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Archiving Projects + Events
Ok so I use an Imac for my editing on Final cut pro x and I have run out of hard disk space! So I need to archive my projects and events. Is this just as simple as going to my projects and events folders and copying the files to an external hard drive? Does anyone know a good tutorial for this? (Ripple training doesn’t really cover it).
Also regarding an external hard drive, if I connect one via fire wire will it be possible to access project files and event files directly in FCP or would this be too slow?
Thanks in advance!
Ali
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9 Replies
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It depends. If you built your events with the “Copy files to Events Folder” option checked under import settings, then you can simple copy the contents of your events and projects folders to an archive drive.
If you didn’t, and some of your elements are accessed in another place on your drive, then you probably need to use the Move command in FCPX event management.
Regarding a FW drive, you can access events and projects with a FW connected drive. I work this way all the time. Speed of access is slower than with an internal SATA drive, but you might actually get better performance because it sounds like you’ve been editing material on your system drive which is never recommended.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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With your project selected in the Project Library, you can use File>Duplicate Project… or File>Move Project…. Move Project might work better for you because you are trying to free up disk space, but if you move the project and referenced events, be sure no other projects are using those events.
There’s a good tutorial on Lynda.com in the FCPX Essential Training entitled “Collaborating and archiving” that explains the different ways to archive your projects. They have a seven day free trial.
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Have you considered this from Ripple Training:
https://www.rippletraining.com/managing-fcp-x-events-projects-with-disk-images.html
Looks like you old move that to an external and be set.
JT
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Thanks for all the tips guys, I have managed to move over the majority of my files to the new drive! That last article is very interesting.
Andy, when you refer to not editing my videos on my system drive – how can I achieve this? I have an Imac so only have 1 internal hard disk. Would I need to use a Mac Pro for this to be possible? Speeding up my work is definitely something I need to do and this has been suggested numerous times.
Thanks
Ali
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You can avoid editing on your system disk by connecting an external drive to work from. Basically what you did to archive your projects, but have an external for editing only.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Could that not be the same drive as the archive one or is that not advised? Its just that I only have 1 firewire port!
Ali
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Sure it can. But if you don’t want your archive projects and events to show up in FCPX when it’s launched, then they need to be in a different folder besides Final Cut Pro Events, and Final Cut Pro Projects.
What I typically do is create a: Final Cut Pro Events ARCHIVE and projects ARCHIVE folders. I place any event that I’m not working on in there so it doesn’t show up in FCPX.
You could also have a drive for editing and one for archiving. Then just daisy-chain the archive drive to the editing drive when you need to archive more projects, but otherwise leave it disconnected from the computer.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Actually, I think this ubiquitous advice to not use internal drive for editing was valid years ago, but is arcane and irrelevant in these days of 80+ MBps drives. I have never ever dropped a single frame due to editing from a system drive. If you don’t use external RAID connected via eSata or fiber or whatever, your simple FW or USB 2.0 external drive will NOT be faster than any recent internally connected one.
I get that the internal drive has a lot going on with OS accessing system files, but you rarely need sustained 60+ MBps throughput, and internal drives can cope with that.
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Is there a way after you’re done with the project to bring all the clips into the “Original Media” folder?
I didn’t want to clutter my hard drive with duplicate video files from the beginning of the project. But, I need to archive my project so I can edit in the future.
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