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Transfering Project between systems
Hey all –
I have a client bringing in a project from another FCP 4.5 system to mine on a FW drive. I want to transfer the material to my Media array. I am assuming I find all the capture, render, audio, folders and the project folder and just bring them in. Any gotcha’s in this workflow? Thanks in advance
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
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12 Replies
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Not that I can see. Just reconnect the media and you are good to go.
Unless they happen to have media (pictures, music) stored somewhere else, or renders. That happens sometimes.
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The biggest thing to do is after you transfer all the media, eject their drive and open the project. Reconnect all the media to your drives. See if everything is there. If anything is missing, reconnect their drive and transfer the missing material.
Very important to open and project with that drive disconnected because FCP will automatically reconnect to the media if that drive is on the desktop. Only by taking that drive offline can you ensure that everything is on your drives.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
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Excellent advice, thanks Walter.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
Scott,
I wouldn’t bother transferring the render files. It’s a breeze to just select all and rerender.
Mark
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[Mark Raudonis] “I wouldn’t bother transferring the render files. It’s a breeze to just select all and rerender.”
That’s a good point because FCP won’t recognize them correctly as soon as they are moved anyway.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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In FCP 4.5 I’ve used Media Manager to successfully move render files from one FCP station to another.
Haven’t tried it in FCP 5 yet…
debe
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Yep. The MM is specifically for this purpose.
Kevin Monahan
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[debe] “n FCP 4.5 I’ve used Media Manager to successfully move render files from one FCP station to another.”
I never let the Media Manager touch any of my projects unless it is an absolute last resort. I’d rather re-render.
some folks I know have had good luck with it, I avoid it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Check all your time remaps. They often don’t relink correctly. If you check the remap in the motion tab it’s pretty easy to spot the bad key frames. Make sure fonts match from system to system. Freeze frames almost never make it thru a system transfer.
joe
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OK, most of the media came over well. Question: since my client brought me about 8 versions to play with, is there a way to render every effect in a project or is this basically a sequence by sequence deal? thanks.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc
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