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Copy files to Events Folder or not?
Just wanna get a feel of how many of you actually Copy the original Files to the Events folder or just use the RAW files (be it Canon stuff or otherwise)?
I’ve read and seen people lose their Media association when not copied and FCPX cannot relink them. Sometimes, even if the Relink is there and the Alias still points to the correct file, the Event browser has the RED frame of death.
I have an upcoming project that has 800gb of RAW Canon footage. I’ve used FCPX to do a couple of short films, short documentaries and a couple of TVCS and music videos. It seems redundant and a waste of HDD space to copy all those files into the Events folder.
Thoughts?
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I’ve yet to copy anything to the Events Folder.
I capture and transcode whatever files I want to use to external hard drives (Gtech Esata) using either Mpeg Steamclip ( for Canon DSLR) or FCP7 Log and capture (for all Canon MXF Files)
I transcode to either Prores 422 or Prores 422 LT, In the case of the MXF files from a Canon XF305 I transcode them natively using the Canon plugin for FCP7.
Certainly there should be a new Canon utility for FCPX, long overdue now, to import directly into FCPX.
I have not had any problems to date apart from the normal issues that almost everyone seems to have to deal with through trashing preferences and in extreme situations re-installing FCPX from the App store.
With hard drive prices at an all time high at the moment due to the dire weather and flooding that occurred in Thailand I have to conserve resources and not create any more duplicate of media than necessary.
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FWIW, we have a pretty simple workflow that might be of interest:
1 – Copy footage from solid state media to a “Media Archive Drives”. These are sata drives connected via a esata dock or “toaster.” Once one fills up we put it in storage and plug in another. (For tape based media, we create archives from FCP X again to a “Media Archive Drive”.)
2 – Then we import that footage onto our esata RAID into FCP X with “copy to event” enabled (for tape based we would then use Import Archive to bring in the footage to our FCP X event on the Raid.)It works surprisingly well, we have a secure backup (although we should really have duplicate copies of that Media Archive Drive, and the media manages itself. We have moved projects to external drives for offsite editing and it is a pleasure to simple move the FCP X event and project and not have to worry about any links.
Another benefits is brining in additional stills, footage, SFX. We just drag it right to the timeline and it will not only be in the timeline, but also automatically copied to the event. I wish ever app would do this with linked files!
No matter who expensive storage media is, it is insignificant compared with what it would cost to reshoot a project.
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T. Payton
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[Robin Moran] “It seems redundant and a waste of HDD space to copy all those files into the Events folder.”
Redundancy in post-production with regards to tapeless formats is NEVER a bad thing.
Mostly I’ve cut short-form work in FCPX, but I almost always use the “copy to events folder” function. At least when I’m using new footage or clips from my library.
Keeping all the event media in one place is the Avid method of which I’m fond. Also, it makes portability easier.
However, when working with footage from previous FCP projects, I tend not to copy but keep footage in it’s manually organized folders.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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