Import settings change on latest FCPX version?

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

Yes, Craig.
Thank you, I think that’s the way to go. I always build camera archives of each card while I’m somewhere gathering footage, and keep a double copy of each archive on separated drives, other than the ones I import, sort, name and comment media onto. What I don’t like much of the process of switching the media destinations in the Library Properties is ending up with folders with the same name containing clips with the same names (ex. folder “original media”, subfolder “2014-07-21”, clip#1, clip#2 etc) but totally different media. That’s why I had abandoned this workflow at first, after replacing a wrong folder while building a backup copy on another portable drive. After reading your post, I checked once again. I found (and double checked a few seconds ago) I can actually rename the folders right after capture, without FCPX asking to relink the files, so that’s the most viable solution, and the naming is not really an issue, after all, just a few more clicks….

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3

[Craig Alan]

Cool. FC seems to be good at allowing renaming things without loosing their links. Inside the program as well. Can’t tell you the number of times I’d go through a panic in FCP3-7 when something went off line.

And I agree and know we are not alone in wanting to choose a location inside the import window. Particularly when it opens when you mount a media card.

Would be nice to set a location, name the folder or subfolder, do a batch rename, add some keywords all in that window.

Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

Yes, and it’s a pity that at least one of the features was already there and was killed…..

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3

[Robin S. kurz]

[Fabrizio D'Agnano] “it’s a pity that at least one of the features was already there and was killed”

Which? I don’t see any features that were. Maybe moved, but not REmoved.

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

[Robin S. Kurz] “Which? I don’t see any features that were. Maybe moved, but not REmoved.”

Maybe it depends if one is referring to the process or to the final result. If you look at it as to the possibility to directly send the media to an external folder of one’s choice without quitting the import panel, going to the Library Property, modifying the Library destination folder, reopening the import panel, and eventually sending the clips in the desired folder, I see it as a removed option. Of course one can still take a longer route and eventually end up doing the same, so you can consider it as a moved option as well.

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3

[Robin S. kurz]

I don’t get it. For what you’re doing/trying to do extremely little changes. If anything really. You import your media to an external location WITHOUT generating the proxies upon import, after which you’re out of the import window. After which you simply switch your storage location for media i.e. proxies (all without re-entering the import window) to the library and kick off the creation of the proxies. Done. In older versions you would not have been able to even do that. So how has anything been removed and isn’t in fact better?

But yes, I agree that having original media, optimized AND proxy grouped into one location setting (at least the original should be different from optimized and proxy) isn’t the most ideal in every situation. But then, you can make them different by switching as described. It could just be easier to do I suppose.