Summary

In this chapter, we saw the preparation procedures required for archiving libraries as well as storing the original footage.

You learned about the Consolidate command, which gathers all the footage used in a library and consolidates it to a location of your choice so that no footage is lost when you open an archived library in the future.

You were shown where Final Cut Pro automatically backs up libraries and how to manage the backups. Automatic backups are designed for project recovery while the editing is still in progress, as opposed to archiving after the video is exported.

You also learned how to recover missing media files with the Relink Files command.

You saw the way to remove unneeded render files to save hard disk space using the Delete Generated Files command.

You were introduced to software utilities that index libraries stored on unmounted devices so they can be accessed indefinitely in the future.

You now understand the options for ensuring that...