{"id":54431,"date":"2015-04-08T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=54431"},"modified":"2015-04-08T10:04:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T15:04:50","slug":"archive-and-backup-files-in-final-cut-pro-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/archive-and-backup-files-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive and Backup Files in Final Cut Pro X"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"prepare-for-the-crash-with-these-best-practices-for-backing-up-and-archiving-your-video-files-in-final-cut-pro-x\">Prepare for the crash with these\u00a0best practices for backing up and archiving your video files in Final Cut Pro X.<\/h2>\n<p>No matter which editing software you use, it&#8217;s likely that at some point your system is going to crash or your project will become corrupted. The good news is that each software has its own backup and autosave features. In fact,\u00a0<strong>Final Cut Pro X creates a save every 15 minutes<\/strong>. So if your project does crash,\u00a0<strong>you can restore it\u00a0based on the last few autosaves<\/strong>. Here are some tutorials that run through that process.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a title=\"MacBreak Studio Home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelcorps.tv\/macbreak_studio\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">MacBreak Studio<\/a>, we&#8217;ll find\u00a0quite possibly the best breakdown of the <strong>Final Cut Pro X autosave feature<\/strong> and corrupted file resolution.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYn2OHuHuwY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next, <a title=\"Chip Diz\u00e1rd Author Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webvideochefs.com\/author\/chip\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Chip<\/a> with <a title=\"Web Video Chefs Vimeo Home\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/webvideochefs\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Web Video Chefs<\/a> shows us how to <strong>back up and archive our video files in FCPX<\/strong>. He&#8217;ll also show us how to make duplicate projects and how to move those projects to an external hard drive for long-term storage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/43592869?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to know how to restore from a library backup?<\/strong> Here&#8217;s a quick rundown <a title=\"Final Cut Pro X: Restore a library from automatic backups\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/PH15847?locale=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">directly from Apple<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the Libraries List, select the library\u00a0you want to restore.<\/li>\n<li>Choose File &gt; Open Library &gt; From Backup.<\/li>\n<li>In the \u201cRestore from\u201d pop-up menu, choose a backup from a specific time and date, or click &#8216;Other&#8217; and navigate to a different backup file to open.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">For more in-depth info on Final Cut Pro X,\u00a0take a look at these articles:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Final Cut Pro X Tutorial: Applying LUTs to Log Footage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial-applying-luts-to-log-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Final Cut Pro X Tutorial: Applying LUTs to Log Footage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"8 Tips Every Final Cut Pro X Video Editor Should Know\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/8-tips-every-final-cut-pro-x-video-editor-should-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">8 Tips Every Final Cut Pro X Video Editor Should Know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Final Cut Pro X Video Tutorial: Convert 4:3 to 16:9\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/final-cut-pro-x-video-tutorial-convert-43-169\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Final Cut Pro X Video Tutorial: Convert 4:3 to 16:9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #404040;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">Know of any other essential Final Cut Pro X tips and tricks? <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">We&#8217;d love to hear all about them in the comments below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare for the crash with these best practices for backing up and archiving your video files in Final Cut Pro X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":49556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[108,21,39,583,92],"tags":[3887,3649,5381,5376,472],"class_list":["post-class-post-54431","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-final-cut-pro-x","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-fcpx-tutorial","post-class-tag-fcpx-video-tutorial","post-class-tag-final-cut-pro-x","post-class-tag-video-editing","post-class-tag-video-production"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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