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The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow<br />
Figure A7.1 Pro Tools fi ling structure<br />
sources. All of these (even the video fi le) can be copied into the audio fi les folder and linked to the<br />
session fi le. However, you may want to keep your audio fi les in several folders just for management,<br />
and you may want to keep your video on a separate drive just to improve performance. So, we may<br />
end up with several large media folders on multiple drives, all linked to the session fi le. Care needs<br />
to be taken keeping track of where the media is written so that linked media is not removed. This is<br />
especially true when taking the project from one facility to another on a portable drive or drives. In<br />
order to keep it as simple as possible, many editors keep all their audio media only in the audio fi les<br />
folder. They then make subfolders inside the audio fi les folder to facilitate fi le management.<br />
It is very important to have subfolders in Pro Tools. The “region bin” in the Pro Tools interface is<br />
simply one large bin holding all of the audio media. There is no system for making subbins or any<br />
fi ling strategy to speed a search for needed media. If, however, all of the audio media is placed into<br />
subfolders, these folders can be searched from the Pro Tools “workspace” found in the windows<br />
menu. This shows the layout of folders, subfolders, and sub-subfolders created in the fi ling architecture.<br />
On large projects, it is highly advisable to use the workspace and subfolders for production<br />
sound, music, sound effects, or whatever the project requires. Using only the region bin will cost<br />
valuable time looking for wanted sound.<br />
With Final Cut Pro, there are many more folders and links than with Pro Tools. When a new Final<br />
Cut Pro project is created, the software links to six separate folders based on the system settings. If<br />
these folders are not present on the selected drive, Final Cut Pro creates the missing folder as soon<br />
as it needs to write to it.<br />
Within each folder, Final Cut Pro also creates a new folder named for the current project and writes<br />
all fi les to these folders. Final Cut Pro writes automatically to fi ve of the six folders, only the “capture<br />
scratch” folder can be written to by the user. All captured media, sounds and video, are recorded<br />
there.<br />
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