Archive large project

I have an iMovie project that is 18GB. I want to archive it for possible editing later. I want to have it both on an external hard drive and also save to DVD. What is the correct way to accomplish this? When I try the "Burn Project to Disc" option, iMovie tells me it's too big to fit on a single DVD (duh).

Hi debito - there are not many options to accomplish what you want. the external drive option is by far the best for the size of project you have. Make sure that it is formatted for Macs. You would need several single-layer DVDs, and the project would be split into several parts. iMovie HD can't span large projects to multiple DVDs so you must use an application like Toast for this task.

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IMovie: Can't Choose Place to Burn Archive of Project; says file too large

I Need to Archive My Projects in iMovie to free up space on my harddrive. I am getting a message telling me that there is too much info. to burn on disc, however, it does not ask me where I want to burn it; no choice of using a Dual Layer DVD or even an external harddrive which is obviously large enough to accommodate the file.
Can I archive to any external harddrive or does the harddrive need to be formated specifically for Apple? I don't see anywhere where I can choose where that Archive will be burned; only to disc. The software, iMovie, appears to assume a basic DVD disc will be used and doesn't allow for Dual Layer or external harddrive selection. Why can't I Archive my project in a selected location?
Mac Dual 2.7GH Mac OS X (10.4.4) Using EyeTV200

The crucial word here is "burn". The menu command File > Burn Project To Disk lets you burn an archive of your project onto a DVD. It's not used to archive to a drive.
Sorry, I have no experience with Dual Layer drives so I don't know if iMovie 6 can use Dual Layer or not. It may not. Searching for "burn" in iMovie Help didn't help.
If your can't burn to a Dual Layer with that command, you might try using the Finder to burn the project onto the DVD. It should be able to handle saving files on a Dual Layer disk. Search for "Dual Layer" in Finder Help.
To create an archive on an external disk, use the iMovie 6 menu command File > Save Project As. That saves a copy of the project on whichever drive you choose.
Yes, that volume must use the Mac OS Extended disk format, the standard Mac file format. If it's a different format iMovie can't reliably save to the volume. (Most FireWire drives ship with a different format.) Use the application Disk Utility to erase the drive.
Karl

Edit in iMovie using archived iDVD project?

Well it looks like I may done something rather stupid. Before the holidays I produced a family vacation video, burned the DVDs and sent them out to all my family members. After watching it they pointed out some typos in some captions and some editing mistakes, so I wanted to go back and fix those and burn new DVDs. But I just realized I'd archived the iDVD project but not the iMovie project. I trashed the iMovie project to recover disk space. So now I'm left with just the iDVD archive.
Is there any way to recover my iMovie project from the iDVD archive?
(I can't believe I trashed my iMovie files. That just isn't like me at all. <shame>, <embarrassment>, <lesson learned>)
iMovie HD
iDVD 6
- Lofty

You can recover the movie from the archived DVD project but the movie may be in several sections/clips. Just Control-click on the archived iDVD project file and select "Show Package Contents" from the contextula menu. Then go to the Resources/MPEG.nobackup folder.The sections/clips should be in there.
You can import those clipes into iMovie but won't be able to edit the captions, only cut them out and put new captions in over new clips. If you added captions to a black background and not over the movie itself you could cut out those sections and add new sections. But if you have to cut out parts of the movie with captions to add new ones that could lose a good bit of the original movie. In that case I thiink going with the typos would be the better solution.
When you're done use the Share ➙ Media Browser menu option with Size = Large. This will give a better final image than Share ➙ iDVD will. You will have to delete the existing movie file from the iDVD project and add the new, editied movie.
OT

Archiving a project

Hi all,
Just have a quick question - how do you archive a project once it's complete? I've discovered that unlike the handy "collect project" option in after effects, Encore offers nothing to help with the final step in any project - archiving.
How do you save your projects? do you zip them and all the relevant media into one giant .zip file, or just save the media and metadata in different, specified locations?
Dan

