Specifications

Liquid Silver v5.6 Configuration Cookbook
6-Apr-04
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BACKING UP PROJECTS
There are two ways to back up the project folder.
1. Liquid Silver has a project backup function in the start menu’s ‘projects’ menu (“save a copy…”).
This function creates a copy of the current project to whatever destination you specify. No
digitized material or CGs or imported material is backed up.
2. The second method for backing up is to simply use Windows explorer to copy the project folder
to whatever destination you specify (do not change the folder names in the backup copy!).
The first method is probably the most convenient. The main point is that the Liquid Silver software will
copy the project folder and the .project file. If you use the second method you must remember to copy
the .project file as well.
If you want to backup the project to a CD or DVD, we recommend copying it to a temporary directory in
the first place. Then, compress the entire content of this directory (using WinZIP, WinRAR or the
compression tool of your choice) and burn only the single compressed archive file to the CD or DVD
medium. This leaves the file attributes unaltered (see below, “Restoring Projects”).
CGS, GRAPHICS AND SOUND FILES.
The location of CGs created in a project and imported graphics are always different to the location of the
Liquid Silver projects. So CGs and imported graphics have to be backed up separately for a project.
Default location for Titles:
1. C:\program files\Liquid Silver\titles\
Imported graphics files can be located almost anywhere (defined in the “Titler” control panel) – typically
they should be located on the A/V drive. Again, when backing up these folders make a note of where they
came from so that they can be restored to the same place.
RESTORING PROJECTS
File location
The main point to remember in restoring files from the back up device is to locate them in exactly the
same place as they came from. The reason for this is that clips within Liquid Silver expect to find their
associated media in the location they were originally placed in. If they cannot be found in that location
then the clip will display a ‘!’.
Removing file attributes
Liquid Silver expects all file and sub-folders of the project folder to have no file attributes. This way it
can read and write files freely during normal operation. However, when backing up a project to a CD-
R(W), DVD-R(W) or +R(W), the attributes of some or all files and sub-folders are changed to ‘read
only’. This attribute must be removed before the project can be used within the Liquid application
software. This does not apply if you compressed the project data (see above, “Backing up
Projects”).
Typically when a project is restored from a CD it will not have the usual gray folder icon attached to it. It
will look like a regular folder. This is because all the files within that project folder have become ‘read
only’. To rectify this situation all the file and subfolder attributes will have to be removed. Using
Windows explorer, drill down into all the folders, select all files and remove the ‘read only’ and/or