[Andrew Tucker]

Thank you Steve!

I don’t believe there will be any platform that will be like this but I will ask anyways. Would the “clients” or “commentors” need to create a profile to use the time-coded commenting tool?

I really enjoy that this looks similar to a box set-up where you can upload and what looks like create a variety of folders.

Thanks again!

[Andrew Tucker]

John,

Thank you for your reply. It is definitely something I think I need to sit down and write out my concerns for and give reasoning to my thoughts. These replies have definitely helped me out!

I will have to start using your method for creating lower thirds. It sounds like a pretty rock solid solution.

Thanks again!

[Andrew Tucker]

Thank you for the reply! I feel we are on the same page on this. It needs to be a more streamlined process. Again, thank you so much for the reply and I will try to make changes to this approval process!

[Andrew Tucker]

Thank you Bob, this is very helpful! I didn’t even take into consideration who would be working off of it. For now, it is only me that would be working from it but I’m unsure if they intend to expand the marketing group with another videographer. The capability to work from home would be a plus but rarely do I ever need to so it is only one of those extra add-ons. So RAID array may be the direction to go in.

I truly appreciate your reply! I just can’t seem to grasp the Abbreviations in tech and that is where most of my confusion comes from.

[Andrew Tucker]

Thank you so much for this detailed response! It is a great amount of information that I will now use for each situation like this.

May I ask you of what would be a good way to become more knowledgable about audio? Are there any series of books or online tutorials that you feel would help me become better with audio? It is indeed the most important part of a video in my eyes.

[Andrew Tucker]

Mike,
Thank you so much for the reply. It sounds like we are in a pretty similar situation. We have on-site IT and I think it would be beneficial for me to touch-base with them on alternative options. Your solution sounds like it has been pretty solid for you.

[Mike Bosshard] “Vol 3: Archive — this is where I save most of my offsite footage as sort of a bank, due to it very likely being used repeatedly. Although I’m starting to outgrow it and have had to put some of this in Vol 2. I also zip up any really old projects from Vol 2 and save them here, ones that I am basically sure that I will not need to access any of the assets for under normal circumstances. “

I love this. It’s so simple in yet I never even thought of it. I always think “What if I need this.”

Thanks again!

[Andrew Tucker]

Eric,
Thank you for the reply. I definitely find myself waiting for the moment an error pops up and the program crashes. Just the beauty of the digital age. My biggest fear, as is everyone’s probably, is plugging in a drive and not getting any response. I just play the waiting game.
Thanks again!

[Andrew Tucker]

Thanks Oliver,
I’m starting to think of a method that will be beneficial and treat all of our departments like Clients i.e. HR, Safety, etc.
Having two LARGE drives that hold the media (JOB SITE & HQ). And then having SMALLER portable drives dedicated to each department (HR, Safety, etc.). When a project is needed, copying NEEDED media from the LARGE drives to the specific project folders on the SMALL drives. A lot of the projects use the same media from time to time, which is why I haven’t set-up this method yet. Does this sound like a good approach or do you think it is something that would cause me trouble down the road?
Thanks again!

[Andrew Tucker]

Greg,
Thank you for that. That helps out a lot. I felt like I was organized in a way when I first started the job (2 years ago) but every day I feel like I need to change it to better serve my needs. The company I work for is in Construction and a lot of the footage captured is from various job sites in different divisions (the easy stuff). But I also have a lot of footage that is taken at our HQ from interviews and B-Roll. My drives get filled up very quickly because we get so much footage. I’m starting to think that all of my JOB SITE footage should live on it’s own drive and all of our HQ and SUPPORT footage should live on a different drive. I want to make this change, but I fear that if I start making the change now, I’ll somehow throw everything offline. We do tend to go back to older project files and replace clips. Side Question, when I do interviews, I place their audio and video (dual audio system) in different folders on the drive, using folders with their names so I can trace it, does this sound like a reasonable approach or does it not make sense to have them together?

As for the CHAPTERS workflow. If the project were to have an overlying ambient music bed, would you add that in the final timeline or in each chapter? (If that makes sense, sorry)

Thanks again!

[Andrew Tucker]

Jamie,

Thank you very much for your response. It is much appreciated. I feel that I have a good Data Management system(not great) but it is the one thing I would like to be nearly perfect at, since that keeps the ship moving. So I am open to any suggestions or recommendations.

The specs on my iMac is:
macOS Sierra – v 10.12.5
4GHz Intel Core i7
32 GB Memory (1867MHz DDR3)
AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096MB – Graphics

HardDrive:
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STCA3000101/dp/B00829THQE
I do not believe that is a 7200 RPM sadly. But it is what work provided.
USB 3.0

My process used to be using the flash drive to hold the Project File but for the past 2 years I have been just working OFF of them. Which I realize isn’t good. I will start using the Project File Folder I created on my desktop to copy them over.
From being in the construction field I have obtained A LOT of footage and from the past I’ve obtained all of the different files the company they outsourced to. I’m not really sure what a good practice would be of where to keep all of these files. I am wondering if I should keep “Jobsite” video (which has the most) exclusive to one hard drive and then have another hard drive for footage I capture in the office or at events. I am wondering if I should put Graphic exports, Photos, and audio on that other one as well.
I did try importing into a new sequence but the new project crashed. I will have to give it another try since I have turned the Dynamic Links Offline. I can still work in the Project File with no issue except Importing Dynamic Links. The Indexing and Conforming bar is also stuck right at the very end. It never shows it loading fully. I feel like that has a lot to do with it since I used plenty of different formats.

Thank you,

Andrew