[David Starkey]

I also like the idea of a “reference” SD copy. (Oh, and yes, I did shoot the original footage in HDV, then imported / edited at SD to spare my poor overworked single core processor).

This all makes sense, and I will report back when (if?) I’ve acquired the new system and been able to carry this out. I’m fully expecting to have a lot of fiddling to do, as I’ve used a lot of ‘track matte’ keys combined with blurred Title cards to create grads, vignettes etc, plus a few motion keyframes etc.

One thing I’ve never done (and wasn’t aware you COULD do) is import a project into another one. Thanks for this, as it’ll save qute a bit of fiddly copying & pasting.

Also, Alex, I’m not really sure what “batching my sources based on EDL” means. As I said, anytime I’ve tried exporting to EDL, I get a load of “unable to translate effect” type messages, so I’ve never used one in anger. I know where I am with copying & pasting!

Thanks for your help, and Happy New Year!