Archiving clips to a file archive consists of opening an existing archive file, or creating a new archive file on storage such as an external hard drive, and archiving contents to it.
Note: About
Archive and Close. Previous versions of the application had an
Archive and Close button. It was required because the archive header only updated when you explicitly closed the archive. But now, in the MediaHub, the archive header is systematically updated as the contents are written to the archive. This means that you no longer need to explicitly close an archive: as soon as the application is done writing to an archive, the whole archiving process is complete. The Close Archive button is there for you to dismiss an archive easily, and then open another one.
To archive material to a new archive:
- In the MediaHub, enable Browse for Archive.
- In the Local Devices list, navigate to the location where to store the archive.
- Click New Archive.
- In the New Archive Creation dialog, enter the required information and click Create.
Flame Premium creates and opens the archive.
- Set as required the options displayed in the Archive Options tab.
- From the Media panel, drag and drop the clips and folders to archive to the Archive browser.
What you add to the archive appears as greyed out in the Browser, indicating that it is yet to be committed to the archive: ready to be archived, but not yet written to the archive. The Pending Archive folder can also be used as a summary of what is being archived.
Note: In the archive information panel, the Archive Size Pending field indicates the number of clips that will be archived, and the Archive Size Total field displays the size of the archive once those clips are archived.
- Click Archive to start writing the clips to the archive.
The time taken to archive depends on the size of the material being archived and on the options you enabled. You cannot use
Flame Premium while it archives. You can always Cancel the process at any time: click anywhere on the screen.
To add material to an existing archive:
- In the MediaHub, enable Browse for Archive.
- In the Archives list, double-click the archive to use for archiving.
- Drag and drop clips and folders to archive from the Media panel to the archive.
What you add to the archive appears greyed out in the archive, indicating that it is yet to be committed to the archive: ready to be archived, but not yet copied to the archive. The Pending Archive folder can also be used as a summary of what is being archived.
Note: In the archive information panel, the Archive Size Pending field indicates the number of clips that will be archived, and the Archive Size Total field displays the size of the archive once those clips are archived.
- Click Archive to start the archiving process. If the archive spans multiple segments,
Flame Premium might prompt you to locate a specific one.
The time taken to archive depends on the size of the material being archived and on the options you enabled. You cannot use
Flame Premium while it archives. Cancel the process at any time by clicking anywhere on the screen.
Errors When Archiving
In some cases,
Flame Premium warns that it cannot archive some of the elements you had selected for your archive. You can quickly identify what was archived, or what was not archived and why, using the Media Panel.
To see the archived status of clips:
- Open Timeline.
If the archive is still opened, you need to close it before changing tab.
- Set Media Panel's View Mode box to Full Width, or type
Shift-~.
- Set the Media Panel to the List View.
- Use the scroll bar tot display the Archived column.
If you cannot see the column, right-click a column header and select Archived from the list.
Important Compatibility Information
Archives created in Creative Finishing applications are read-only in Smoke Desktop Subscription. That is, you can restore an archive in Smoke Desktop Subscription, but you cannot add material to it.
You cannot restore a Smoke Desktop Subscription archive in Flame or the Flame Premium suite of applications.