Branded was nice to mention how there are sometimes broken links when using the consolidate and copy function from project manager. And he put into words what I was unable to do well, the organizing folder and drive structure to do "housekeeping" before and while he works on projects " This is something the poster will either know already or will like hearing about.

Thanks for your support !

In essence, what you are both saying ( branded and you ) is that sometimes it's nice to do things 'using the OS', like file explorer in windows …

richardw43284274Author

Participating Frequently

I would like to thank you all contributing towards the problem of consolidating files.

I mentioned that there was 60 videos on one drive but all in all the whole project is around 350 over another couple

of drives.

I will take on board the OS feature and will investigate further into this. Thanks you.

There are no after effects compositions only Mixing in Audition.

Generally the housework of media management is good, I would say the threads are a bout 3 deep in some cases but the majority of the media assets are generally in two initial folders on an external drive.

I have read much about the erratic nature of the 'project settings' in adobe and I agree they really need to pull their finger out. Never had this problem in Avid.

If the OS fails, I think a work around solution would be to copy the media of the sequence into a folder ( using reveal in finder) then import the relevant sequence into a new project, reconnect to the copied media, not idea but keeps everything together.

Thanks again everyone

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rodneyb56060189

Legend

thanks Neil. That's why I posted the screenshot of my file explorer on laptop. It is easy to see how I split things up into different folder locations so I know where stuff is, and if I need to delete, move, copy, etc. it is easy to do. It's an up front organization for simple stuff on a laptop with one ssd for programs and OS, and a physical spinning drive for everything else... simple.

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rodneyb56060189

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Branded, I think this issue is more fundamental. Your mssg implies that you were able to consolidate and copy files to a new location, but when you opened those projects you found broken links to your assets ( psd, ai, ae etc. ).. which is creepy... but the poster can't even GET the consolidate and copy function to work at all at this point... which is even MORE creepy.

is nice to know your experience though... as it will help others who are using the project manager to copy stuff. Thanks !

R Neil Haugen

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Like many, I also push for a better functioning Project manage/consolidation function.

But like "Branded", in the meantime ... I work my on-disc structure into my project needs. And can get most of the assets of a project simply from there.

Bigger, complex projects with assets from a couple different places on a network server ... those are gonna be a pain.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Richard van den Boogaard

Community Expert

Unfortunately, the Project Manager function is not as dependable as it should be.

A key flaw is that it only operates skin deep. If you have any AE compositions dynamically linked to your project, which, in turn, consist of imported assets (for example a PSD or AI artwork file), Project Manager will only copy the AE file, not the associated assets inside that composition. This has resulted in broken link projects which I had considered properly archived.

For this reason, I rarely (never?) use this function any longer. Instead, I do my housekeeping before and while I work on a project, making sure that all assets that live inside the project are copied to a designated folder for that project. However, this may mean duplicate assets in some cases.

Please feel free to add a feature request here: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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rodneyb56060189

Legend

this is sample of windows 'file explorer' on a laptop. Is just simple cause I only play with stuff on this. The edit computer is more complicated ( more drives and stuff is spread around more, cache, exports, source materials, etc. )

On this laptop if I wanted to copy ALL the stuff from Adobe PPro projects and Adobe source material I would just select those folders and copy them to a new location.... easy.

You have something like that on mac.

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rodneyb56060189

Legend

another good reason to be familiar with something like the 'File Explorer' ( what you have that is similar on mac ) is that you can see how many bytes ( total ) are in a folder. And you can see how many bytes are available on drives.

So, if you want to copy stuff you can see how many bytes that equals.... and knowing how many bytes are available to where you want to copy to, you can see right away if there is enough room to do it.

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rodneyb56060189

Legend

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After you copy all your stuff to a new location ( in OS ) you will have a duplicate of all your stuff...

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sorry , I did it again... what it should say is USING OS , not IN OS

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rodneyb56060189

Legend

oh nooooo… I should have explained better.

there are ways to use the operating system ( OS ) in mac and windows to do basic functions like copy files, move files and stuff like that.

you DON'T want to move stuff into your operating system folders. That would be bad news.

It seems to me that there's some miscommunication between the adobe program and your drive folders... it can be a matter of 'permissions' or a drive letter is inaccurate or a folder doesn't exist .. something is keeping your process of consolidating and moving your project stuff.

sooooo, lets say you make a new folder in a new location ( different drive or same drive, whatever you prefer re: your peripherals ( drives ))…. the new folder is called maybe " copied project files for education"

to create that you have to go into the OS to tell your computer what to do.

In windows we use something called ' FILE EXPLORER'.... I don't know what OS version you have so I can't even google what you have available that is similar.

So, adobe program is not even OPEN necessarily for this type of stuff to be done. It's done on the OS level.

After you copy all your stuff to a new location ( in OS ) you will have a duplicate of all your stuff...

It could be that you'll fine out what is wrong when you try this... cause you might get a mssg that says, " you don't have permission to do this" orrrr, "that drive does not exist " … or whatever.

kglad

Community Expert

do you mean adobe media encoder?

and what error messages?

richardw43284274Author

Participating Frequently

No it's the project manager in premiere pro cc 2019 ( all updated) When I try and consolidate the sequences media to another folder, the bar analyses it and then brings up a message box informing me that there was error and please try again. This I do and keep getting the same message. I have tried another sequence and still the same. If you have any ideas why this might be happening please share. Thanks

kglad

Community Expert

[moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to Premiere Pro]

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