[Michael Hofeldt]

The command for match frame is SHIFT+F, which reveals the clip and selection range in the browser.
Also, if you skim over your clip in the timeline with the trim tool selected (instead of the selection tool) you will see the clip timecode. My trick is to hold down T without letting go to temporarily engage the trim tool. Blade and Range tool do the same thing

Check out Richard Taylor’s Tips. that’s where I discovered the above.

[Michael Hofeldt]

First select your keyworded range in the event browser. Then, if you select your Event from the event library (instead of the keyword collection), it will load the entire clip into the event browser with your range selected.

[Michael Hofeldt]

If you put a gradient (Black to white, left to right) above the graphic as a connected clip, and then change its blend mode to Silhouette Luma, I think you’ll get what you’re after.

[Michael Hofeldt]

I’ve had great luck with Other World Computing. They have thorough information to get you set up with the correct RAM for your particular model.

[Michael Hofeldt]

Thanks a lot. This is basically what i’m doing now with ChronoSync, but it is able to tell what’s missing from the Target location and just copy those files that have changed.

It seems the Original Media and .fcpevent are the critical pieces and optionally one can manage the transcoded/proxy media as well. I’ve been doing a right-click on the .fcpevent and choosing Compress, then date-stamping the name of the zip archive.

I had also considered labeling the media files in finder with one of the colors after copying it to backup. that way, any new (not backed up yet) media imported would be easily identifiable in finder.

I appreciate the insight on moving things in and out of the root folder as needed as I have had some conflicts before with backups. thanks for clarifying.

In the end, I guess it’s a few extra steps, none terribly cumbersome, and well worth the peace of mind.

Thanks!