[Robin S. kurz]

[Adam Schoales] “So I try to reconnect the media; well it reconnects to the proxies, but as “original media”. In other words, now my original media is connected to proxies and I’m still being told my proxies are offline.”

Uh-oh…. biiiiiig mistake. That will seriously mess things up if you try to reconnect to the REAL original media! Be sure NOT to try that with that library but rather start over.

[Adam Schoales] “In a PERFECT world I’d like to be able to have proxies live at the office and at home, the high res files just on the work machines, and then simply have to copy just my library file at the end of the day (since the proxies aren’t going to change) knowing that I can pull that up at home, reference my proxies and away we go.”

I think you may be “overthinking” the matter. First off: do you need optimized or do you (at this stage) just plan to use the original media and proxies? Because if you don’t need optimized media, you simply need to set up your library to REFERENCE (leave in place) the original, external media and set your proxy media to the library that you store locally on your machine. With that things should work exactly as you expect. I.e. that’s how I have done it in the past and still do for the exact same reasons. That way if you’re connected to the original media you can edit with that, if not (you’re out and about) it will go offline and you can switch to proxy to continue. There’s absolutely no copying, reconnecting or the likes needed or necessary, since the directories never actually change. Only one goes missing temporarily. But even if you DO initially save the library externally and copy it back and forth as needed, there should be no such problems for the same reason. And the library should only always contain the proxy files and nothing else.

Just be aware that certain files such as stills and some audio do not have extra proxy files, but rather are considered fine as they are and therefore reference the original media in both modes. So you’ll want to test your proxy mode BEFORE you take off (disconnect the external media and switch to proxy), to make sure all your files actually have media behind them. Kind of an unfortunate implementation imho and quite the gotcha if you don’t know about it. In that case you’ll have to carry copies of the affected files along with you and reconnect as needed.

[Robin S. kurz]

Then you’ll need to use something other than a generator, since that’s their nature and the whole point behind them. They are resolution and time independent, no matter what. Unless there’s a setting/option that I’m not aware of.

[Robin S. kurz]

Clicking on the stopwatch in the dashboard also switches from timecode to project length, where you can also enter a new value i.e. project duration.

[Robin S. kurz]

That’s entirely dependent upon the used codecs in each case. The particular container, be it AVI or QT, is irrelevant. Transcode to e.g. ProRes 422 and the differences should barely be measurable, but not perceivable.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Brandon Schatsiek] “not really keeping up with all of the news on updates and what-not.”

The first and foremost thing you’ll want to do with any app and the first sign of trouble is check for an update. 10.0.2 is nearly three years old and there have been a full TEN additional updates for FCP and TWO new versions of the OS since then! And all of them were free. So not having installed any of it by now still strikes me as very odd. So next time you might want to check the App Store first to save yourself (and us) a lot of time and typing. No need to shuffle anything around or delete etc. Simply check for updates and install. But mind you, you’ll have to install Mavericks first, otherwise you won’t be able to install anything above 10.0.9.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Don Smith] “Finally, you can ‘enter’ the transition by double-clicking on it and you’ll see three tracks with the outgoing clip on top”

Also called the Precision Editor.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Andy Neil] “Don’t bother with automator unless you already know how to use it.”

Really?

Start it, choose “Application”, add “Rename Finder Items” from “Files & Folders”, select “Show this action when the workflow runs” from the options, and save… DONE. After that you simply drag any files you want to rename onto the app, wherever you saved it. Create a “Service” and you even have it under your right-click in the Finder. Don’t think others offer that.

Not sure what’s complicated about it.

[Robin S. kurz]

Mind you that clip is rather old, so a few things have changed. But the gist of the matter remains.

[Robin S. kurz]

[anita sancha] “Is there any way this can be done in BULK!!”

Was that a statement or question?

Any amount of clips you select are affected by your chosen renaming convention, yes, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ql241Qytg

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[Robin S. kurz]

[anita sancha] “great thats what I need.. ???? where do I find this… “

It’s built into your system by default. It’s an app called “Automator”. 😉