Steve Brame
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We’ve used Sans Digital’s MobilSTOR towers for many years. The connect via eSATA, USB 3.0 or Firewire 400/800. There are other brands though, and some offer Thunderbolt connectivity. You simply purchase the enclosure which comes with HD ‘trays’ to attach to standard SATA hard drives which are relatively cheap today. As you fill the drives up, simply buy another drive and tray.
Steve Brame
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Here’s the method we’ve used for many years, and has done us well –
After a shoot, we copy the media from all camera/audio cards to our online media RAID for editing. At this point we have 2 copies.
Next, I run a ‘backup routine’ that duplicates all RAID media to a backup drive in a 2-bay swappable drive enclosure. This drive always contains a duplicate of all media currently on our media RAID. Now we have 3 copies of the media just shot.
I usually also copy all camera/audio media from a shoot to a separate archive drive also in the swappable drive enclosure. I have many of these swappable drives holding all media from jobs past. Now I have 4 copies of the current media.
The ‘backup routine’ mentioned above also makes a current copy of the folder that the Premiere/AE project files are in, minus any preview files. It also archives the older version of the project files instead of simply overwriting them.
After a project is completed, the entire project and it’s media files are archived to the original swappable drive that I copied the media to.
Of course, during the project the project files are also continually being backed up to our CC account.
At some point, when time permits, I’ll also archive the entire project to a Blu-ray set. Of course, we’re currently only shooting in HD – if we begin to shoot in 4k or higher, the Blu-ray archive might have to be eliminated.
Sounds a bit unwieldy, but with the automatic backup routine setup correctly, that part only requires one mouse click, and can even be run automatically.
Steve Brame
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I’d suggest opening the Title Tool, place it where you want it on the screen, and create a new Workspace named ‘Titles’. Then when you switch to the ‘Titles’ workspace, it will be there for you.
Steve Brame
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As I understand, and I could certainly be wrong, new features such as the Essential Graphics Panel are developments in progress, and functionality from legacy tools, the Title Tool in this case, are being incrementally integrated. This is why they have not eliminated the legacy Title Tool, and probably will not until all of it’s functionality is ported to the EGP. So no, beveled edges and separate transparency levels for the fill and inner and outer stroke are not in the EGP, but they’re still there in the legacy Title Tool.
I personally always found the Title Tool to be a bit clunky and archaic, so if I ever needed that type of functionality I used PhotoShop or Illustrator. But again, to each his own. So, if the Title Tool worked for you, then by all means, continue to use it.
Steve Brame
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And he just posted another similar. Wonder what gives?
Steve Brame
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Also, I too came from Avid to Premiere, albeit years ago. I find Premiere much more intuitive, and I actually have Media Composer training from Avid. But, to each his own.
Steve Brame
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Not trying to be a jerk, but I really don’t see how much easier they could make it.
I’m wondering, are you in the Essential Graphics Workspace such as shown in the clip?
Steve Brame
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2 mouse clicks to create a circle in Essential Graphics panel, the same as the legacy Title Tool, which, by the way, is still there.
Steve Brame
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Wow! I was expecting many hundreds of dollars, certainly not under $200!
Thanks guys!
Steve Brame
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Yep, I always copy the entire AVCHD folder over from a card, and import the entire folder via Media Browser. Tried to reimport the same AVCHD folder again, and this time it came in as one clip representing the 2 spanned clips. Not sure why this didn’t work a couple of weeks ago for the same project and same AVCHD folder. Must’ve been a temporary glitch.
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions