Keeping Project files

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:05 am

Okay, I've noticed a tendency lately to keep my project files for completed videos, but added to the fact I have about five projects at any given time (with, on average, only one video being completed per year), the space consumed is starting to add up, making it difficult to continue projects or start new ones for want of space. And it's not like I lack the space. I have 500Gb internal alone.

So I'm curious, who else is a packrat? What do you suggest I do with the files for my completed videos? Is it worth keeping them around? My 2001/2003 videos I am remastering, but I'm happy with my 2004+ videos as is.

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:25 am

I usualy keep my 2006+ releases. I put them on a DVD witht he looseless encode or I store them on my external hdd. For sure: keep the looseless file.

The rest is up to you.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:38 am

Bauzi wrote:I usualy keep my 2006+ releases. I put them on a DVD witht he looseless encode or I store them on my external hdd. For sure: keep the looseless file.

The rest is up to you.

Yeah, I have a backups folder specifically for lossless files for conventions, but I meant other than that. Like individual stills and preview files and all sorts of little stuff like that...

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:48 am

Well the first thing I delete when I finished a project are the preview files and the sometimes really big "Adobe audio encode something for Premiere".

From stills I only keep screenshots that are usefull. For showing other people some stuff from the vids.

Copycat_Revolver · Post by **Copycat_Revolver** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:59 am

Yeah, the preview files and such are the worst, but I tend to save everything else, even for videos I never intend to touch again.
On a related note, I just bought another 500gb external hard drive. Now I can start six more projects.

godix · Post by **godix** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:27 am

I just delete everything up to and including the final version. I figure I don't spend time and effort on my videos to begin with so what are the odds I'd want to do so later?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:07 am

I like keeping stuff I do in Photoshop, but regular still frames will be deleted along with video files...

I also keep the Vegas project file but they take up hardly any room. So far I'm just storing them on my computer. Most of the image files and project files don't take up too much room for me, so it's not that big of a deal for me.

I highly doubt I'll ever go back and try to fix many of my old videos, and the ones I would want to fix, I would just want to restart from the ground up.

GH · Post by GH » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:42 am

I never really thought about it,I just delete everything I make after I'm finished. Eh,same reason as Godix basically X.X

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:22 am

I keep the saved Project File, thats it.

I figure if I really want to change it later on, or save a new copy, I can go and get the footage on my computer again and just save a new lossless copy.

Gene Starwind 21122 · Post by **Gene Starwind 21122** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:26 pm

I keep all my project files but that could be why I have over a TB of Hard drive space on my computer right now. I just like keeping all of my projects just incase one day I want to go back and re-work them or to use them on a pannel.

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