Archiving a Project to a File-based Archive

Archiving a project 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 the project 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 a project to a new archive:

1. In the MediaHub, enable Browse for Archives.
2. In the Local Devices list, navigate to the location where to store the archive.
3. Click New Archive.
4. In the New Archive Creation dialog, enter the required information and click Create.

   Flame Premium creates and opens the archive.

5. Set as required the options displayed in the Archive Options tab.
6. Click Archive Project.

   Flame Premium starts archiving the project. The actual duration of the archive process depends on the size of the project and on the options you enabled or disabled. To cancel the process, click anywhere on the screen; you cannot use Flame Premium while it archives your project.

7. Click Close Archive to finalize the archive. The project is now archived.

To add a project to an existing archive:

1. In the MediaHub, enable Browse for Archives.
2. Do one of the following:
   • In the Archives list, select the archive to which you want to add the project.
   • If you want to use an archive that is not displayed in the Archives list: open a volume displayed in the local devices and navigate to the archive. Select it.

   You can recognize an archive by its icon:.

3. Click Open Archive.

   The contents of the archive are displayed in the archive browser.

4. Set as required the options displayed in the Archive Options tab.
5. Click Archive Project. If the archive spans multiple segments, Flame Premium might prompt you to locate a specific one.

   Flame Premium starts archiving the project. The actual duration of the archive process depends on the size of the project and on the options you enabled or disabled. To cancel the process, click anywhere on the screen; you cannot use Flame Premium while it archives your project.

6. Click Close Archive to finalize the archive. The project is now archived.

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:

1. Open Timeline.

   If the archive is still opened, you need to close it before changing tab.

2. Set Media Panel's View Mode box to Full Width, or type Shift-~.
3. Set the Media Panel to the List View.
4. 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.

About Project Archives

You want to archive a project when you need to backup your project so that you can restore it in its entirety at a later time. A Project Archive stores all workspaces found in the project, and their contents:

• Project Setups (aka module setups)
• Desktop, including Batch and its snapshots, reels
• Libraries and their contents
• Shared Libraries

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.