Preparing Material For Editing

Preparing Materials For Editing Guide

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Step 1:

Insert the SD/MicroSD card you used to take footage/audio (you should have two, the process is the same with both audio and footage SD cards, just different folder names when organising) 

Step 2: Copy the contents by highlighting all footage/audio and pressing the CMD key and C at the same time and then clicking the copy (number) items (or by right-clicking and clicking copy if you've set up secondary mouse-click)
Copying means that if you make a mistake with the footage during this process then you can go back to the SD Card and re-copy it (Say if you copy a link or text mid-way through this process). Cutting will copy and delete the footage so that's a risky move and moving it means it'll be a nightmare if you place it in the wrong folder ;(

(The process shown above is the RIGHT CLICK METHOD)

Step 3: Enter the MacHD icon on the desktop screen. This is where everything on the system is stored.

Step 4: Enter the movies tab of MacHD and create a folder using your name or team name. This is where your editing should be placed to keep in organised place.

Step 5: Open the folder you created and create 4 new folders, with these names respectively 
We make these folders to keep all our editing material organised, so we know where to find each of our material. So you assume to have audio in your audio folder rather than thrown in a folder with your footage.

Step 6: Open the folder you're pasting your materials into (so if you're copying footage, paste it in the footage folder, if audio paste in sound folder etc.) and you've set up your materials for editing!

(BONUS STEPS:)

When finished with the SD Card, make sure you Right-Click it and click "Eject (Name of SD Card) so that the SD Card doesn't become corrupt meaning it's unstable and may not read files properly.