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How do I move all my source files and have Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 automatically see the new location?
I need to move the source files for all my Premiere projects to a new drive. I do not want to have to tell Premiere for each project and each source file where the new location is. Is there any way to update all the information in all my Premiere projects at once? I have several hundred Premiere projects, and each has 3-10 source files (videos and images).If needed, I can keep my current folder structure. It would then simply be a change of drive letter... if that makes the process easier.I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
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Adobe suggests two answers, both from the Premiere CS4 help file:
Option 1:
"To
move a project to another computer where you want to continue editing,
you must move copies of all the assets for the project to the second
computer, as well as the project file. The assets should retain
their file names and folder locations so that Adobe Premiere Pro
can find them and relink them to their clips in the project automatically.
This suggests you can just copy your entire folder/directory structure, and keep everything in the same place with the same name, and Premiere will "automatically" rebuild your projects. I've done this occasionally, and once I pointed it to one file with the same location, it went out and found the rest, based on where they had been on another machine or drive.
Option 2:
"The Project Manager can also help you consolidate, or collect,
a project. Collecting files copies the current project and all of
its associated media files to a single location. You can use this
feature to gather a project’s source media files when they are stored
in various locations, and to prepare a project for sharing or archiving." More details at the link:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7c74a.html
That will still require you to issue the command per project, but not per file. So it's 300 or so commands, instead of 900+. But it might be nice to have your projects packed, in case you have to move them again.
You won't lose anything except a little time copying if you try option 1. If it doesn't take, option 2 has detailed steps in the help file, so you can do that with more certainty, even if it will take longer.
Good luck
Option 1:
"To
move a project to another computer where you want to continue editing,
you must move copies of all the assets for the project to the second
computer, as well as the project file. The assets should retain
their file names and folder locations so that Adobe Premiere Pro
can find them and relink them to their clips in the project automatically.
Make certain, also that the same codecs you used for the project
on the first computer are also installed on the second computer." Link follows:
This suggests you can just copy your entire folder/directory structure, and keep everything in the same place with the same name, and Premiere will "automatically" rebuild your projects. I've done this occasionally, and once I pointed it to one file with the same location, it went out and found the rest, based on where they had been on another machine or drive.
Option 2:
"The Project Manager can also help you consolidate, or collect,
a project. Collecting files copies the current project and all of
its associated media files to a single location. You can use this
feature to gather a project’s source media files when they are stored
in various locations, and to prepare a project for sharing or archiving." More details at the link:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7c74a.html
That will still require you to issue the command per project, but not per file. So it's 300 or so commands, instead of 900+. But it might be nice to have your projects packed, in case you have to move them again.
You won't lose anything except a little time copying if you try option 1. If it doesn't take, option 2 has detailed steps in the help file, so you can do that with more certainty, even if it will take longer.
Good luck
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Working with Premiere/After Effects, actually the whole Production Studio suite, in advanced classes I teach.
Working with Premiere/After Effects, actually the whole Production Studio suite, in advanced classes I teach.
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