Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 95)

Saving and Opening Archives
An archive is a compressed duplicate of the project that’s stored within the project bundle
itself. For efficiency, the archive file lacks the thumbnail and Still Store image files that
the full version of the project contains. Archives only save the state of the internal project
file, Timeline, shot settings, grades, corrections, keyframes, and Pan & Scan settings, which
are easily compressed and occupy little space.
Whenever you manually save your project, an archive is automatically created that is
named using the date and time at which it was saved. If you want to save an archive of
your project at a particular state with a more easily identifiable name, you can use the
Save Archive As command.
To save an archive of the project with a specific name
1 Choose File > Save Archive As (or press Command-Option-S).
2 Type a name into the Archive Name field, then click Archive.
There is no limit to the number of archives you can save, so the archives list can grow
quite long. Archives are compressed using both .tar and .gzip (a “tarball”) so they take
up little room. All archive files for a particular project are saved in the Archives subdirectory
inside that project bundle.
Later, if anything should happen to your project file’s settings, or if you want to return
the project to a previously archived state, you can load one of the archive files.
To open an archive
1 Choose File > Load Archive (or press Command-Option-O).
2 Select an archive to open from the Load Archive window, then click Load Archive.
Opening an archive overwrites the current state of the project with that of the archive.
Moving Projects from Final Cut Pro to Color
One of the easiest ways of importing a project is to send a Final Cut Pro sequence to Color
using one of two XML-based workflows. This section discusses how to prepare your
projects in Final Cut Pro and how to send them using XML. For more information, see:
• Before You Export Your Final Cut Pro Project
• Using the Send To Color Command in Final Cut Pro
• Importing an XML File into Color
• Video Finishing Workflows Using Final Cut Pro
95 Chapter 4 Importing and Managing Projects and Media