AVID - Consolidate
1. With the bin open, select Sequences and or clips to consolidate. Note can only consolidate one bin at a time. If you want to consolidate more media you can make a new bin and put everything in that bin and consolidate that. | |
2. Choose >Clip>Consolidate/Transcode and the consolidate window will open. | |
3. Click the Consolidate Radial Button not Transcode | |
4. In the next window choose the second option "Master clips are relinked to media on target drive and click OK. | |
5. Consolidating will start and a progress bar will appear. | |
6. The clips will finish consolidating and the bin will have new master clips with a .old extension that were the old master clips they will not have media linked to them. The clips w/o the extension are linked to the backed up media on the firewire drive. | |
7. Now quit AVID and back up the project file The AVID PROJECT file must be backed up separately to the Hard Drive or Server you are consolidating to |