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Importing P2 Footage
I understand how to navigate to P2 footage in my Media Browser, then right click & import into my project, but how do I then save that clip to my hard drive?
We are shooting a lot of different projects, so I usually only need 1 or 2 clips from a card that has 30 or so on it – so impractical to copy the entire card.
Is there a log & tfer type function like FCP has, or some other method that will import into my project & also give me a copy on the hard drive?
Thanks for the help!
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8 Replies
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It’s best to copy the contents of the card to a media drive first, and then locate and import clips via the Media Browser.
Kevin Monahan
Sr. Content and Community Lead
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Thx Kevin –
What if I want just one clip from the card – is there a way to copy a single clip?
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You can dig through the video folder and try to find it, copy it and import it. I’m in the habit of copying the whole thing in case there are spanned clips. The Media Browser joins them back together.
Kevin Monahan
Sr. Content and Community Lead
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OK – would you copy just the file in the video folder or do you need a corresponding audio file as well?
Thx
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The one in the video folder should be fine. It carries the audio with it.
Kevin Monahan
Sr. Content and Community Lead
Adobe After Effects
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OK – thx.
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I’ve also been learning about P2 usage with PPro and from what I understand, You have to copy the entire card folder structure over in order to keep the video, audio and metadata linked. If you are looking for a “Log and Capture” style setup, you have to use FCP or another P2 import/transcoding software.
I Typically do the same thing as you are attempting to and with PPro so far, I’ve had to copy the entire card to my media drive. I’m hoping that I can figure out a way to media manage the final project for archiving and ditch the files that weren’t used.
Hope this helps!
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Thx for the input.
I spoke to Premiere and came to a similar conclusion. Since I am only using 1 or 2 clips from a full card, my workflow is:
P2 > FCP > AP
I wish premiere would provide a log & tfer type function, but it’s not the end of the world to fire up FCP for this task.
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