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I realize Aperture was designed primarily to archive photos, but how well does it too with videos. I have thousand of video clips. Since I am very familiar with Aperture and just upgraded to Aperture 3, it would be nice if I could use it too manage all my videos as well. Anyone see a problem with this? Any suggestions? I do not want to learn Adobe Bridge or Final Cut Server.
Brian

me1234 wrote:
I realize Aperture was designed primarily to archive photos, but how well does it too with videos. I have thousand of video clips. Since I am very familiar with Aperture and just upgraded to Aperture 3, it would be nice if I could use it too manage all my videos as well. Anyone see a problem with this? Any suggestions? I do not want to learn Adobe Bridge or Final Cut Server.
Brian
Hi Brian,
The issue as I see it is the storage required if you were to put long form video files in Aperture would be massive, and impact the still image storage because of the volume of data compared to stills.
Frankly, while it is a great feature for small clips and delivering slide show that include some video, it is far too simplistic to make it the sole repository of footage, unless it is just all small clips that don't require editing or massaging with FCP-style tools. You can't do very much but trim and edit video in A3.
Final Cut Server is designed to be a multiuser hub for assets, and in video that means storing thumbnails of offline media, and making a media list when you go to assemble a project. Then you have to load the drives containing the original footage into the system so it can assemble the final product. Most companies would have only the common media and most recent content live in the server, long term cataloging will require a library of offline media that gets retrieved and plugged in to finish a long form work.
Sincerely,
K.J. Doyle

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