Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:24 am
i make DRP's every few hours
i write them to a mirrored disk set
i backup the data disk offsite every night
i never clear out old DRP's
i have DS and Flame archives, Avid attic's, Resolve DRP's, FilmMaster projects, even Cyborg2k projects going back two decades
rarely do i need to access these, but it's been asked for... recently i was asked to look at a project i graded for filmout in 2003 useing Cyborg2k, the DP prefered a new DCP be created from the files, not scanning in the flimprint, he was never happy with the print, loved the graded master
i actualy had both the project and the DPX of the reels both clean and graded on a pile of 80gig IDE drives on a shelf in the back of a fire proof cabnet.. hardest part was getting an IDE houseing to attach the drives and wiating for the dog slow transfer to my array
i still have a Cyborg2k system on an IBM with dual 993 mhz proc's and 6gig sys ram in storage, i pulled it, and it fired up and ran, but i didn't use it
did the tweaks in DS, ran out a DCP for him, it was used for lifetime retrospective of his work, and it was great to see the show presented the way we always knew it should be... finaly.... after 14 years....
ps, i'm not sad to see film prints and attendant variables recedeing in the rear view mirror