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macpro to macbook to macpro workflow?
Hi
I am embarking into a mobile editing universe…I have a fully loaded macpro a new macbook pro….but before getting fully into mobile editing world, I have a couple of your precious advices would be more than welcome…
What is the standard ideal mediamanagement workflow? What are the most common mistakes?
Let’s say we have project A that contains all a normal project would (project file on a system disk; and on scratch disk: tc media, music, sound, stills, and all fcp folder autosave, waveform, audio renders, rendered files etc…) this project A with all files and media is sitting comfortably on my raid inside of macpro (I’ve stripped three internal macpro western digital disks into one 1,5 tb)….
on the other hand I have prepared a free g-raid fw800, 8000gb disk for the sake of the mobility… to be used with my shinny macbook 17”, 2,4ghz…. as a mobile scratch render disk…
In the next couple of months,,,,I will be doing a lot of mobile, off home editing and therfore I will mainly edit on the macbook pro…but down the line would like to have the same project with all needed files sitting safely on my macpro…because that’s the place where I will be finalizing my new docu movie made out of several chapters, that I will be editing piece by piece, chunk by chunk on my macbook pro….
what workflow would you suggest? I know you are a king of mobile editing? How many project files should I do on my macbook? what are the most common mistakes people do/forget when entering such a workflow?
any advice would be more than welcome…
and one more question time coded and non time coded media….what’s the real world difference….is it when I capture from tape timecoded…and let’s say when exporting from ar or in quicktime non timecoded….
drazen
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The work flow I use involves sharing eSATA drives between computers. I use the Sonnet F500 drive bays, which can also be used with the MacBook Pro when fitted with an Express Slot eSATA card.
When I don’t share the actual RAID drives, I use Super Duper to copy a current Mac Pro production volume to a single “back up/remote” drive, which is also on a Fusion 500 tray. In this case, I only need to copy the project file from the remote HD when I want to resync my project progress with the Mac Pro RAID.
I might note this backup/remote HD could easily be a FW800 drive instead of a eSATA drive on a F500 tray, and the process resyning the project file would be the same.
I work with 500GB HDs, and a single drive has been more than enough for me to move a project around. Actually, I move many projects around.
I prefer the eSATA connection solution because coping the source files goes much faster than with FW800.
Good luck
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The biggest key to doing this is making sure you don’t leave files behind when transferring from one system to another.
Another challenge is when people are start editing on both systems at the same time. This can be a challenge to know what changes can be made to what project.
When I send a project out for mobile editing, I copy everything I need to the mobile hard drive then on the tower system I put the project in a folder called “MOVED TO DRIVE 15” or whatever.
When bringing it back, make sure you copy everything you need back to the RAID. Then put the media on the mobile drive in a folder called “MOVED TO RAID”
It just helps to keep things organized.
-Russ
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Hi,
Wisely you have spoken…and your precious advices into practice will be taken…
muchas gracias for takin the time and sharing the experience…you really know how to milk this cow…Thanks
drazen
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