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Not able to transfer FCP files to another computer.
I still have FCP 4.5 HD at home on my G4 eMac. For film school, I’m trying to cut a one-minute montage of still photographs I shot with music in the background. My school uses G5 PowerMacs and have FCP 5 HD.
Keep in mind that I did NOT change the names of ANY files in my project at home. I copied the sequence file, as well as the media files (capture scratch etc.) into my LaCie FireWire external hard drive from home and tried to open them at school. After copying my FCP sequence file from my LaCie to the desktop and trying to open my sequence file there, I get a warning prompting me to upgrade the file from FCP 4.5 to FCP 5 saying I won’t be able to work on it on FCP 4.5 if I do so. I reluctantly do so, but then notice all of my files are now “offline”.
Again, I didn’t change any names of files and I transferred all of my media files, including the capture scratch file. How do I remedy this, or do I have to purchase FCP 5 for home as well?
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Use the Reconnect Media function. Right-click or CTRL-click on the flies and choose “Reconnect Media”. It’s also a Menu item, but I don’t recall where. You may have to navigate to where you have put the media files.
You now will not be able to work on the project at home unless you upgrade. You can still use the one that’s still on your system at home, of course, but any of the work you do on the version that’s been upgraded to FCP 5 has to stay FCP 5.
I would’ve been here sooner, but I’ve not been able to access the COW for over a day. I had no problems with any other part of the internet…but since there are posts here, I’m guessing it wasn’t that the site was down…curious!
debe
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