Back UP storage options???

[Daniel Beck]

Hi Frank,

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 02:11 PM, Frank Flynn wrote:

> Interesting - but what about recapturing the project - I mean 
> supposing I have a project half edited that I want to shelve for a 
> while?  I could print out to video what I had done but if I want 
> access to some clip I have not yet placed I'l need the original files 
> - no?  Again I could reimport the source but then all the editing info 
> is lost.

No, you're thinking like iMovie. Because of time code, you can keep the 
project file and delete the media files. Then, when you want to work on 
it again, you open the project file, and it will ask for the tapes by 
the names you gave them when you log them. So, you go to the shelf and 
get said tapes (because you were careful to give it the same names on 
the label as in logging), and capture. No editing info lost. That's why 
I think FCP is better than iMovie for anyone who does any amount of 
editing. iMovie is great for people who don't do so much editing. I 
think it's great. But FCP blows it away.

So, I'm not talking about doing an export and then reimporting it (a la 
iMovie). I'm talking about divorcing the project file from the media 
files until you need them again. At that point you recapture the media. 
So, there's no need to keep full hard drives of "shelved" projects. 
Just keep a big FireWire drive for the active project.

> I like your idea - declare it "done" and move on but I'm part of a 
> team and some of the folks here are a bit more anal than I and thing 
> we can never throw away anything.

See the above. Not a problem.

Now, aside from the price, the main problem for switching for most 
people is the intimidation of the learning curve. For those people, I 
recommend Michael Rubin's "Beginner's Final Cut Pro". Try that and 
you'll see, that it's not hard to get started. And then when you're 
ready for more advanced features, they'll be waiting.

Have fun,
Daniel
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