Recovering previous saves.

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Recovering previous saves.

In the old days of FCP7 I used to use the "save as" function all the time to save versions of a project for safety reasons e.g. A1,A2,A3 etc so I could go back to a previous, earlier version in an emergency or crash. I just edited a project on FCPx and for whatever reason it disappeared, a completely empty time line, gone for good,kaput. Am I correct in thinking that you cannot recover a previous version autosaved at an earlier time? Do you by definition lose the whole project and have to start again? Luckily in this case it wasn't important.

My second more trivial question is whether there is a command to push forward or backwards on the time line a whole clip?At the moment I am using the Position tool but its a bit clumsy doing it this way.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Mar 6, 2015 10:04 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Mar 6, 2015 10:20 AM in response to hartleyhare99

TThere should be time stamped backups of your library. The default location is the Movies folder.

WIth Position selected, and . will nudge by my me frame, with Shift by 10 frames.

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Answer 2

Mar 6, 2015 1:14 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks for that. What are your thoughts on the 3rd party back up program called:Pro Versioner by digitalrebellion.com?

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Tom Wolsky

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Mar 6, 2015 1:57 PM in response to hartleyhare99

PPro Versioner is excellent controls for customizing the backup scheme. Much better than the built in bit hit and miss backups.

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Alchroma

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Mar 6, 2015 7:03 PM in response to hartleyhare99

Look into the Save Project as Snapshot feature.

Al

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Answer 5

Mar 7, 2015 3:13 AM in response to Alchroma

i presume you must manually choose to snapshot a project, whenever you want. Is it an actual technical copy of the project in every respect? My problem was a result of a blunder on my part. The open backup library was of no use because it went back a full 90 minutes before and of course I hadn't even started the project at that time. I presume Pro Versiioner could be set to back up every 5 minutes ( not that I'd need to really) and in my case I could have reverted back to the project 5 minutes before. What I can't understand is why in FCP X you have to look for a backup of a whole library and NOT just a single event.

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Alchroma

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Mar 7, 2015 3:57 AM in response to hartleyhare99

hartleyhare99 wrote:

i presume you must manually choose to snapshot a project, whenever you want. Is it an actual technical copy of the project in every respect?

Yes manual whenever you require it.

Here is a quote from the manual:

Al

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Mar 7, 2015 8:31 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I am running FCP X on Mavericks and stuck a long way from home filming and editing. if you were me, would you be in any way worried about installing Pro Versioner? I havent upgraded to Yosemite from fear of it causing some issue with FCP X. Am I worrying needlessly on this matter?

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Tom Wolsky

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Mar 7, 2015 8:40 AM in response to hartleyhare99

NNo worries about Pro Versioner. Would update the OS until I was in a more secure position with a cloned backup.

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