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  Moving Old Media To New Project

  Posted by Jerry Walker on January 23, 2009 at 3:26 pm

  Over the years, I’ve moved clips from several projects into a “File Footage” Project. The old projects are gone (media deleted & project is moved to archive folder). But every time I run media Tool, those old projects show up because these clips are still associated with the old projects instead of the “file footage” project.

  I’ve locked the clips, so I don’t accidently delete the media, but I’m trying to find a way to associate the clip with the new project it’s actually in.

  Anyone have any ideas?

  Thanks,
  Jerry

  Bob Ebener replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Bob Ebener

  February 10, 2009 at 6:34 pm

  Consolidate the clips.

  Open up your “File Footage Project”, select a clip, click consolidate.

  You have the choice of creating a totally new file, with new media, or linking the new
  master clip to the original media. Safest to create a totally new file, and to uncheck “delete original media”, which will leave your original files completely alone – probably best until you get the hang of it.

  At any rate, the new clips will be associated with your File project. Once you’ve verified this, you can delete your old files. ( Remember, if you go with option 2, and you’ve linked the new master clip to the original media, to only delete the master clip – not the media files!)

  Try a few tests before you do it for real.

  Cheers,
  Bob

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