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Cropping/Trimming Capture Scratch Files For DVD Backup
I’m hoping to archive my current project to DVD when finished. This means I’ll need to break my capture scratch footage into 20-25 minute chunks so they’ll fit on a data DVD (Instead of the 1-2 hour blocks I have now). Since I intend to archive this project (which I haven’t done with past projects) I’m thinking I should break up my source footage into those 20-25 minute chunks now (before I start editing everything) so my project files reference the actual files I’ll have archived on DVD.
How can I do this and will it result in any quality loss? Thanks!
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You can edit you segment the way you have it now and when you are done run it through Media manager.
Copy the project and delete unused media.
This will give you an archive of just what you actually used and it will rewrite all the links to a new folder called whatever you want.
It’s a little more complicated then just that so read up on it in the manuals.
It’s ion Volume IV (4) Chapter 7 & 8 or IV-77 in the Help files in Final Cut.
Good luck.
Steve Cohen
Editor
O2 Media Inc. -
When you capture your footage originally make sure you log and capture don’t just use capture now. Then all you need to so is save your FCP project & graphic files to a CD or DVD, you can recapture from the original tapes later that way.
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