Jean dominique Lamy1
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Q: Archiving a project with ONLY used files in FCPX

Hello,

 

I'm trying desperatly to archive a project on an external HD, but with only the clips used, like on FCP7...

 

I found this thread but the menu show is not appearing on my version (10.1.4)...

 

Final Cut Pro X: Back up projects, your Project Library, and events

 

Any idea how can I get it ?

 

I did a duplicate project, but no menu, I've to consolidate, but it copy everything...

 

Any idea ?

 

Thanks to the community

 

Jdo

Posted on Jan 25, 2015 10:30 AM

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Jean dominique Lamy1

Q: Archiving a project with ONLY used files in FCPX

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  • by Russ H,Helpful

    Russ H Russ H Jan 25, 2015 12:56 PM in response to Jean dominique Lamy1
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    Jan 25, 2015 12:56 PM in response to Jean dominique Lamy1

    That linked document describes best backup practices for FCP X versions 10.0.9 and earlier.

     

    The recommended ways to archive projects on 10.1.and up can be found here.

     

    Russ

  • by Jean dominique Lamy1,

    Jean dominique Lamy1 Jean dominique Lamy1 Jan 25, 2015 10:59 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jan 25, 2015 10:59 PM in response to Russ H

    THanks Russ, it's not as easy as the previous version, and FCP7, but I will try...

  • by Spakuloid,Helpful

    Spakuloid Spakuloid Jan 27, 2015 1:06 PM in response to Jean dominique Lamy1
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    Jan 27, 2015 1:06 PM in response to Jean dominique Lamy1

    What you are looking for the MEDIA MANAGER from 7 and sadly this no longer exists in X. AFAIK there is no way to take a project that is edited in a timeline - and media manage that down to just the clips used (with handles of your choosing) into a new project that is much smaller in size. Archive in X copies everything but render files over with 100% handles on every clip used in the project. So it is basically useless since you can do this yourself by dragging the library onto another drive.

     

    If you can manually export a new copy of every single clip in your timeline over into a new project and reassemble that project by hand - there is no reason whatsoever that FCP X should not be able to do this for you -- it being a COMPUTER PROGRAM and all. Yet it can't.