What to save ?

[Shane Ross]

Save your Camera Originals…any other things like pictures, music, sound effects. And the Project File. That’s all you really need. You can rebuild the project by batch capturing from the masters.

Shane

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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[Dennis Dean]

Thanks, Shane. Does this mean I can trash all of the stuff in the Final Cut Pro documents folder related to old projects I’m no longer working on ? to free up space?

Dennis Dean
The Dean Group
-It’s about results-
http://www.deangroup.com

[Mark Suszko]

If you do trash the old files, it makes all your old clients that never call suddenly light up your phone with re-edit and dub orders, guaranteed. 🙂

[Dennis Dean]

I’m working the re-edit of a project right now that languished as version 1 for three years and only came back to life when I dumped the files.

BUT I think I’m talking about project files and the original materials used to create – not the rendered files that are spread across FCP Docs.

DD

PS – PRIVATE TO SHANE – IS YOUR “GETTING ORGANIZED IN FCP” available only as a download now?

dd

Dennis Dean
The Dean Group
-It’s about results-
http://www.deangroup.com

[Shane Ross]

If you have the space, archive the project…the media in the CAPTURE SCRATCH and RENDER folders (or just rerender later). Or tell your client that you’ll be removing their project to free up space, and if they want to make changes, they can either pay you to recapture, or buy a drive that you can archive the project on for them.

Shane

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

[David Roth weiss]

[Dennis Dean] ” Does this mean I can trash all of the stuff in the Final Cut Pro documents folder related to old projects I’m no longer working on ? to free up space?”

Dennis,

Let your computer do what it does best. Use Media Manager copy function to copy just the stuff from the sequence(s) and or bin(s) that you select into a single file for archiving, with a new project file included. It’s made to do this, and it takes all the thinking out of the equation. Read the instructions in the manual and have it copy to an inexpensive firewire drive. It’s perfect for insuring that everything you need is stored in one place, and the computer does all the work for you.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

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[Dennis Dean]

This is great -I will. When you restore – does it find everything automatically ? Or do I need to re-distribute files on my own?

Dennis Dean
The Dean Group
-It’s about results-
http://www.deangroup.com

[David Roth weiss]

I meant to say “into a single directory” not “single file.” So, all your files will be copied into one directory and a new streamlined project placed there too. You select the bins and seqs. you wish MM to draw from, then when you start it up it figures exactly what’s required for just those. You can tell it to delete unused media and it will sometimes consolidate, sometimes not, depending on your capturing, logging, reel numbering style and diligence. Copying is non-destructive, so you try it out without fear. Moving on the other hand is destructive, so I don’t recommend it…

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.

[Michelle Kaufer]

I’m currently moving all of my media files to another drive – here’s the question – If I’ve done multiple FCP files for this and other projects pertaining to the same media AND I have all of the media files stored (the m2t files and the same files converted into mov’s) Do I need to transfer over the tons of gigs of Capture Scratch folders and render folders? What exactly is saved in the capture scratch folder anyway?

Thanks!
Michelle