Q: just bought FCP for my MBP—should I work with a portable hd or is my SSD internal all I need?
Hi there,
Am new to FCP and want to start a project in the right way. I will be importing four finished 10-minute videos (that I edited in another NLE) for the sake of adding subtitles. Final Cut Pro, I've learned, will be much better at this than the other NLE. Each video is about 12GB in size, but I've got lots of room on my MBP's internal SSD drive, so space isn't an issue (and there won't be any more media I need to deal with). But good working FCP practices are an issue, I suspect.
When I import these four videos, should I tell FCP that I want to locate my Library on my internal drive, or on an external USB3 portable drive?
Anything else that I need to know at this stage, when I'm just starting a project?
I'm planning to learn how to actually create and add the subtitles by watching some video tutorials. I looked at a few tutorials to find an answer to the question I'm asking above, but everything I saw had to do with much more complicated situations... editors with many projects on the go, who have to share them with other editors, etc. My situation is simpler in most respects, I think.
Thanks so much for any advice,
Malcolm
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Jan 22, 2016 1:22 PM