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How do you move a Premiere Project from one drive to another and back?
Hello PP users!
I’m a long time After Effects user and just switched from FCP to PP. I love it.
My current dilemma is that I am working on a fairly large edit with PP with all of the media on a Pegasus Thunderbolt Array. My client asked me to travel with it so I installed an additional 750g drive into my Macbook Pro’s DVD slot. I collected the project but not all of the media collected. I found this out after I left.
Regardless, I’m working on edit changes, adding new media etc and I’m about to travel back to my studio where I will be plugging back into the very fast and stable Pegasus array.
What is the best way to retain all of my edit changes while having access to the footage that did not load when I collected the media to go mobile? Can I open my last PP project that was on my Pegasus and import the collected “mobile” project giving me access to all of the changes and the missing footage?
Thoughts and solutions are much appreciated! Thanks!
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If the mobile project still includes clips from the files that didn’t make it on your trip, there should be no need to import the old project. However, if you removed files or sequences from the project, then the old and new projects will need to be merged.
First, save the mobile project using a new name/version number, and copy it with any new or changed media files onto the array.
Open the project you just copied. As the project opens Premiere will ask you to locate the embedded files. Once one file is identified, Pr will find all other files located in the same directory. You will be prompted multiple times if the source files are spread across other directories. Save the project when it finishes opening.
If the new project contains all the clips and timelines from the original project, you should be good to go at this point. However, if the new project is just a subset of the original project, then you will need to integrate the two projects together.
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