"Packaging" project files

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jchenier

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I have a ton of AVI files over a bunch of drives that I've been using for a project. I'm adding a new drive and wondered if there was a process where premiere would "package" all of my work files together onto my new drive.

In the printing world (InDesign or QuarkXpress) it's a "collect for service provider" or "package".

Cheers,
Justin
 
Just move all of your files into the new drive in a single folder and relink those files when Premiere ask for them.
 
Huy Vu said:
Just move all of your files into the new drive in a single folder and relink those files when Premiere ask for them.
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That's a pretty dicey move. I would not suggest this, for two reasons:

1) The opportunity for error in the copying process. Not so much from the computer's standpoint, but from the fact that you're almost guaranteed to miss a file or three.

2) Relinking will take a lot of time.

Instead, use the Project Manager (under the Project menu item), and use the "Collect Files and Copy to New Location" option. This will clone your project file, and copy all the media to a location of your choosing. You can also opt to move render files and conformed audio, so when you open your new project, it's ready to go. Check it out...
 
cbrougham, that's EXACTLY what I was looking for! I've done it with print projects a million times, and knew it had to be an option in Premiere, but couldn't figure out where.

Thanks!

Justin
 
cbrougham, that's good to know. But actually relinking the file is an easy process. Once you tell Premiere where to find one file, it automatically looks for the rest of it in the same directory. So you really only have to do it once.
 
It will relink files that came from a given source directory/folder, but I believe that each time a media clip is encountered that came from a different folder, it'll pop up the "Missing Media" dialog again. The Project Manager creates a new project file and reassigns links to the copied media, so you don't have to do any of that. Both methods achieve the same result--I just find it easier to do it in one step instead of several. In addition, you have the added benefit of eliminating unused media and renaming your source media during the copy.

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks :)
 
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