Quick question about where to save Motion files

[Stephen Smith]

What do you mean by big files? Motion plays everything in real time so it is not generating any files. If you are talking about the Cashe files Motion generates when it does say a Ram preview the default it set to your systems drive. All of your Apps should be using up your systems drive. That is way I have an additional hard drive installed in my computer that is for Projects files, artwork, music, etc. I hope this response was of some help.

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[Peter Dunphy]

Hi Stephen

Thanks for your kind response – I really appreciate it.

I’ve watched some of your tutorials here and found them to be very good – in particular a templates tutorial I watched was excellent.

Could you just clarify a couple more things for me please? They probably seem like really dumb questions but I just wanted to play safe and be absolutely clear before delving into Motion properly. I’ve had a hunt in the forum archive but have gotten myself confused on what I guess should be pretty simple things in Motion!

I have a 1 TB boot/system drive (which has my overall Project folder ‘SM01’ on it) with my MacPro and an external D800 Raid 5 (which has my Final Cut Pro Documents folder on it)

1. When I click ‘Save As’ in Motion should I be saving to my 1TB system boot drive in my overall Projects folder ‘SM01’ with ‘Collect Media’ ticked?

2. Or, should I ‘Save As’ directly to my external D800 Raid 5, again with ‘Collect Media’ ticked?

3. Or should I keep ‘Collect Media’ always unticked?

4. I’m importing ProRes 422 material into Motion (which I’d captured via HDV-ProRes422) – is the * HDV 1080i50 preset still okay for me to use despite the footage being ProRes?

Any thoughts whatsoever on any aspect of the above would be really appreciated.

Peter

[Stephen Smith]

Peter,
Thanks for watching my tutorials, I appreciate that.

All of the tech guys that I’ve talked to recommend that you only have your applications on your boot/systems drive. With the Mac Pro you have extra slots for internal Serial ATA drive that are dirt cheap know. I bought a 1TB drive for like 200 bucks not to long ago. I would recommend that you buy one and put all of your project files, art work and music on it. I would put my capture scratch on the external drive. I think that is a ideal setup.

That being said, I’m not an engineer but under your current set up I would save everything to the Raid 5. If a drive goes out you still have your stuff. Plus your applications doesn’t have to compete with your project files and stuff.

Hope this helps.

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[Peter Dunphy]

Hi Stephen

Yes that’s very helpful thanks – much appreciated and Kudos!

All the best

Peter

[Peter Dunphy]

Could I just get anyone’s thoughts on this please?:

I’m importing ProRes 422 material into Motion (which I’d captured via HDV-ProRes422) – is the HDV 1080i50 preset still okay for me to use despite the footage being ProRes?

Thanks in advance.

Peter

[Stephen Smith]

Peter,
Happy to help. Not sure about the HDV question, I use something else so I would re-post your last question. That way it will get some fresh eyes on it. Best of luck.

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