[Bob Woodhead]

Thanks JG.

Remember that spoof on YouTube of the editor in white limbo, talking about editing on a Mac, from years back? At the end he tosses the Mac across the room…. yeah, the joke is still valid. 😉

“Constituo, ergo sum”

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
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“What a long strange trip it’s been….”

[Bob Woodhead]

I’ve got a beefy MacPro w/ a RAID, and X often keeps up, but not always. And when it’s an intensive transition (light rays, etc) between clips with something like Magic Bullet, it just ain’t gonna roll like buttah…

[Bob Woodhead]

That’s a good idea Oliver, but not for every situation; say you’re coming out of a long clip w/ fx, then a transition (or fx) then another clip. It’ll start at the beginning of the 1st clip (which might be a ways from where you need your preview).

But I guess marry your idea with a blade on the incoming clip, and it’s a workaround. (nasty word)

[Bob Woodhead]

Yeah, and what I was looking for was for very short duration renders, just so I can make sure the transition or FX is good, then skip over the body of that clip to get on with cutting. Then let background render do the heavy lifting when I’m changing batteries in the mouse or the camera or the transmitter or the keyboard or the light or the phone………… (how in heck do we manage to get anything done???)

[Bob Woodhead]

Thanks for confirmation.

Man, I want to like X, but keep running into things that make me go grrrrrrrrr…..

“Constituo, ergo sum”

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
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“What a long strange trip it’s been….”

[Bob Woodhead]

Here’s the “toaster” (no T-bolt yet):
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153066

Here’s a quick read on RAID:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

In RAID 1, data is written identically to two drives, thereby producing a “mirrored set”. External enclosure holds the drives, system sees it as a single volume. I would not recommend a Thunderbolt solution, as 1) it’s too expensive and 2) speed isn’t a factor in archiving.
Here’s an example:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816856074

As to moving a project around, I do it between two locations, and it’s not an issue. But I’m always careful of keeping track of changes to files. Better for someone else to chime in on that.

“Constituo, ergo sum”

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
CMX-Quantel-Avid-FCP-Premiere-3D-AFX-Crayola
“What a long strange trip it’s been….”

[Bob Woodhead]

Tape? No, it’s here to stay! Why, I go through more now than ever before….. and every format, too – I use masking, Scotch, gaffers (black and white mostly), painter’s, electrical….

[Bob Woodhead]

I’ll leave the finer details of X & media management to those more knowledgable than myself, but some general RAID comments –

-To have all my current projects in one place (like the aforementioned RAID drive)

Make sure you use RAID 5 or similar. Do not use RAID 0! Drives WILL die. At the worst possible time. I’ve used parity RAID systems since the days of Quantel, and I can’t remember how many HDDs have died on me over the years. Your attitude must be “yeah, that single disk can die & it won’t screw me totally”. Carry that thinking across every drive you use & you’ll sleep easier as your projects get larger ($$).

-To be able to archive an old project and all its associated files from the RAID to cheap desktop Hard drives

And here, use RAID 1. (Separate array for archiving.) For the same reason as above. I’ve been archiving this way for 5 years. Got about 12 pairs of project archive drives on the shelf. In that 5 years, 1 drive (of a pair) has failed to mount when calling up an old file. No worries, reach for it’s twin, get file, buy replacement drive, mirror data to return to redundant state. I use a cheap “toaster” bare drive mounter. Just stick the bare archive drive into the “toaster slot”, get what you need, eject, done. Very fast.

Play safe! 😉

[Bob Woodhead]

[Jeff Kirkland] “Create an empty compound clip in the event browser, then copy and paste your timeline clips into it.”

And then delete & replace the clips in the original timeline with the new compound clip, I assume? OK, only 1 step more than Legacy, that’s cool.

No, I wasn’t trying to make X work like Legacy, I was trying (and always try when learning X) to follow the “new rules”. Just double-checked the manual, and indeed it does not explicitly state it creates a clip in the event browser when creating a CC inside a timeline. I assumed. Ahem. * cough * cough* 😉

[Bob Woodhead]

John, if SFX searches are important for your work, you owe it to yourself to look at Audiofinder. Simply brilliant search/modify tool. One of the best aspects if you have a lot of SFX (I’m over 100GB at this point, and that’s as MP3s!) is the ability to Refine and Exclude words in your searches. EG, search on “horn”, Refine with “car”, Refine with “long”. Go from 3000 hits to 500 to 50. Play in the tool, pitchshift if needed, drag result to your editing app.

“Constituo, ergo sum”

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
CMX-Quantel-Avid-FCP-Premiere-3D-AFX-Crayola
“What a long strange trip it’s been….”