Using Prelude to sort and organize a ton of media

Question

So I have about 2 years of old behind the scenes footage (about 1tb) that is spread out through about 40 different folders. I have ingested the whole mess into Prelude, but I am finding it difficult to start the sorting process. What I would like to do is start with general sorting, grab a few clips, copy them, and add them into a new bin, and so on, but I cant go this route. It appears as though I have to create a new rough cut for each catagory and then drop the files in that sequence. This seems like more steps than necessary for doing the beginning stages of sorting. Is Prelude the right choice to sort through masses of old footage, or should I just use Premiere to do it?
To summarize. I need to take thousands of files and separate them into general catagories.
I appreciate your time

Answer 1

sorry for the late response.  I have found using the label tag in Prelude is the most helpful. Most of my job is logging and sorting one folder with thousands of clips from trips videographers take overseas in to interview, selects and discard folders. Label all your clips (under the basic metadata menu there is a field called "Label") and then sort them into appropriate folders using Bridge (open the folder holding the footage, pick the appropriate label, then drag and drop into the appropriate folder if necessary). That's the way I do it and it's pretty quick, I usually average 25-30 clips an hour (logging, labeling and sorting) including interviews.