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Better project management

We often need to collect the project for transfering or archiving purposes. When collecting - all assets will be collected in one folder which is a bit messy....it would be great if files can be collected in 2 ways:
- following the Premiere project bin structure
Or
- following the folder structure on hard drive
That would help us a lot in keeping the collected projects organized.

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Slobodan Milivojevic shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
Under Review  ·  Reg Santo Tomas responded  · 

Thanks for all the feedback so far.

It is one of many areas we are looking into.

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  • Joshua W commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    being able to copy media and follow the folder structure on the hard drive (or from multiple servers as folders) when media managing would be absolutely crucial in these days of COVID work from home. Please please please make this an option. It would make prepping drives for editors who are editing old content thousands of times easier.

  • Igor Burgstaller commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    @Bart. Didn't read anything about this, in the last updates. But i noticed a thing, that i'm sure in older version didn't work..now, seems that level 1 nested sequences will be copied, but not the level 2 and further (with level 2 i mean a nested into another nested, and level 1 is a simple clip nested).

    My extension will automatically copy all levels of nesting.
    You can try a fully working version (10 days trial) here: https://aescripts.com/smart-collect-for-premiere-pro/

    Feel free to leave me a feedback!

  • Nicolas from Autokroma commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hello,

    If you are looking to an alternative to the "Project Manager", you could give a try to our new plugin : PlumePack
    (https://www.autokroma.com/PlumePack).

    It's similar to the Project Manager with less bugs and there is also a Trimming feature with handles! This feature will remove the unused data of your media without re-encoding the file compared to Project Manager: your files keep their codec and exact quality. It works with BRAW, R3D, ProRes, and soon H.264 will be available.

    If you want to test it before buying : you can download it for free and run the analysis. It should give you all the details about what PlumePack would do to your project.

    Best,

    Nicolas from Autokroma

  • Marion Autokroma commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    For now Project Manager does not support that feature but there is a non free alternative called PlumePack (https://www.autokroma.com/blog/Introduction-to-PlumePack) which is similar to Project Manager but uses the Premiere Pro project bin structure for the consolidated folder.

    Among the planned features for next month there will be an option to use folder structure on hard drive for the consolidated folder instead of Premiere Pro bins structure.

    It can also trim your media losslessly instead of transcoding them like in Project Manager. This allow you to keep the exact same codec and quality than the original files.
    I hope this can help you!

    Best,

    Marion from Autokroma

  • Marion Autokroma commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There is a brand new plugin called PlumePack (https://www.autokroma.com/blog/Introduction-to-PlumePack) which is similar to the Project Manager except that it allows you to trim without re-encoding your files into a new codec.

    For now it works with famous codecs such as BRAW, r3d and ProRes and will soon be extended to H.264.

    Best,

    Marion from Autokroma

  • Tristan Chaika commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It's kind of mind boggling how useless this "feature" has remained for years. If it was ever implemented properly, it would be used all the time.

  • Tristan Chaika commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    And make the progress bar actually representative of the progress instead of just showing 100% from the very beginning even when there's hours worth of media to copy.

  • Igor Burgstaller commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I think is quite difficult to have a time estimation. It depend on the size of single files. For example, 1000 files of 1MB of size are slower to copy than 1 single file of 1000MB. The speed is also influenced by disk speed, ram and CPU usage while copying and other factors.

    We have developed an extension for our personal use, then relased on aescript. The extension has a numeric counter instead a moving bar.

    If you are interested, you can find the extension here: https://aescripts.com/smart-collect-for-premiere-pro/

  • Igor Burgstaller commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I was looking for a better project manager for years...due nothing is changed, i programmed my own extension, Smart Collect. It doesn't transcode but only copy entire clip (i needed a working collect system, so i avoided all things that can cause issues ). It also collect the clip in all nested sequences used in the main sequence you want to collect. Furthermore, it copy the assets in a folder structure that mirror the one you created in Premiere Pro.

    You can check it out here https://aescripts.com/smart-collect-for-premiere-pro/

  • Steven Probets commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Thank you Igor! Premiere's most ignored feature. In 2020 I renamed it the 'no project management' feature.

  • Yoav Potash commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, and Premiere needs a simple “rename media file based off clip name” function. If Final Cut Pro 7 had it (and it did, and it was very useful) why on earth does Premiere not have it????

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