Prores in folders

[Dan McCain]

When shooting exclusively on prores is there anyway to have all the files populate one folder similar to canon or any other camera? It is very time consuming and awkward to open each folder when looking for footage.

 

[Phil Holland]

*.mov

 

[Nathaniel Haban]

You can always search the drive for just the .mov file extension. That will give you a full listing of all the .mov files on a card. You can then select all those files and copy them into their own folder.

Not sure how to do all the .mov files into one folder automatically, or if it's even possible. Sure, this is an extra step, but it only adds a couple of minutes onto your workflow.

 

[Brendan H. Banks]

You can always search the drive for just the .mov file extension. That will give you a full listing of all the .mov files on a card. You can then select all those files and copy them into their own folder.

Not sure how to do all the .mov files into one folder automatically, or if it's even possible. Sure, this is an extra step, but it only adds a couple of minutes onto your workflow.

Actually, even when my ProRes clips haven't spanned, I do this using Phil's software ClipJoin for Windows.

 

[Marc Wielage]

I think it's a good idea to separate files by camera format and by day. A Camera would go into one folder, B Camera would go in another, GoPro in a third, and so on.

If it's all ProRes, I would still divide it up by camera if it's a 2-camera or 3-camera shoot. Particularly if there's a risk of overlapping timecodes.

And EditReady is a good Mac utility for joining spanned ProRes clips:

https://www.divergentmedia.com/editready