[David Zentz]

Thanks for the replies. I understand that space is cheap, but I was wondering if there’s still a more efficient way of editing. Do people usually convert all of the raw footage or just portions they intend to use? If just what they intend to use, is there a best way of doing that?
What if I shot 500 gigs of raw and had to convert. Even a 1 or 2 TB drive would fill up. Do people just keep filling up hard drives or is there a way to work with smaller files and only convert the final footage for color correction and effects?
Then, do you end up keeping the intermediary codec when the project is finished? It just seems like a lot of storage space is required for each video.

The reason I have a 500 gig hard drive is that it’s the largest portable drive I could find with both Firewire 800 and a 7200rpm drive. Should I give up on the idea of portability?

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