Join Maxim Jago for an in-depth discussion in this video Back up your project, part of Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training: 110.
- [Instructor] So here we are we have finished our sequence, we've shared it with the world and we're ready to archive it and clean up the machine. This is a critical stage because if you want to be able to rebuild the sequence in the future you're going to need to make sure you backup the correct items. It's pretty straightforward to do, first of all we know where our project file is because we just browsed to it, and you're definitely going to want to take a copy. So if I toggle over to the finder here on macOS and of course this would be explorer in Windows here's our project folder and if I expand this we can see the various bins as files.
When I'm working on a large scale project I make intermittent backups of these project folders at key stages in the development of the project. So at the end of the assembly edit in fact at the end of ingesting the media and then the assembly edit, then the roughcut, the first fine cut and so on. So I would take another backup of this folder but in addition to this I would also make a backup of the Attic folder for this project. Just going to toggle over to another finder window I have open here.
This is the Avid Attic where the autosave places copies of your bins in addition to each time you manually save. The file location for macOS and Windows is pretty similar by default, it's in a shared users folder, there's an Avid Media Composer folder there and in there you'll find Avid Attic. If in doubt just do a search on your computer for Avid Attic. We've got quite a few different bins stored in here but the one I'm really interested in is this TN Parkour folder.
This is 29.3 mb in spite of all of the bins that we've created all the way throughout this course for this project. So I would just backup the entire thing but if I browse inside here you can see each of the bin files as they've been stored. Importantly, here's our sequences bin so although it's a folder with the same name it actually represents all of the instances of the sequences bin that we have created. That's a lot of versions of a bin.
Remember you can specify up to a thousand or more in total bin files in the Attic. So its no problem to have a lot of these they're pretty small files. You're also likely to want to backup your media. We'll just close these two, and I suppose it depends if you're working with professional media it's likely that you already have an archived copy just for safety, for security, for insurance purposes. But in any case, if you want to locate your media you can always open up a bin choose a clip or more than one clip right click and choose 'Reveal file'.
This will take you to the correct directory in this case we're working with Linked Media and we know that because of the icons on our clips. So now that I know which media it is I can just go up a level and here's the folder and I can back this up. If you're working with media that's been ingested into Media Composer it's a little more complex. You're probably going to want to use the consolidate or transcode tools to combine all of your media into a new drive. The challenge of course is if you select a sequence and right click and choose consolidate/transcode, you only get to choose a drive not a sub-folder when you do this.
So you're probably going to want to connect a new drive in order to pull all those files together. Once you've got your media and your project files backed up, you're ready to clear out the storage on your machine.
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10/13/2017Released
3/14/2017- Importing and transcoding media
- Creating a group clip
- Syncing picture and sound clips
- Making quick edits such as stringouts
- Recutting a scene
- Creating subsequences
- Pacing a scene with Media Composer's trim tools
- Mixing sequence audio
- Working with high-res media
- Retiming video
- Blurring
- Nesting effects
- Keying video
- Animating titles and graphics
Skill Level Beginner
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Q: This course was updated on 10/13/2017. What changed?
A: New videos were added that cover what’s new in Media Composer 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 5s
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What's new in 8.7?2m 28s
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What's new in 8.8?5m 53s
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1. Fundamentals and Beyond
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Create a 4K project4m 58s
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Manage system folders5m 52s
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About codecs and resolutions8m 18s
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2. Input Media
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A review of importing media7m 13s
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Transcode media6m 42s
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Import an image sequence6m 18s
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3. Prepare Dailies
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Work with bin text view8m 47s
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Create a group clip4m 27s
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Sync picture and sound clips6m 53s
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4. Quick Edit Tools
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Create a stringout6m 32s
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Create a storyboard edit6m 5s
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5. Recut a Scene
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The Clipboard Monitor3m 41s
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More timecode control2m 39s
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Navigate by timecode5m 53s
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Make quick selections4m 53s
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Create a subsequence3m 58s
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Use a sequence as source3m 58s
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6. Pace Scenes with the Trim Tools
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Review of Trim mode6m 39s
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Selective sync locks5m 13s
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Perform a radio edit7m 6s
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Slip and slide6m 43s
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Fix a broken sync5m 34s
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7. Mix Sequence Audio
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Audio editing tools8m 5s
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Mix clip gain and pan7m 59s
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Copy and paste keyframes3m 38s
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Add audio EQ4m 21s
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Audio ducking4m 46s
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8. Work with High-Resolution Media
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Add motion to a photo6m 14s
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Access FrameFlex in bins1m 41s
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9. Creative Retiming Effects
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Use Timewarp on a clip6m 16s
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10. Track and Blur Objects
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Blur logos and faces4m 59s
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11. Multilayer Effects
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Use advanced keyframes6m 10s
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12. Nest Effects
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The Submaster effect4m 29s
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Expert render5m 12s
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13. Create Chroma Key Effects
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14. Animate Titles and Graphics
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Key title-editing tools4m 5s
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Add animation to a title6m 57s
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15. Package and Export
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Package a sequence5m 59s
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Add a burned-in timecode3m 21s
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Add a watermark1m 44s
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Review full screen2m 18s
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16. Manage Your Project Media
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Back up your project3m 36s
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Clean your storage3m 54s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 13s
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