Have you tried the "Save As" option from the File menu?
Additionally, it might also help to go to where the project is located on your system (look for the .ncor file) and copy the entire structure across to an archival drive. When you need to revisit, it should be easy to reload the entire structure back where it was originally located to re-edit....
We've successfully opened up projects sent to us in this way from external drives with no problems.
You may have to re-link "missing" assets if the relocation is not to exactly the same place, and the cache will certainly need to be rebuilt (which may take time depending on how large the video & audio assets are), but it will work.
Before you delete the original though, it would be a good plan to test the backup by moving the source files, and copying the backup across & then opening this. It almost certainly won't appear in the start-up list, but should be accessible through "File/Open" dialogue.

Archiving iMovie Projects to DVD

I'm trying to archive my iMovie projects onto DL DVD+R's. Each project is about 12.5 GB, so they won't fit onto a single DL DVD+R. I've tried using Retrospect, but it fails after spending an hour "configuring" my DVD drive. The only thing I can think of is that it doesn't like non-rewritable media.
This is what I'm really trying to do. I have several tapes I've taken with two camcorders over the last ten years. One is a Sony 8mm analog camcorder and the other is a newer JVC GR-DVL520U MiniDV with FireWire connecter. I want to backup all the movies so that none of my footage is lost in case one of the camcorders fails. The 8mm one is already a bit flakey so I want to be able to get it off of 8mm while I still can.
I was planning on creating a viewable copy of each tape, record it onto DVD and then put that DVD in my safe deposit box. I would like to retain as much of the original quality/information as I can (I'm anal that way), so I figured that saving the iMovie project itself, in addition to a regular DVD burn, would be the best bet. Most posts mention storing projects on an external harddrive, but since I'm trying to keep my original footage safe, DVD seems like the best way.
I guess I really have two questions. The first is, do I gain anything by keeping the original iMovie project? My understanding is that iMovie will compress the imported video, resulting in some detail loss from what was on tape. (With the advent of HD TV this may be a bigger deal than it is now).
My second question is, how do I backup 12.5 GB iMovie projects? As I mentioned earlier, it doesn't seem to like my drive, or at least the non-rewritable media I'm using (Memorex DL DVD+R). I also tried using a CD-R, but it gave the same error while trying to "configure" the DVD drive.
Thank you advance and sorry about the long-winded post.
Cheers,
Rey
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2GB, Core 2 Duo 17"

A waste of time and blank DVD's.
Export to "tape" (back to the camera with a blank tape inserted). Cheap, real time and easy to do.
"Copy" your iMovie Project to external Firewire HD. Cheap (comparatively), reliable and drag and drop easy.
A simple scratch on one of your backed up DVD's could render it useless. Hard to store "large" Project files onto DVD media.
No difference in the data on a DVD and the same data on a hard drive. Saving the entire iMovie Project as "data" would allow you to "Open iMovie Project" in iMovie and continue editing as if you left it yesterday.
Better to concentrate on saving the original "capture" in .dv format. Export entire movies back to tape. Export "clips" as QuickTime (Full Quality). These .dv files can be burned to DVD as "data". Just try and keep the file size under the size of the media. DV Stream is 13 GB per hour so you would need 3 DVD's to burn it.
Backup (.Mac members get it) can be used on "large" files and is smart enough to allow "spanning" multiple discs so your large project could fit in your safety deposit box.

Archiving fcpx projects

What is the procedure for archiving finished projects? Which files (projects/events, ect...)?
Is there a way to get rid of the large files of the transcoded media and only keep the smaller original media and re-transcode if the project is needed again?

