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reassigning Preview Files???
Ok, so, after a fantastic 13 hours of rendering I was finally on 97% when the power goes off. When it was back, I booted up Premiere in hopes that maybe the renders that were done had been saved. Nope. But, when I looked in the preview files folder, they were all there. So what I want to know is this: is there any way to re-link the preview files in the folder to the clips in the project?
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[And Dagmar Was His Name] “So what I want to know is this: is there any way to re-link the preview files in the folder to the clips in the project?”
Not at this time. Please submit a feature request on Adobe’s website.
Aanarav Sareen
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On a similar topic, in my workflow I like to begin projects with a base folder that has a few key pieces of info like the date, client, project number, such as: [d:\20060712-AbcCompany-005]. Under that folder, I use approprate folders for all the assets needed for that project (i.e. ..\Graphics, ..\Titles, etc.) I’m sure this isn’t a lot different than a lot of folks use. When the project is complete, I typically copy the whole folder to an archive drive (I currently use Maxtor OneTouch drives for this) Then, if a change is needed in the future, I simply copy the entire folder back to by main editing drive and I’m off and running. However, there are times when I’d like to change the base folder name to indicate that this is a new project with the appropriate date and code. I may even want to copy one client’s project as a starting point for an entirely new client & project. My question: is there any way to effect a name change en masse in the main project file? It seems that you have to do this one asset at a time & is cumbersome enough to make me not want to do that. Now that Premiere supports sequences, I generally have only one project file per client project (albeit with lots of sequences), so you would think a mass change to the XML project code wouldn’t be that big a deal.
Does your previous answer follow for my question as well? That is, request a change to Adobe? Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Tim
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[Tim Mirande] “is there any way to effect a name change en masse in the main project file?”
What I do is open the .prproj file in notepad and do a ‘replace’ as per normal eg. replace “d/project/graphics” with “d/NEWproject/graphics” (all) etc. Word of warning… copy the original .prproj to a safe place in case you screw up.
Baz
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Thanks for the response. I’ve been tempted to try that but haven’t yet. Glad to hear that it works. Your point about backing up the project file is well taken. I generally back up the project file (even external to the auto backups that Premiere does itself) because I need multi-generational backups on my schedule. Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not really after me!
Thanks again for the advice. I’ll try that this weekend to see how it works. This really seems like something that Adobe could rather easily add — and keep it safe for us.
Regards,
Tim
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