work flow folders of projects.

[Andy Neil]

I’m not entirely sure I understand your problem, but my guess is that you have a lot of projects and you want a smart collection that only shows you the latest of them?

To do this, I recommend having a specified naming convention for your most recent project. Something like BESTVIDEO_CURRENT, or BESTVIDEO_LATEST. Then modify a smart collection to collect all files that are projects (type), AND contain the text “LATEST”. Then it should filter out all your other versions. This requires that when you version or make a snapshot, that you rename the snapshot so the word “latest” doesn’t appear.

Hope this helps.

Andy

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[Bill Davis]

Anita: Try this.

Open one of your old projects.

Go to File > Export XML.

Create a new XML backup folder on your desktop and let X create and XML copy there.

When this is done, just double click on the XML file – and VOILA – X will launch the project as if you’d launched your project from within X. (If you have X to 7,or a similar XML reader loaded you might need to drop the XML document directly onto the FCP X icon to make sure you launch the XML file inside the app.)

Essentially the XML file is a complete description of all your editing decisions.

In 10.1.2, you can even create an XML file at the Library level, which could be used to re-create your entire current library system.

An XML does NOT store media. It stores all the DECISIONS and the pointers you’ve established between your assets and the FCP X Program. So you don’t want to do this and then mess around with dumping or moving original video audio or graphic files, because launching the XML file will only point to the places things are stored NOW. But for the limited use of dumping a whole bunch of unwanted versions of projects in your library display, just turn them into XML copies then you can safely clear out all the old versions of Projects cluttering up your Libraries. (and you can “drag and drop” the folder of XML exports to another drive to create an extra layer of safety for your old versions.)

Hope that helps.

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[Anita Sancha]

Hi Guys

gosh !! xml !!

will try that with xml might well sort out the problem… I use that working between AE and FCPX..
and Andy thats what I thought was the only solution that might be simple.

Thanks.

One day I hope they make these folders simple “drag and drop” !!!!

Thanks for all your help
Anita Sancha.

http://www.anitasancha.co.uk

[Robin S. kurz]

Would a smart collection along these lines be of any help?