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The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow<br />
A single, removable drive holds all the fi les and media. Final Cut Pro will automatically create the<br />
top row of six fi les shown in Figure A7.5 if all four of the Final Cut Pro systems settings are set to<br />
this drive. These settings should be checked at the beginning of every edit session and never set to<br />
any folder on the drive, only to the drive itself. Final Cut Pro will handle fi le management of these<br />
fi les, with the exception of removing old fi les. This needs to be done by the editor after a project is<br />
completed.<br />
Figure A7.5 FireWire fi ling structure<br />
Final Cut Pro uses the Waveform Cache and Thumbnail Cache directly and no management of these<br />
fi les is possible. They are small and can be simply ignored. The other four folders contain inner<br />
project folders, each named for the corresponding project. With the exception of the Autosave Vault,<br />
these contain large media fi les and should be removed after a project is fi nished. The Autosave Vault<br />
contains backups of all projects. As these are quite small, many people keep them on fi le after removing<br />
the media.<br />
You create the lower row of fi ve fi les when setting up the directories. Except for the Pro Tools folder,<br />
project folders inside the fi les also need to be created. You will also handle all management of the<br />
fi les and media in these folders.<br />
You create the folder for Pro Tools Projects. When a new Pro Tools project is created, save it in this<br />
folder. Pro Tools then creates the project folder inside the Pro Tools Projects folder. Pro Tools also<br />
creates the session fi le, the audio fi les folder, and the fade fi les folder inside the Project folder, as<br />
seen in Figure A7.6. Management of the new media is also handled by Pro Tools. However, when<br />
importing media form other sources, you must be sure to copy the imported media to the audio fi les<br />
folder. Pro Tools will allow you to copy imported media to a separate folder. The simplest solution<br />
is to keep all of your audio in the audio fi les folder or in subfolders inside the audio fi les folder. The<br />
reference video for the Pro Tools session can be placed in the project folder as well. However, for<br />
improved performance, you may want to keep it on a second drive, preferably the hard drive. If you<br />
keep a backup of the reference video in the project folder as well, this makes the project totally por-<br />
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