Media Management Issues
Best way to ensure a part complete Event is not lost if a major stuff up occurs!
Context
- all files on an external drive along with the FCP X library
- 40 minute long movie in 4K to be constructed
- editing in Proxy
I can duplicate a Project within the same library which is unsatisfactory. I can export a Project as a default (all the edit bells and whistles) to an external disk but if I re-import only the project files are returned and not the edit timeline. Seems odd! This means I have to rebuilt the movie timeline which is also unsatisfactory. I have checked the manual without success.
I must be missing something here or going quietly mad. It seems odd the FCP requires the user to complete a project as a single file. I want to allocate each film scene to a project (there are 28 scenes) then join them up in Project 29 (the final) otherwise I will end up with a very large single Project file containing all the scenes. Any ideas how better to manage the situation please?
iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 12.2