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Transferring Material Between Projects

 
 
 

Elements you can transfer when browsing for Projects:

You can only transfer an item to the same type of location, so a Batch Snapshot to the Batch Snapshots section of the Media panel. One exception is Reels, which can be transferred to the Media Library; this makes it easier to transfer media from a Flame to a Smoke, since Smoke does not have Reels.

To transfer material between your project and one located on another workstation:

  1. Select MediaHub Browse for Projects.
  2. In the Autodesk Network list, double-click the workstation where the project is located.

    This displays the list of projects hosted by that workstation.

  3. Double-click the project to open it.

    This opens the project and displays its Workspaces.

  4. Navigate the project to find what you want to transfer.
  5. Drag-and-drop from the Projects browser to the Media panel. Or from the Media panel to the Projects browser: you can import or export between projects.

To transfer material between local projects:

  1. Select MediaHub Browse for Projects.
  2. In the Local Projects list, double-click the project to open it.

    This opens the project and displays its Workspaces.

  3. Navigate the project to find what you want to transfer.
  4. Drag-and-drop from the Projects browser to the Media panel. Or from the Media panel to the Projects browser: you can import or export between projects.
NoteProxies are only transferred when both projects have identical proxy settings, as defined in the Projects settings window.

Troubleshooting

Read Only (In use by...)

Appears in one of two cases:

  • When the workspace of the project you are browsing is opened and used by the user listed in the Read Only message.
  • When someone else is browsing that workspace with the button Exclusive Write Access enabled.

You can still copy items from a Read Only workspace. If you absolutely need to write to the workspace, you will need to locate the user and ask him to switch to another project.

Owned by...

The workspace you are trying to write to is owned by another Flame, Smoke, or Flare. Enable Administrator mode to write to the workspace.

Unmanaged media contained in selection. Cache media on Wire?

When transferring media from a remote project, you can get the following message: "Unmanaged media contained in selection. Cache media on Wire?"

This means that the clip you are importing from the remote project has no media cached. Answer Yes to cache the media during the transfer of the clip. Answer No to only keep a reference to the media.

In fact, answering Yes is identical to importing media with the Cache Source Media enabled, and answering No is identical to importing media without Cache Source Media.

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