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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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  • Michael Gurfield commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Jumping on this thread to say that we DESPERATELY need a working project manager. I have to deliver consolidated projects all the time to an agency that keeps a rigid file structure. It can't be that hard to have a "preserve relative file path" option, and let Premiere populate those folders. After Effects can do this when it collects media, turning folders/bins into folders on the destination drive. How do we still not have this?

  • Igor Burgstaller commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I absolutely agree with Mary. I have been waiting this feature for years, but we all know the facts.
    So, i first developed smart collect for my own use. Then i realized that it could be useful for other people, so i polished it to be more easy and uploaded on aescripts.

    I know that not all people can install what they want. The extensions however, are not like plugin or something that copy files all over the OS, it's just a folder that will be recognized by premiere as an extension.

    To check compatibility, eventual bug and other, you can try for free the full version for 10 days (here is direct link to trial, no registration required)

    https://aescripts.com/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/848/

  • Steven Probets commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I totally agree with Mary. It’s not about just using third party plug ins which always have bugs and don’t work seamlessly with the software.

    This needs to be fixed in Premiere. This includes consolidating after effect sequences, nested sequences and effects used. Which is compatible with different versions of both Premiere and After Effects.

    I want to be able to finish a job, put in a library and come back to it years after with minimal of issues.

  • Mary Kasprzyk commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Lots of people have recommended third-party plug-ins. Keep in mind when one is using a managed computer or in a suite, we don’t always have the ability to install these.

  • Igor Burgstaller commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Due the fact project management is still broken, i'm here to remember that i created a dedicated extension (" Smart Collect for premiere pro" on aescripts.com )

    It collect the footage used in the selected sequence (or multiple sequences) copying them on disk with the same folder structure you created in premiere pro. It also create a copy of the project and relink automatically the footage to the just copied files. There is also an option that delete from project window all the unused footage (unused in the selected sequences), to clean the project.

    Smart Collect does not perform any trim or conversion, because i want an extension that works, without having issues with render/codec...it could be crash, stop, generate some errors that not depends from the extension.

    I wanted a working extension, that produce a good collect, at the expense of a few more gigabytes.

    Here there is a trial version, fully working for 10 days: https://aescripts.com/smart-collect-for-premiere-pro/

    Let me know what you think :)
    Thanks

  • Steven Probets commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Onto release 22 and still nothing has change on this useless project management. Any chance of an update? Might have to move to FCP. The only thing keeping me with Premiere is After Effects!

  • 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.

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