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create his/her own naming convention for these unique P2 folders. An example of this would be to place each P2 card's CONTENTS folder and LASTCLIP.TXT file into a folder you create, with the following naming convention: Vid_[title of project or shoot][# of P2 card associated with that project]_ [shooting mode] Let's say I'm working on a project for XYZCorp, and this is the third P2 card shot for this project, and I'm shooting in 720/24pN. I would then name the folder: Figure 6 Vid_XYZCorp3_24pN (I shoot exclusively in 720/24pN, so I drop the "720".) Later, by searching for "Vid_" you get an instant listing of all P2 folders on the entire system and can quickly find the desired footage and project. To search for a specific clip, go to the ICON folder inside each P2 card's CONTENTS folder structure, turn on "Thumbnails" inside My Computer or Windows Explorer and you'll quickly see a first frame representation of each clip shot. Very brilliant! OK, back to the file transfer. After naming the new folder according to your desired data management scheme, you select the CONTENTS folder and LASTCLIP.TXT file on the designated P2 card and Drag & Drop or Cut & Paste those two components into your newly-named folder. A full 8GB card will take 8-9 minutes to transfer. At this point, I have said little about archiving or P2 card backups. This is a personal matter for each editor. My own system uses a 4TB Rorke Data Galaxy HDX storage system connected to an ATTO Celerity FC-42XS dual fibre channel adapter with the RAID controller set to RAID 5. Redundancy is built into the system, so I consider my P2 data safe once it is transferred to the Galaxy HDX. Other editors may use tape backup systems, Blu-Ray Disc (BD) or DVD backups or other hard drive archiving solutions, depending on their budgets and desired workflow. More about archiving finished projects will be mentioned later in this document. Preparing for the Edit When the contents of the desired P2 cards are safely transferred to your system's HDD, you are ready to begin seeing the benefits of native MXF editing in a completely tapeless workflow. In Adobe Premiere Pro, you can bypass the (F5) Capture window entirely! All you need to do to bring MXF files into the Project Window is press CTRL+I (File>Import), then navigate to the CONTENTS\VIDEO folder within the folder you have created for each P2 card. In the CONTENTS\VIDEO folder, you will find all the video .MXF files. Assuming you will be bringing all the .MXF video files into your project, click on one of the files then press CTRL+A to select all files. With all .MXF files selected, press ENTER to begin importing. All .MXF video and audio files will import into Premiere Pro's Project Window, into the currently active Bin within the Project Window. Allow a few moments for the MXF audio files to "Conform". 

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create his/her own naming convention for these unique P± folders. An
example of this would be to place each P± card’s CONTENTS folder and
LASTCLIP.TXT file into a folder you create, with the following naming
convention:
Vid_[title of project or shoot][# of P± card associated with that project]_
[shooting mode]
Let’s say I’m working on a project for XYZCorp, and this is the third P±
card shot for this project, and I’m shooting in 7±0/±4pN. I would then
name the folder:
Vid_XYZCorp3_±4pN (I shoot exclusively in 7±0/±4pN, so I drop the
“7±0”.)
Later, by searching for “Vid_” you get an instant listing of all P±
folders on the entire system and can quickly find the desired footage
and project. To search for a specific clip, go to the ICON folder inside
each P± card’s CONTENTS folder structure, turn on “Thumbnails”
inside My Computer or Windows Explorer and you’ll quickly see a
first frame representation of each clip shot. Very brilliant!
OK, back to the file transfer. After naming the new folder according to
your desired data management scheme, you select the CONTENTS
folder and LASTCLIP.TXT file on the designated P± card and Drag &
Drop or Cut & Paste those two components into your newly-named folder. A full 8GB card will take 8-9 minutes to transfer.
At this point, I have said little about archiving or P± card backups. This is a personal matter for each editor. My own system uses a 4TB
Rorke Data Galaxy HDX storage system connected to an ATTO Celerity FC-4±XS dual fibre channel adapter with the RAID controller
set to RAID 5. Redundancy is built into the system, so I consider my
P± data safe once it is transferred to the Galaxy HDX. Other editors
may use tape backup systems, Blu-Ray Disc (BD) or DVD backups
or other hard drive archiving solutions, depending on their budgets
and desired workflow. More about archiving finished projects will be
mentioned later in this document.
Preparing for the Edit
When the contents of the desired P± cards are safely transferred
to your system’s HDD, you are ready to begin seeing the benefits
of native MXF editing in a completely tapeless workflow. In Adobe
Premiere Pro, you can bypass the (F5) Capture window entirely! All
you need to do to bring MXF files into the Project Window is press CTRL+I (File>Import), then navigate to the CONTENTS\VIDEO folder
within the folder you have created for each P± card. In the CONTENTS\VIDEO folder, you will find all the video .MXF files. Assuming you
will be bringing all the .MXF video files into your project, click on one of the files then press CTRL+A to select all files. With all .MXF
files selected, press ENTER to begin importing. All .MXF video and audio files will import into Premiere Pro’s Project Window, into the
currently active Bin within the Project Window. Allow a few moments for the MXF audio files to “Conform”.
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