Editing: Get Organized! (page 2)

We create an archive folder, within a main folder called "Videos," for every project. This folder bears the name of the project itself, Circus_Ad. It contains the trimmed project and batch files - systematically named - as well as the title, graphic, still picture and audio files that were used in the project. Finally, it contains the final rendered video itself, in a file given the number of a master tape - beginning with the letter "M," and the name of the project. It is possible also to save the trimmed clips themselves into an archive folder. As a space saver, we generally choose not to, as these can be re-captured - as trimmed for the project - from the original tapes, using the trimmed batch list. We regularly backup the "Videos" folder and all of its contents, like any other folder of valuable data.

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