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Copying FCP project and related files
I need to send a film I created on FCP 6 to another city. So I am going to FedEx an external HD, because I want them to have the ability to edit it as need be. However, I do not want to send all of the clips I captured (I used the AVCHD format with my camera, so it gives me hundreds of clips when I import it), just the ones that are connected to the timeline with the final film on it. How do I do this? I think it is done using Media Manager, but I do not quite understand all of the settings, and since this is going to be very big – around 150 gigs, I want to do it right the first time.
Thanks.
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Right-click or CNTRL-click on the sequence and choose MEDIA MANAGER. Choose the COPY option, Include render files, UNCHECK “Include Master Clips outside selection,” Delete unused media (this won’t delete the media per-se, it just won’t include it in the copy. It will copy ONLY what is used in the cut, not the full clips), use HANDLES…1-2 seconds (wiggle room). Do not include affiliate clips. Base media on existing names.
Set the destination as the other drive and let her rip! Then unmount your drive when it is done and launch the project you created with the media drive you copied it to and check to see if it is all kosher.
Shane
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Thanks. It is still processing. At one point it told me it was getting an error, #14 I think, importing a certian clip. The reason, which I sussed out, was that I had the same clip in two different bins. I’d imported it twice for some reason into the original. Anyway, so it gave me the option of letting it continue and just delinking the clip in the timeline. I said yes.
Now, when it’s done, how do I fix this? My thinking was copy the original clip over to the external HD, rename it, then rename it the same thing in the browser, and manually reconnect them. Should that work, you think?
There is another kind of problem: My camera records in AVCHD, so when it imports clips, there are about 100-200 separate clips per memory card. If I am importing five cards, that’s tricky, because all are labelling #1, #2, etc. The way I got around it this time (so there was no overwriting) was to create different projects for FCP for each card, and that way they all went into different folders on the finder, which I then imported separately into FCP. I’m sure that’s not the best way to do this, since they still all have similar names, but I don’t know what the answer is. (It doesn’t seem to be affecting me right now, since FCP is very smartly calling the duplicate names #147-2, #147-3, etc.)
Any help?
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[Sam Loewenberg] “Now, when it’s done, how do I fix this? My thinking was copy the original clip over to the external HD, rename it, then rename it the same thing in the browser, and manually reconnect them. Should that work, you think?”
Do you not know about FCPs RENAME function? Rename the clip in the Browser, then highlight the clip and in the MODIFY menu choose RENAME, FILE TO MATCH CLIP. It will rename the QT file on the hard drive to match what you have in the Browser. So now you can import, rename, and then change the name of all the clips on your drive.
I have VERY little experience with AVCHD, but I would think naming the clips BEFORE you import them would be a wise choice. Scan thru the footage in the L&T browser, and then name them. When you import, they will import with the name.
Shane
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