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Project Archiving
I’ve got old projects still sitting on my computer and I don’t want to delete them for fear that I may want to change something about them in the distant or near future.
So what’s the best way to archive them? I’ve got me a 120g external harddrive, but what files do I take, leave, etc? Do I trim the project? Do I take everything but render files?
I’m not so sure.I want to be able to take these projects and their info and files, put them somewhere else, and then be able to put them back on my computer in a year, open up the project and have everything there (without rendering is fine), and at the smallest size I can. What are the steps to that?
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3 Replies
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Use the Project Manager to trim and collect your projects. Do not take the preview files.
Steven
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I edit dv projects. I keep all my source tapes. I delete from the hard disk anything that can be recaptured easily. I keep all graphics, audio, and “new” video files (files rendered from after effects etc.)
Then in Premiere I do a “Remove unused” so that in a years time, if I need to recapture my source files, I only have to recapture what was on the timeline.
Usually, doing all this gets the amount of data in the project folder small enough to back up onto a dvd.
Once on DVD, everything can be deleted from the hard drive.
bri
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Cool. Thanks.
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