Keeping Project files

Dr. Derpface, J.D. · Post by **Dr. Derpface, J.D.** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:48 pm

Once I'm done with a video, I'll use the project trim tool to save only what I need of the clips/titles/audio/project files, throw it all into a rar file to keep everything together, then throw the rar on to a DVD. If I ever need to re-do something, I can just un-rar, open the project file, and re-export.

Dagda · Post by **Dagda** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:46 pm

I use Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, and don't have all that much spare hard drive space- gigabytes in the single digits, always. I'll generally come back two weeks after finishing a project and delete everything in the "Adobe Premiere Elements Preview Files", "Encoded Files" and "Media Cache Files". The gutted project folder, now a few hundred megs, will eventually be moved to my backup portable hard drive; all I keep is the finished video file, which is kept in my amv collection along with everything else.

godix · Post by **godix** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:23 am

ngsilver wrote:Ever since F.E.A.R. I have gotten into the habit of saving the premier project files, the lossless encodes (bumper'ed and clean), and the online release files.

ngsilver is niotex in disguise?

lynit · Post by **lynit** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:00 am

I just keep the saved project files, and any betas I have lying around. Betas are sometimes fun to watch (when you have every freakin frame of the final memorized, watching a beta is a nice deviation).

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:58 am

A bonus for editing with AVS files is that a simple project can be backed up on a floppy.

ngsilver · Post by **ngsilver** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:34 am

godix wrote:ngsilver is niotex in disguise?

Ah, that's right, I called it Do you Fear? instead of the name of the song... seems I to have forgotten that I make anything other then /gif videos and hentai.

Falconone · Post by **Falconone** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:11 am

i keep all my projekt files. I dont know why but i do it XD

aguelo · Post by **aguelo** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:19 am

I usually delete the lossless files and clips

As long as I have the original source, no problems will arise. That's why I usually write down everything I do, like the name of the clip, the frame it started and ended, and all that stuff... It's a tedious process, but when I want to remake something, it's really useful. Obviously, I'll have to search for the original source in my folder or in my DVD collection and then rip 'em and select clips again, but those are details

The only project files and "raw" files I keep are the video game footage... It's a pain in the @$$ to rip a vg-dvd successfully: sometimes 1 or 2 videos are imcomplete/corrupted/etc, and I have to rip them again

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:47 pm

I tend to keep mine, especially since to work on a new project I otherwise have to delete them; so I disc everything onto dvds and catalogue it. That way if I need to fix something or lose the file I can just slowly recover it from the discs.

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:35 pm

3.8 gigs of packrat-tiness currently on my HD, but that does include about a gig's worth of material for active projects. However, it doesn't include an unknown quantity of backup files on any number of backup DVDs.

Sometimes if a project is simple enough to allow it, I will just dump everything. If at some future point I need to access the project files again, I can just pull them from the original sources again without too much effort.