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Creating One From Many
I’m fairly new to FCP. My inexperience has allowed me to create several scratch discs with media in three or four locations. I want to consolidate and have it all on one place on my esata drive. I want to then take this drive, with a copy of my program, to another workstation where I will dump the finished show to digitbeta. What is the best workflow for me so that when I open the program again, find and reconnect with all the media files with my sequences and bins at the remote location?
Thanks
ShleyMac Dual 2.3
4.5 GB Ram
FCP 5.1.1
AJA LS w/KL Box -
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Quit FCP if it’s running.
Move all the media to the drive you want to use.
Be sure there is a Capture Scratch Folder with the correct Project Name Folder inside on that drive.
Copy your Project File to that drive.
Eject and turn off all the media drives except the one you are going to take with you.
Launch the Project File from that drive.
Reconnect all the files.
If you have everything, Save the Project. If something is missing, go back and get it, then Save.
Now you’re ready to eject that drive and take it with you.
When you get to the location, move the Project file off the media drive to the local hard drive and launch it from there.
Yes, you can use Media Manager for this, but I find it more efficient to simply drag and drop everything manually. Seems to take a lot less time.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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One more note, where ever you’re going to lay this off, they must have FCP 5.1.1 or they will not be able to open your project. It’s not backwards compatible with FCP 5.0.4.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Thank you Walter!
Ashley
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Bear in mind, if you have slom-mos and time remaps on your timeline, there is a chance that your clips won’t reconnect properly.
One of the unfortunate bugs in FCP.
W
2DP G5, 3.5GB RAM, FCP HD
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