1 Reply Latest reply: Jun 10, 2009 10:05 AM by Neil Wilkes RSS

    Archiving a project

    dan_hin Community Member

      Hi all,

       

      Just have a quick question - how do you archive a project once it's complete? I've discovered that unlike the handy "collect project" option in after effects, Encore offers nothing to help with the final step in any project - archiving.

       

      How do you save your projects? do you zip them and all the relevant media into one giant .zip file, or just save the media and metadata in different, specified locations?

       

      Dan

        • 1. Re: Archiving a project
          Neil Wilkes CommunityMVP

          Have you tried the "Save As" option from the File menu?

          Additionally, it might also help to go to where the project is located on your system (look for the .ncor file) and copy the entire structure across to an archival drive. When you need to revisit, it should be easy to reload the entire structure back where it was originally located to re-edit....

          We've successfully opened up projects sent to us in this way from external drives with no problems.

          You may have to re-link "missing" assets if the relocation is not to exactly the same place, and the cache will certainly need to be rebuilt (which may take time depending on how large the video & audio assets are), but it will work.

          Before you delete the original though, it would be a good plan to test the backup by moving the source files, and copying the backup across & then opening this. It almost certainly won't appear in the start-up list, but should be accessible through "File/Open" dialogue.