Inside a specific Event's folder are to sub-folders. Original Media (if you opted to copy it in to the Event folder), and Transcoded Media (if you Optimized and/or created Proxies). You can delete the Transcoded Media folder, but look inside it to be sure.
Before anything, you want to "Organize The Event" to be safe.
http://www.fcproxuniversity.com/FCPro_X_University/Extra_Credit/Entries/2013/3/1 7_Consolidating_%26_Transcode_Events_Before_Backup_or_Transfer.html
Then you can delete the Optimized Media, and archive that Event's specific folder. Any Projects that link to it will have to be archived along with it, or you'll have trouble.
To backup FCP X drives, here's an article on that.
http://www.fcproxuniversity.com/FCPro_X_University/Extra_Credit/Entries/2013/3/1 1_Carbon_Copy_Cloner_For_FCP_X.html
AN ALTERNATIVE, and maybe easier method would be to delete the Transcoded media, laucn FCP X, relink to the original media.
Then go to the Project, in the Library, right-click it and select Duplicate. Then select "Duplicate with referenced Events". Point that to the drive you want to archive it on. Then delete the original Project and Event.

CS3 How to archive finished projects and erase all draft materials without losing final versions.

I have two questions, both related to system management. The first is simple and the second is more complex.
First, I hate that every time I open a Premiere Pro project I have to remember to reset the scratch disc settings because they are carried over from the previous project rather than being project-specific.
Is there a workaround so that the scratch disc settings can be attached to each project so they don’t need to be reset each time one reopens a project?
Second, I presently distribute my work over four (4) 1-TB drives as follows.
Drive D contains my Premiere (prproj and related) files as well as Encore (ncor DVD/BD burn files).
Drive E contains all captured files (transferred from tape).
Drives F and P are scratch drives where all the preview files are stored, both audio and video.
Presently, scratch drives F and P are full, project drive D is nearly full, and I am finished editing the projects which occupy these drives. Drive E, however, still has plenty of unused space.
What I want to do now is to archive the finished projects, along with associated preview files, source clips, and burn files on the E drive, which has plenty of free space remaining. Then I want to delete the project and associated assets from Drive D and erase both scratch drives F & P so that I can reuse those drives for new work.
To do that I have tried using the Project Manager to “collect files and copy to new location” to collect and copy each project to its own folder on the E drive.
The problem is that, having done that, and removed the preview files and project files from their original locations, when attempting to open the now relocated projects from their new locations, the relocated projects continue to look for the associated preview files in the old location (drive F or P), even though all the files associated with each relocated project now reside on the same drive in the same folder. It appears that the Project Manager does not associate the preview files and source clips that it relocates with the project files that it relocates.
Can someone explain this and how best to accomplish my goal of relocating and archiving finished projects along with their associated previews and source materials so that the originals can safely be deleted?
Thanks.

Is there a workaround so that the scratch disc settings can be attached to each project so they don’t need to be reset each time one reopens a project?
Yes. Upgrade to CS5.5. (This feature first showed up in CS4.)
What I want to do now is to archive the finished projects
You can safely delete everything on the F and P drives. Previews can simply be rebuilt. No need to waste space trying to save them.
Save the project files on the D drive. Delete the media on E (you can always recapture if you need to rebuild).
Do not use the Project Manager. Premiere Pro is an NLE. Use it for it's intended purpose. Use a real file manager (Windows Explorer on the PC, Finder on the Mac) to execute file operations.

How do I select all clips in a large project with out individually select each clip?

I have a large project with ~1000 clips (still jpgs). My question is how do I select all of the clips without individually selecting each clip?

Chris
Thanks for the reply with additional information.
The suggestion given would be applicable to your Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 7.
As an aside, have you updated 12 to 12.1 yet? If not, please do so using an opened project's Help Menu/Update. The major perk of the update
is that it corrects an Expert workspace Text/Style issue. There are other less defined advantages included.
Please let us know if the suggestion for Select All worked for you.
Thanks.
ATR

Re-edit archived iDVD project?

Hello,
How do I re-edit the iMovie underlying or embedded inside of an archived iDVD project on an external hard drive?
I have scoured MAC.help & TMManuals, and cannot find.
Thanks,
Scott

Rich,
What I think you are correctly saying is that these .avi movies, while not editable in themselves, when dragged into an iMovie project they can be edited to a limited extent --by splitting them, inserting photos or new clips in between, new audio, etc, and then dragging the new iMovie project back into the iDVD.
Yes
And this could be done whether or not you had the original iMovie project available.
Yes
You just could not as extensively edit it as if you actually had the original iMovie file to work with.
Yes
+++++++++
We are in complete agreement

Export format for clips to be used in larger project.

