With the legacy FCE/FCP you could copy the tiny project files before updating so that should there be a problem with the latest FCP version you could resort to using the old one.
Can this be done in FCP X?
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Sorry Ian can not give an answer, but out of curiosity, did run into trouble after the update to 10.0.3 ?
No, I haven't updated yet, but would like to know whether they can be protected, as you never know when an update is going to be bad.
You are right, I ran into trouble with projects from 10.0.2 opened in 10.0.3 the rendering time became awfully slow. Making a clean project in 10.0.3 I had no problem and rendering was even faster than before. I think you can not open a project edited in 10.0.3 in 10.0.2 because when you open the project FCPX asks you to update that project to 10.0.3 compatibility. But I anot sure.
Use Event Manager X to hide the projects you don't want FCP to see. Duplicate the project without render files. Hide the original and let 10.0.3 open the copy and build new render files.
Thanks Tom.
I haven't got Event Manager X so can I just manually move my projects and events into folders called Final Cut Projects Not In Use and Final Cut Events Not In Use ?
5 dollars for this application. A must have
It's almost as quick to just drag the files manually into the 2 "Not In Use" folders
A final question Tom.
What do I do with the files in the Events folder?
FCP X 10.0.3 says it wants to update both the projects and the events.
So do I leave the original events in the Final Cut Events folder and copy them into the Final Cut Events Not In Use folder?
This is basically what Events Manager X does http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4740
Yes. Both would have to be moved. Both libraries are updated and will not open in earlier versions. The media's not changed as far as I can tell, just the library, so if you can create aliases for the media, you would not have to duplicate that.
Thanks again Tom.
I purchased Event manager X. I should have listened to Ian. It just an app that autmates the manual process. So do I hide the hide the project and event, duplicate without render files in the original final cut project and event folder before I open final cut pro x?
Protecting Projects so they can be reopened if necessary in FCP X 10.0.2?
