The peanut gallery's right (aka. Lisa)... if you have this much footage again in the future, I would follow her advice.
For now, though, if you want to preserve what you've done, I think .avi's the way to go. Kitka http://www.kitkast.com/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa Ours MA PLPC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is just a humble suggestion from the peanut gallery... but: > > When I capture my video I do a bit of "Mini-editing" during capture. I tend > to Pre-view the footage I've taped and then rewind and "Stop capture" on > portions that are either obvious bad shots or not central to the plot line > of my end product. That way I automatically cut some space and time off of > the production before I even begin my editing process. > > Perhaps that could help you as well seeing as how you are dealing with > limited drive space. > > Cheers! > Lisa > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > >To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Premiere Confusion...HELP? > >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:03:14 GMT > > > > >If I were in your situation, I would Export Movie (project) to .avi, > >then once I check to see that the .avi is working properly and it's > >the way I want it... I would delete all the clips (your 50 minutes of > >footage) and start a new project using the .avi file you just made.< > > > >That's not a bad idea. I can turn the .avi back into individual clips, > >then, using the split tool, right? > > > > >I'm surprised you have that much footage! When I film Kitkast, I end > >up with about 50 minutes of footage as well, but my show is 10 minutes > >long! I sure hope you're not recording in between takes...< > > > >This was on-site taping of the a gay pride festival in Ft. Lauderdale. We > >were on site for a good 6-7 hours and there was a lot to shoot. Besides > >that, we wanted to make sure we had good footage of large crowds of people > >so we could edit in a feeling of "bigness", and for me, that meant making > >a lot of throwaway footage. > > > >-- > >Rhett. > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------- > >This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > >http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