Back in the PE2 days, I used to capture and trim a clip and "export movie" which resulted in a "DV-AVI" file. This is what I understood PE "liked" and the best format to use for import to a larger project (and it worked nicely every time). Now, in PE11, I don't see that option. This method is handy, not only for trimming stuff you don't want, but naming the clips to help with content id. What option should I use that preserves quality and cooperates with PE best?

BobSomr wrote:http://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Elements-tutorials/Up-Running-Premiere-Elements-11/109763-2. html
Hey Steve,
Will there be a PrE11/PSE11 book?
Bob
http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-Guide-Premiere-Elements-version/dp/1479311200/ref=sr_1_2?s=b ooks&ie=UTF8&qid=1358603413&sr=1-2&keywords=muvipix
http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-com-Guide-Photoshop-Elements-Premiere/dp/1480209392/ref=sr_1 _10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358603413&sr=1-10&keywords=muvipix
For less than the book, watch Steve in a 3 hour course here: http://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Elements-tutorials/Up-Running-Premiere-Elements-11/109763-2. html

Out of memory error - large project

I'm consulting on a feature doc edit, and the primary editor (Avid guy) is having serious problems accessing anything from the original project.
It's an hour and 15 minute show, with probably close to 100 hours of footage.
The box is a D2.3 G5 with 1.5 g of RAM, and the media is on two G-Tech drives: a G-RAID and a G-Drive. Plenty of headroom on both (now) and the system drive is brand new, having been replaced after the original died, and there's nothing loaded on it but FC Studio. The FCP version is 5.1.4. The project file is well over 100 MB.
We started getting Out of Memory errors with this large project, and I checked all of the usual suspects: CMYK graphics, hard drive space, sufficient RAM... all checked out okay, except possibly the less-than-ideal amount of RAM.
I copied the important sequences and a couple of select bins to a new project, and everything seems workable for now. The project is still 90 MB, and I've suggested breaking it up into separate projects and work on it as reels, but we can edit and trims work efficiently at the moment. However, the other editor has gotten to a point now where he can't even open bins in the old, big project. He keeps getting the OOM error whenever he tries to do anything.
I have no similar problems opening the same project on my G5, which is essentially identical except I have 2.5 G RAM (1 G extra). Can this difference in RAM really make this big a deal? Is there something else I'm missing? Why can't this editor access even bins from the other project?
G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Shane's spot on.
What I often do with large projects is pare down, just what you have done. But 90 out of 100 is not a big paredown by any stretch. In the new copy throw away EVERYTHING that's outdated: old sequences are the big culprit. Also toss any render files and re-render.
Remember that, to be effective fcp keeps EVERYTHING in ram, so that it can instantly access anything in your project. The more there is to keep track of the slower you get.

How to get video from archived DVD projects (.dvdproj)

how to get video from archived DVD projects (.dvdproj)

Command (right) - click on the archived project file to open the package with the Finder. Go to the Contents/Resources/Assets/AV folder where the media files are stored.
OT

Best way to work on a large project in CS5

Hello friends,
I've recently started editing a feature length film in APP CS5. I've never worked on a project this large before (around 160 GB). Since I've been just doing small projects, it hasn't been an issue to have my source footage on my C: drive. I sort of forgot the first rule I ever learned: Don't keep your source footage on the same drive as your program. So, I set up a master project, and then set up a sequence for every individual scene. The idea was to edit a scene, the drop it on the master time line. So I actually imported all of my footage and placed it in each corresponding sequence. Seemed like a good idea at the time. But then I started trying to edit a scene and my computer laughed at me. It just couldn't process anything within a project that big. So I started from scratch. Moved all my footage to an external drive, deleted it from my C: drive and started over. Now, I'm just moving a scene's worth of material in at a time. So far so good, but will I get bogged down again as the project grows? Even though I'm pulling everything from an external? And if I probably will, what should I do? A friend told me that I should export each sequence at a lossless format, such as the animation codec, then bring them back in and place them on a new master timeline. My concern is that those files are going to be bigger than the original files, so won't that kill my computer, too. What's the best way to work on such a large project? I'm running CS5 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro, Intel Core i3, 2.10 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, Windows 7 Pro (64 - bit). Thanks guys!

