A tip for RU-vidrs, make a template of file structure where it's just the skeleton, no data and every time you start a new video, copy the template. That way you don't have to set up file structure over and over again.
WHAT THE FUCK??? You have only a few hundred of subscribers? I was thinking that you were a huuuuge youtuber (although you really are, but... you guys got it). I can't belive... THAK'S SOOO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS! A BIG HUGE FROM BRASIL! P.s.: If you create a member area or something like that, i will be pleasure to contribute with that work so well produced!
The quality of this video is on par with someone with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. I assume this gentleman must be very busy, because he would be killin it on this platform if he released more videos. Very good, and thanks for sharing your system. Seems clear you know what you're doing.
We just came back from a 4-month trip and shot 5-TB of video files and have been searching for the best way to organize all of our assets, this is exactly what we needed. THANK YOU.
Now that I have posted several comments hopefully others don't feel that I'm being a hog in the comments section but my attention span is crap and I truly appreciate the quality of content the quality alone had me come back several times to finish the video since I struggle to watch things like this all at once because of the length of the content. Thank you so very much Alexander for doing such a stellar job at putting this together and even though 19 + minutes seems long it really isn't for everything that you covered so quickly to be assisted to anyone doing hours-long projects, and I very much appreciate that you use your life experience and advice making suggestions which is a added bonus so I hope someone sees this and it continues to encourage them to watch the video or to keep watching your content because the quality alone is totally worth it. Thank you so much for bringing your expertise life experience creativity and intelligence to the world through your RU-vid content. Cheers! From your latest subscriber💖
Thanks, Alexander. Loved this tutorial. Clear, simple, and to the point. I've been losing my mind will all my assets. I'm going to organize my four RU-vid video assets before continuing forward. If you are looking for another video idea topic, I could use guidance on how to organize videos on our phones (iPhone). We all have many takes of video clips and photos for social media, and I don't know what to do with footage I don't use and footage I do use. It's taking up space in my phone. Transferring video data is also challenging when your phone is taken up by so much data.
My god, I have been editing for years like a scrublord apparently. After watching this video I went back through and consolidated all of my videos, assets, and completely changed how I perform my editing. Editing is just a hobby, but looking at the pile of wires (forgive the analogy) I was using was giving me stress. Which is not something you want out of a hobby lol. Thank you for making this video!
Okay indeed, Alexander, the way your video opened is the most effective advertising ever and is going to keep me likely tuning in out of sheer curiosity to see what type of information you've included. Making this funny has already helped me feel less alone, and less like I'm losing my freaking mind when I'm looking for files and trying to organize them! - Quite likely with your tips which I am highly looking forward to using after you teach me. Thanks for intelligent and effective marketing that has made me laugh and feel more sane all the same time! Thanks Alexander!😄
I've spent waaaay too much time trying to find specific advice on recurring assets, THANK YOU for including that part in the video. The funny thing is that your suggestion is what I've been doing, which reminded me to not over-complicate things and that if it ain't broke don't fix it. Thanks again, very solid explanation!
Yes keep it simple is great, especially for solo creators. But piggybacking off this comment, I think there's a helpful distinction to make between the type of recurring assets you would include in basically EVERY project (which you would include in the template folder like video suggestion), and the type of not-so-often-but-still-recurring asset you include FREQUENTLY e.g. an editing resources folder, which becomes more like a library over time and might be too big to duplicate for every single project. This second scenario would be more common for small teams with a shared library of assets, or someone who uses a LOT of space-expensive extra assets repeatedly e.g. large b-roll clips or visual effects. However, as storage gets cheaper, this scenario will probably become rarer for smaller creators, as the simplicity of reducing/collecting all files for a project to archive outweighs any space saving benefits.
I wached that video , its pretty awesome!!! keep the greate job, you gonna get big in youtube!!!!!! this is the first time im gonna hit the notification bell!!
Ok, 39 seconds in, and I just have to hit pause because I'm laughing my rear end off and it's so true. Hope the rest of this video is as good as the open!
I have a lot of footages from years ago because I love to take videos. What stops me from editing these videos are it's such an absolute horror for me to find out and start categorising everything into one big folder. Might as well find a day to organise my videos :D Thanks Alex!
Thank you so much for your insight! When I started editing films, a friend suggested the following structure for each project that I use to this day: VIDEO PROJECT NAME: __ INPUT (with videos, music files, logos, ... sometimes separated by individual subfolders, depending on the amount of files) __ PREMIERE FILE (=edit data) __ OUTPUT (final video(s), thumbnails) But because of your video, I think I might make some adjustments :) // I was wondering how you would go about structuring footage that you are likely to use for several different video editing projects in the future. So, let's say I shoot footage over a span of a year or more (several events, e.g.) and I don't plan on making just one final video out of it. But instead I will edit some of the footage this month. And then I will reuse some of the footage as well as other footage for another video in two months, and then reuse some of it again for another video project next year, ... You get the idea. Would you put the footage in a separate folder (using suitable subfolders) OUTSIDE of any project folders and keep it there and then just refer to this separate footage folder once you start editing a new video? Or would you copy and paste the footage for every new editing? Thanks in advance!
