Exported a file to external, taking space on internal?

I exported a slideshow to my external drive, and when it was finished, it's not on my external but has taken up the space on my internal but it's not there either. I've searched all through my internal and somehow I'm missing 4 gigs, the file is also not on my external. I re exported again and it worked. How can I find what is taking up theis 4gigs?
Thanks!

WhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it. You would be surprised at to how many useless files might be laying around on your hard disks. The files and folders are automatically sorted by size, with the biggest sizes first. Note: WhatSize displays only files accessible by the current user. See:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13006/
Disk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called "treemaps".
http://www.derlien.com/
Perhaps the file has become hidden. Here's how to show all files.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
#Show hidden files. All file icons come out dimmed.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
#Back to normal. Icon are bright. Hidden files are hidden.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

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Exported to external, taking space on internal?

I exported a slideshow to my external drive, and when it was finished, it's not on my external but has taken up the space on my internal but it's not there. I've searched all through my internal and somehow I'm missing 4 gigs, the file is also not on my external. I re exported again and it worked. How can I find what is taking up theis 4gigs?
Thanks!

WhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it. You would be surprised at to how many useless files might be laying around on your hard disks. The files and folders are automatically sorted by size, with the biggest sizes first. Note: WhatSize displays only files accessible by the current user. See:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13006/
Disk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called "treemaps".
http://www.derlien.com/
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Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
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