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Stage 1: Preparing Your Sequence for Media Management
In general, it’s a good idea to do a certain amount of preparation to your sequence before
using the Media Manager, in order to avoid retransferring media you don’t really need.
One easy thing you can do is to move all video clips that aren’t being superimposed as
part of an effect or compositing operation down to track V1. This process overwrites any
hidden video items that appear underneath clips on higher video tracks (either partially
or completely) that aren’t really part of the edit. This process also nicely organizes the
sequence for color correction later.
To make sure that all video items in the topmost video tracks correctly overwrite the
hidden parts of clips in lower video tracks, move clip items down one track at a time; for
example, move any noncomposited items in track V4 down to V3, then move all
noncomposited items in track V3 down to V2, and finally move all of the noncomposited
items in track V2 to V1.
Stage 2: Using the Media Manager to Create an Offline Version of Your Edited
Sequence
The safest way to reconform your project is to use the Media Manager to create an offline
copy of your final sequence. Here are some recommended Media Manager settings. For
more information, see the Final Cut Pro documentation.
• Media pop-up menu: Create offline
• “Include render files” checkbox: Off
• “Set sequences to” pop-up menu: Typically, you should choose the sequence setting that
corresponds to the format of the media you’ll be reingesting.
• “Include master clips outside selection” checkbox: Off
• “Delete unused media from duplicated items” checkbox: On
• Use Handles checkbox: This setting is optional, although having 1-second or 2-second
handles is always a good idea to prepare for last-minute adjustments.
• “Include affiliate clips outside selection” checkbox: Off
• “Base media file names on” pop-up menu: Existing file names
• “Duplicate selected items and place into a new project” checkbox: This setting is also
optional.
• “Include nonactive multiclip angles” checkbox: Off
Stage 3: Mounting the Volumes That Contain Your Archived Tapeless Media
At this point, you need to mount whatever volumes you stored the archived tapeless
media on, in preparation for ingest. Final Cut Pro needs access to every piece of media
your sequence is linked to in order to successfully retransfer everything at once.
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