Hay thanks for this was useful as I begin setting up a new machine. However - maybe you can help dive a little deeper, you covered the 'General Assets' however in the style of video I am editing (outdoor adventures) I have alot of B-Roll type stuff that can be used periodically in just about any final project. So my question lies in how to organize this style of footage so it is more easily retrievable. Let me give an example - ' hay that shot of me paddling that canoe in whitecaps' would look good here.' now, what project had that in it again? Thanks in advance.
Why you've stopped making videos regularly? loved the way you explained entire process so smoothly keeping us fully engaged. It was entertaining too specially the end. Please start again, want to see more videos from you! 😇
That's one of the best videos on managing video assets on RU-vid! Love it! So clearly explained and very helpful. Totally answered my problems. Please keep up the amazing work. Thanks!
Great video !! Please share more tips and comments on how you organize your stuff ! I love the advanced tips and the little text specifications on whether different file formats can be deleted/rejigged/etc.
Oh my goodness, this is exactly what I need help with. I've been recording videos on my phone(s) and have such a hard time keeping them all accessable when needed.
Omg thank you so much you are a life saver! Sat down to finally start editing today and realized my files are everywhere. Was getting stressed organizing it and this has helped a lot.
OMG, Alexander!! Thank you for this video!! I think this is the BEST video on organizing assets I've ever seen! Super concise, entertaining and what a great editor you are. If you ever have time, please make more. Much thanks!! 😘😘😘
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been searching for this answer for 5+ Years. I was constantly using multiple hard drives with assets all over the place and over organizing each section made it so frustrating every time I would need to find something.
This is great and such an overlooked skill set. I do the same thing with even fewer folders. I label mine as such date client project. (V). (P) (A). Within those folders I have duplicated the names and inserted an E, and an R, into the parenthese this allows me to distinguish between a RAW and edited. Usually my a folder just stands for audio and assets, as I don’t usually fill up too many things in those. Lastly, I create a folder in parentheses (PJT. ) that’s where any of my project files live all within one folder ecosystem. I do a lot of multimedia stuff, so I always have about photography and video music audio and sound.
Editing is always so dreadful for me because of this bottleneck that it has become due to poor file organization. Thanks for sharing your system! I want to experiment with having a library of footage that I have gone through and renamed with accurate descriptive keywords so that when I'm looking for a type of shot I can just search for it in the file explorer.
Alexander Behne - How to you organize screenshots and saved video clips? >>> Example: You save someones tiktok video because you want it for a visual reminder for future content you want to make. Or maybe you saved a screenshot of a website layout or an intstagram picture because you want to copy it a little for your next project. How do you organize big data files like that?
Good video Alexander! I've learned at school another folder structure, which is quite similar to yours. Mine is like: the first folder is the name of the project. In that folder are 6 other folders, named: Audio, Def. Exports, Footage, Music, Premiere(folder where your project file goes in) and Scratch. That's all. I saw people doing the exports in one big folder and adding a date like "projectname_8032022" because the video was released at march 8th 2022 for example.
My issue is I don't make many videos recorded irl. It's a lot of trailers, game clips, or just meme. Memes are a nightmare because I don't want to lose the clips I got to make those. Sounds, youtube videos, etc, but good lord whe. You just want to make a quick meme it's rough. I figure I'll probably make an archive folder of goofy videos I need to get an absolute master hdd for archive. I have a lot of hard drives, especially for tv shows and whatnot on plex. But I need one good hard drive to move stuff to once I'm done editing on ssd. I also need to get a dedicated internal ssd for editing. This is made harder by how many games want an ssd
A common dilemma that editors deal with is whether or not to copy the entire file structure that the camera records on the SD card onto the system/external drive, since copying ONLY the .mp4 (without the rest: PRIVATE, AVCHD, etc.) sometimes leads to problems with audio sync, etc. Any thoughts? If you want to preserve that root structure of technical folders, it is impossible to parse-out different kinds of content to multiple destination folders/drives. It leads to a workflow where you shoot only one kind of content (an event, for ex.) on an SD card, which requires a level of discipline which many of us don't possess!
Hey Alexander. Thank you for your video. I have a question regarding the Motion Graphics Template Media in my project folder. Within this folder, I noticed several subfolders with the extension .aegraphic. However, I have realized that not all of these mogrts are actually being used in the project. Could you please advise on how to delete these unnecessary files?
Alexander, How would you set this up if you have 4 editors sharing a NAS and they all have their own Davinci Resolve projects ? On the NAS, I am trying to sort by Year/Date/Editor/Project ... so each editor would have their own folder but I still want all projects having a standard folder structure.
Wondering how the "edit data" folder would work if using Resolve for projects. Resolve has a project database, not traditional project files like Premiere. Good tutorial, thanks for sharing your process!
Hey! man! Thank you for the great video! One question... how would approach the folder structures if you work with Da Vinci Resolve (Or capcut) that doesn't let you save each project file on a different location? (They work with their own folder where it holds the project files, proxies, etc)
OMG! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am a stills guy just starting to make videos and this is super helpful. I have a newbie question: would it be a good idea to create a project folder right on my iMac while I am editing the video and then move it to an external hard drive to archive when I am done? Just to speed up things on the computer? BTW, everyone knows that you shouldn't wear polka dot socks during Mercury retrograde. Duh! (LOL!)
