Jeff Greenberg is one of the lead instructors for
Future Media Concepts, and one of the key presenters at the annual
Avid Government Training Symposium (AGTS).
Today, I'm kicking off a series of "guest blogs" from Jeff, featuring some of his favorite Avid tips. This will give you an idea of some of the topics covered at AGTS each year.
This year's conference is scheduled for June 20th through the 22nd in Washington, DC. To register, visit
agtsonline.com.
Projects on the Go!For the last four or so years, Avid Products have had an easy way to set the capability to store a project (including the media) on an external drive (such as a firewire drive.)
The beauty of using such a setup, is the transportability of your media to different systems.
You could work at home with such a setup (or work with different resolutions - such as HD and SD - that will be a different tip in the future.)
What's important is understanding what to set, right at the beginning of your project.
There are two things you need to adjust
• Where the project is stored
• Where the media is stored
Right away when you start a project you'll want to Select External, for where the project will be stored (before you create it!). Press the Folder button (highlighted in purple below) and you'll get a standard Windows Dialog Box, for where you'll choose to put your external projects. I chose my drive (but I could have equally chosen a specific folder on the drive.
The second adjustment is under settings. It's called Media Creation.
In the Media Creation settings you'll choose the External drive that you want your media captured to. Then you must press the button Apply to All. After doing so, whenever you create media - Capture, Titles, Imports, Mixdowns, Motion Effects or Renders, they will go to your external drive.
When you're ready to go, all you have to do is unhook the drive, go to your other Avid System and plug in. At the Project dialog box, choose External (and press the folder icon, just like you did at the beginning) and now the project and media are coming from your external source, ready to travel with you!