It's both AVCHD and DSLR. Are you saying it's too underpowered to do either of the scenarios I mentioned above, or both? One way, I will just edit each scene, and export them. Then, I'll begin with a clean slate, bringing those edited sequences back in and dropping them on a timeline in a new project. The files will be huge, but I'll only be working with those files. Nothing else will be in the way. Then I'll just have to put them in order and do a few transitions (dissolves mostly) between some of the scenes, then export the whole thing. The other way was to just build the entire movie with every scene as a sequence, editing them, and moving them to the master timeline. Are you saying I won't be able to do either? If that's the case, then I suppose I'll have to just edit each scene, export them, and then get someone with a monster machine to put it all together for me. Hoping it doesn't come to that, but it's not the worst thing I could have to do.

Best practices code structure for large projects?

Hi, I come from the Java world where organizing your code is handled conveniently through packages. Is there an equivalent in XCode/Objective C? I'd rather not lump all my observers, entities, controllers, etc in one place under "Classes"...or maybe it doesn't matter...
If anyone could point me to a document outlining recommended guidelines I'd appreciate it.
Thanks! Jon

If you have a small project, you can setup Groups in Xcode to logically organize your files. Those Groups do not necessarily have to correspond to any directory structure. I have all my source files in one directory but organize them into Groups in Xcode.
If you have a larger project, you can do the same thing, but with code organized into actual directories. Groups can be defined to be relative to a particular directory.
If really do have a large project, you should organize things the same was as in Java. Your "packages" would just be libraries - either static or dynamic.
As far as official guidelines go, there really aren't any. It would be best to stick to the Cocoa Model-View-Controller architecture if that is the type of application you are working on. For other software, you can do it however you want, including following something like Sun's guidelines if you want.

Handling large projects in FCPX

I am working on a documentary which in the end will take about 60 minutes of HD quality. The project is now about 25 min. Working with it becomes progressively slower since the files becomes to big. So the background jobs take too much time.
I am considering to split the project into 3 or 4 other projects and then in the end put them together. Is that a goor idea ?
Or is it better to split the current project in compound clips and then edit the compound clips separately on the timeline ?
The problem in that case is that if in the editing process the duration of your compound clip increases (or decreases ), you get into trouble when returning to the original project. What is the best workflow in large projects ?

THX Russ. Indeed I have a lot of footage and I am using 2 Thunderbolt external drives of several TB 's. The project itself is on one of the harddiscs of my 27 inch iMac (medio 2011, OS X Yosemite,3,4 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB videocard).
I just have split the project now in several Compound Clips covering the various episodes. So at this moment the timeline of the project is very simple, just a couple of compound clips separated by black generator clips. Only at the end of the project, the part I am working on which is not (yet) a compound clip. It helps a lot, the background rendering is only engaged with the part I am working on ! So I think this works fine for a large project, without the need to copy and paste later on several projects with the risk of losing parts during the process ( which I had before !!! ).
The trick is that if you want to change something in the previous compound clips, you have to take care that you open the source compound clip which is listed in the library ! You open that in the timeline and you can change whatever you want, no matter if the duration changes. If you are ready you open the project in the timeline and the changes you have made in your compound clip are nicely copied in the project.
The mistake I made was that I opened the compound clip in the project on the timeline and then tried to edit it. Then you can get easily in trouble if the duration of the clip changes in the editing process. !

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