Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 430)

To choose new project properties each time you create a new project
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > User Preferences (or press Option-Q).
2 Select the “Prompt for settings on New Project” option.
Backing Up and Restoring Projects
Regularly backing up your project file is an important part of the editing process. If your
media files are lost, they can easily be recaptured, but losing a project file could mean
re-creating hundreds of edit decisions made over weeks or months.
You should back up your projects on a regular schedule, regardless of what phase of the
project you are in. You can back up hourly, daily, or even weekly, depending on the scope
and pace of your project. It’s also a good idea to back up at important project milestones,
such as a completed rough edit or just before sending your project out for the final sound
mix.
What Is Contained in a Project File
Project files contain the following items and information:
• Clips, including notes, comments, labels, log notes, and other descriptive clip properties
• Bins
• Sequences
• Effects and keyframe parameters applied to clips
Note: A project file does not contain media files, including any QuickTime, audio, or
graphics files.
Returning to Saved Projects
Two commands in the File menu can be used to open previously saved files—Revert
Project and Restore Project.
• Revert Project: This command lets you return to a previous version of a project that you
saved, not one that Final Cut Pro autosaved. For more information, see “Using the Revert
Project Command.”
• Restore Project: This command lets you choose from all of the available autosaved
versions of the currently selected project, based on the time and date they were created.
For more information about the autosave feature, see
“Backing Up and Restoring
Projects.”
Using the Revert Project Command
Sometimes you may make a series of changes to a project on a trial basis. What if you
don’t like those changes and want to start over with your project the way it was the last
time you saved it? You can use the Revert Project command to immediately return to
the previously saved version of a project.
430 Chapter 30 Working with Projects, Clips, and Sequences