Copy Files to Final Cut Events Folder

[Tom Wolsky]

If you’re using the camera import portion of the unified import window, the option to copy or not copy is always grayed out.

All the best,

Tom

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[Andrew Poag]

Unfortunately no,

I’m importing the footage from an external hard drive. The files are the exact copies of the data from a card though. Wonder if it’s possible that FCPX thinks the folder is a camera.

[Tom Wolsky]

That’s exactly right. FCP sees the camera archive as it was a camera and that the material has to be copied out of it. This is actually a good thing, because you want to keep the camera archive separate so it cannot get accidentally corrupted or deleted.

All the best,

Tom

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[Andrew Poag]

Hmm so does this mean I don’t have the option of using media alias’s rather than copying the original media?

My hope was to import clips as proxy or optimized media without having to copy over the original media.

Thanks again.

[Tom Wolsky]

If you are copying from a camera archive you always must copy the original media to the event. If you make optimized media you can if you wish trash the original media files. I wouldn’t, so FCP process final output from the originated media not from an intermediate, but you can.

All the best,

Tom

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“Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”

[Andrew Poag]

Thanks for the help Tom, and that makes sense in a way I hadn’t thought about before. I’m so used to making everything prores for purposes of editing in FCP legacy that I didn’t stop to think that a benefit of being able to have access to the original media would allow me to create a final render from the source material even though I didn’t have to edit using that original source material.