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[sb]

What version of FCP are you running? If it's 4.1 or higher, use the Media
Manager to archive your project.

 sb

On 6/11/2004 8:16 PM, "Djwp" <djwp1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> This leads nicely into a question I had on "how" to archive.
> Specifically, for Final Cut Pro.  I would like to take my projects and
> move them, clips & all, to a nice, big external harddrive.
> 
> Can anyone out there outline all files and everywhere I need to look to
> find them, that I would need to move to retain the project.  For
> example, I know I would need to move my clips.  I know there is a FCP
> Project file created that shows up in my Documents folder.  I know
> there are Render files that live elsewhere.  What is it I need to move
> to retain the project?  And, I'm assuming once I move it, in order to
> use the project again, I have to move all the bits and pieces back to
> the places they were, otherwise FCP won't be able to find things - is
> this corect?
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> Jill
> 
> On Jun 6, 2004, at 9:22 AM, sb wrote:
> 
>> For iMovie projects, the safest method is to buy a honkin big hard
>> drive and
>> then copy over all your completed projects, as you have been doing.
>> Just get
>> more or bigger hd's and keep everything.
>> 
>> For projects done in FCExpress, you can just back up the actual
>> project, not
>> the media. You can probably fit it onto CD.
>> If you have correctly labled your reel numbers when first capturing,
>> FCE can
>> re-capture via timecode.
>> 
>>  regards,
>>  sb
>> 
>>  On 6/6/2004 6:13 AM, "William Hofius" <wjh at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The recent conversation about trying to re-import material from a DVD
>>> raises an interesting question (for me at least)­How should one
>>> archive
>>> their digital video projects?
>>> 
>>> I am a pack-rat in just about every aspect of my life and have found
>>> the same to be true of my digital lifestyle. I have only made a dozen
>>> or so small iMovie projects, so I have kept all of the original iMovie
>>> projects intact on my hard drive. I made a folder called "Finished
>>> iMovie Projects" and once I have exported the iMovie to its final
>>> format I place the iMovie project in this folder... just in case. Just
>>> in case I need to re-export it, just in case I want to tweak it at a
>>> later date, just in case.
>>> 
>>> The problem is this consumes a lot of space. As my iMovie projects
>>> have
>>> gotten longer, the iMovie projects have gotten bigger. I have gone
>>> from
>>> a 20 GB Digital Video partition to an 80 GB partition and now that is
>>> almost full.
>>> 
>>> Making the space problem worse is the fact that my last few projects
>>> have been done in Final Cut Express. These projects required that I
>>> import several hours of digital video. Between the capture video,
>>> render files, etc., these three projects consume nearly 80 GB in and
>>> of
>>> themselves.
>>> 
>>> I have been tempted to trash all of my finished projects, but was
>>> recently reminded why I keep them in the first place. My in-laws asked
>>> me for a VHS copy of all of my work so they could watch it in Japan.
>>> (They are older Japanese and not very computer savvy.)
>>> 
>>> OH, and just in case anything goes wrong, I keep all of my old tapes
>>> around. After learning a hard lesson (forgot to import some footage
>>> before I re-recorded over it), I buy new DV tapes for each and every
>>> project.
>>> 
>>> Enough blathering and down to the point. How do you fine folks archive
>>> your digital media and your digital media projects? Do you keep
>>> projects on hard drives forever? Burn projects as data to DVDs? Keep
>>> the original tapes around? just don't worry about it?
>>> 
>>> TIA
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