packing my whole premiere project?

[kusazero]

Hi, I am relatively new and amateur at Premiere.

I currently uses Adobe Premiere CS3. I am working on my friend's computer for my project.

I currently have a lot of items in my bin that are linked all over his computer. I will be having my computer soon, and wish to continue my project on my own computer.

Is there a way to pack all the items/footage/sequence in one big premiere project file. So the links are all attached, and I just need to copy 1 file and am sure I got everything?

Thanks.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Well, that could be handy on occasion.

I don't think I've ever seen that in Premiere. Sounds like a "package for provider" function you might see in InDesign or PageMaker.

If I were transferring a project, I'd do it using a portable drive and just go through the assets group-by-group copying everything into the portable hard drive.

Then, while I'm still there, I'd try opening the Premiere project on the portable hard drive, taking note of every file I'd forgotten. might take one or two iterations, but you'll eventually get them all on the portable drive.

Then you have to do the "file find" all over again when you schlep it over to the other computer, but (shrug) dem's the breaks.

It's really easier -- if you do a lot of projects -- to put ALL the assets and pproj files and whatnot in one folder. then, copying it is a matter of only copying one folder.

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[Akribie]

In CS3, you could use the project manager to copy the assets into a single folder and create a project file that recognises the new location automatically.

If that folder is on (or copied to) an external drive, then you should be able to transfer it to another system running CS3, tell Premiere where the first 'missing' file is, and reconstruct the whole project automatically from there.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Cool -- CS3 can do that? Niiiiice!

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door