Before any editor start editing his film, there are always steps to be taken so that nothing becomes unorganized. There is nothing more frustrating for an editor than being unorganized and all of sudden having all of their media go offline because some files were not where they were suppose to be.

This article is mainly about my version of how I work before I start editing. Not everyone is the same and some will have other preferences.

So before I start editing I like to create a master folder. This master folder will be the title of the project and will hold everything I will or might use in the project. From video footage to b-roll to any music I might use. And in the master folder, I will have different categories and these categories will have sub categories of their own. For example,

Master Folder > Video > Interview > interview Video clip

I think you get the idea. I will do this for every type of media that I plan on using. And we'er finally ready to open up Final Cut pro, but we'er not ready to start editing yet. After Final Cut is open, you have to set the scratch disk. To set the scratch disk go to Final Cut pro in the top left hand corner and choose system set up. And there you can set your scratch disk. The scratch disk is the folder where you will save into. After you started editing, I'm sure you are going to want to save you project. Set the scratch disk to your master folder and it'll always be there.

Once you have that set up, you can move all you files into Final Cut pro from Your master and You're ready to start editing.

I hope this helps in any way. And remember this is just how I like to work. Every has their own way of doing things. Good Luck and Have fun editing.

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