Robin S. kurz
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[James Ewart] “That said there does seem to have been a bit of an ongoing back peddle by Apple to more traditional workflows because”
No idea what gives you that notion. I only see logical refinements to what they have been doing since day one. And X’s media management isn’t even that much different than what others are doing. Only arguably better IMHO. But yes, Apple is listening better than ever. No shame in that. But I don’t recognize any “back peddling” by any stretch. The way it is now would have been a god send for us back when I was still working at a broadcasters with multiple networked seats. None of the constant issues we had regularly when it came to sharing, exchange, media management etc. would have ever cropped up.
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[Craig Alan] “You are putting the project in an event in a library … right?”
Erm… where else? 😀
[Craig Alan] “You have updated the library to the new version?”
Erm… how else could it be open? 😉
It sounds to me like it could be a permissions issue. Try checking/repairing them with Disk Utility. Otherwise I’d say trashing the app and reloading it from the MAS is your best bet, too.
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Okay. I won’t debate whether Live Type is just cheesy or not, but if you have the old templates installed you’re free to continue to use them. So technically 5 has more templates. Not to mention sites such as https://www.motionvfx.com/store,motion,3,58,1,1.html .
But then I don’t understand why you would be using MOTION in conjunction with PPro of all things either. Especially since in conjunction with FCP X is when Motion’s true brilliance and power starts to shine. Oh well. To each his/her own, as they say.
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If the project/event was connected to said directory previously and the path, names, etc. for the footage in question hasn’t changed, but rather the volume as a whole has merely gone offline, yes, of course. FCP looks for files at their last known location. If they’re there, they’re online, if not, they’re offline. Even “hot-pluggable” if you will, you wouldn’t even need to quit FCP first.
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[Craig Alan] “But you don’t need any of the other files, now stored out of the library, like cache?”
No, those can be (re)created as needed. The only things you definitely need are either the original/optimized or proxy media, depending on what you’ve set FCP to. Everything else is recreatable as needed.
[Craig Alan] “There are times I want to take a project home with me and it’s been a bit of a chore.”
With the current model I don’t actually see how that could be.
[Craig Alan] “And if you were editing in optimized or original media can you go back forth those and proxy?”
Sure. That’s kinda the whole point. 🙂
[Craig Alan] “If you put the library with just proxies in the cloud like dropbox or whatever – would this work and limit how long it takes to upload?”
That depends on the format of your original media. Proxy is small (in comparison to other flavors of ProRes) but not TINY.
[Craig Alan] “Although we will edit projects in the studio we will also have a lab for teaching editing and it would be nice if students could use the projects they are working on in the studio.”
I’m not sure what you’re asking/intending.
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[Craig Alan] “So, yes, a two-step process or actually a three-step process because otherwise your next import will now be stored in the last location you selected unless you switch the location back again.”
For that one library and the events contained within, yes. Not for others or new ones.
[Craig Alan] “I guess Apple has decided you would want all these media types in one place or another.”
As I said in the other thread, this is clearly geared towards improved *collaborative* editing, since you wouldn’t want everyone to be using their own optimized, proxy, render, cache etc. files if they’ve already been created once before. This way if I generate those files, anyone else using the same source files (this is assuming the “stored centrally on a server” scenario) will automatically have i.e. can use the same optimized, proxy etc. files after I’ve created them.
[Craig Alan] “So why exactly would you prefer proxies to be in the library?”
Imagine having an MBP with a small amount of local/internal storage, but you want to take your footage with you to edit without having to lug around external drives for the the original media. If you have the original/optimized media on external storage but just the proxies locally, you can edit on the road with the proxies and reconnect to the original/optimized media for output when finished and back at the studio. Have done it and absolutely LOVED it. 🙂
[Craig Alan] “Is “managed” media, that is media in the library, faster than using references? I thought keeping the library small makes it faster?”
The overall size of any given library isn’t a deciding speed factor. If the media is on a fast drive and the library doesn’t have an endless amount of events, it’s irrelevant whether the footage resides within the library or not. Rather the amount of overall open libraries and events are the RAM (and therefore speed) gobblers.
[Craig Alan] “That should move all media out of the library except proxy media.”
Great tip. Hadn’t thought of that. And yes, that’s probably the easiest/quickest route.
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I’d agree… except maybe for the very last part.
I find that an even balance between mouse AND keyboard is by far the speediest in X. Using either exclusively is shooting yourself in the foot, even if that may (or may not) be the best solution for *other* NLEs.
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Okay. Fine. I was missing “the big picture”.
Well, either way, you know how it works now.
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[James Ewart] “I am not a complete moron.”
I was in no way suggesting that. But the fact is, you said
[James Ewart] “when importing for camera cards it does not give the option to Leave Files in Place”
… which can only lead one to think that is what it is you want to do, no?
In any case, no, you can’t do what it is you want without copying the material from the camera/card to disk first in some way, shape or form before importing. Or switching half way. But seeing that you’re not a moron, I take it you’ve understood that now. 😉
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Would a smart collection along these lines be of any help?
