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I have combed the FM, searched this forum, googled widely but can't see how to copy a bin and its contents to a new project.

I have sorted quite a few clips into bins in a single project but now the client wants to make new projects using the contents of each bin. In other words, each bin will become a new project - if that's clear. I could sort the clips into each project again from the source but having sorted them once I'm quite keen to save time if I can. Is there a way to do this?

Well, you can copy the clips from a timeline to another project if you have Dynamic Project Switching turned on, and both projects are at the same frame rate.

You can also do a Save As, give the new project the name of the next episode (or project or whatever), and now all the stuff in the bin is still there.

You could enable Power Bins (View > Show Power Bins), and drag-drop pre-sorted Master Bins down to the Power Bins.

All Power Bins are directly accessible within all Projects in the current Database.

Side note:
you need to drag-drop Master Bins down to the Power Bins individually, it is not currently possible to bulk drag-drop Master Bins.

Thanks for the replies Marc and Reynaud.

I'm currently on a shoot, until Monday, so as soon as I'm back I'll follow up on your advice.

Thanks again.

Hi Marc and Reynaud. Both your solutions worked without a hitch. On this one, the power bins was my easiest option. Other times it might be the "copy clips from timeline" and "save as". Great to have the choices. Thanks again guys.

But this has raised an interesting (humbling) point for me. I've been quick on a couple of occasions to criticise people and tell them to RTFM. In fact, both your solutions were in the FM, I just didn't recognise them as an answer to my problem, even though I read the FM and have been "Resolving" for a few years now. I should have done better. As long as people don't ask questions that are obviously easy to find, either in the manual or YT, etc, then maybe I'll have to keep my criticisms to myself. Whatever, thanks guys.

The expectation that bins could be copied whole between projects in one copy/paste operation is so reasonable that it really ought to be possible.

Here's hoping....

Reynaud Venter wrote:You could enable Power Bins (View > Show Power Bins), and drag-drop pre-sorted Master Bins down to the Power Bins.

All Power Bins are directly accessible within all Projects in the current Database.

Side note:
you need to drag-drop Master Bins down to the Power Bins individually, it is not currently possible to bulk drag-drop Master Bins.

Cool, this answers a question that I had and had not gotten around to figuring out yet.

I wanted to have my transitions and titles available for every project, and I knew I had seen a way to do it, but had forgotten where. It must have been in the manual.