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Archiving Your Project

Because of the wide variations in system installation and hardware, it isn't possible to provide precise step-by-step instructions on how to archive your project. Instead, I'll show you the process and the screens, so that you can make the necessary adjustments for your system.

The goal in archiving your project is to organize your project file so that sequences are properly named, reel numbers are correct, and the file is in good condition. Then, save everything that can't be easily replaced, and trash everything else.

Here are the steps, all organized in one place:

Now that the heat of battle has passed, take a look at all the different sequences you created. Did you use all of them? If not, delete those that are not necessary to the project. It is easier to delete them now, while they are fresh in your mind, than to spend hours trying to figure out which are the good versions when you return to this project in the future.

In a related vein, be sure your sequence names make sense. Make them less cryptic. If you gave this project to another editor, would the names make sense? Making sequence names easier to understand is a huge help if you need to redo this project in the future.

Once you've reviewed and corrected your sequence names, it's time to make sure all reel numbers are correct. As you will learn later in this chapter, Final Cut makes it easy to recapture material from videotape, using Batch Capture. However, in order for Batch Capture to work, your reel names must be accurate.