export without first 'rendering' the timeline. But I"ve rendered a good chunk of it to see if it is playing properly. So how do I 'dis'connect the clips from their render files?
Ben

Ben:
Do you mean deleting the render files? You can use the Render MAnager or just go and trash them manually from the Render Files in the scratch disc.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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