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Copying Clips from Other Projects

You can copy clips to your project from other projects on the same system or from projects on other systems. When you copy clips from projects on other systems you use Wire.

As you copy clips from other projects on other systems, you can:

- Copy proxies from the source project into the destination project.

  Proxies can be copied if both the source and the destination projects have the same proxy settings. This relieves the destination system of having to generate proxies. In most cases, transferring proxies using Wire is significantly faster than generating them.

- Resize the clips on the source or destination system.
- Perform all tasks in the background so that you can continue to work in your application while the clips are copied.

  Background Wire transfers are managed by Backburner. Before you can transfer clips in the background, edit the manager.hostfile located in /usr/discreet/backburner/cfg. You must also edit the Backburner hostname, priority, and group keywords in the init.cfg file. Refer to the Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing Configuration File Reference Guide for details on editing the init.cfg file.

To copy clips from projects on the same system:

1. Open the clip library in Dual Library View.
2. In one view, navigate to the project that contains the clips you want to copy.
3. In the other view, open the clip library where you want to copy the clips to.
4. Drag and drop the clips you want to copy into the destination project.

   The clips are copied to the destination system.

To copy clips from projects on other systems:

1. Open the clip library in Dual Library View.
2. In one view, navigate to the remote framestore and display the clips that you want to copy.
3. In the other view, open the clip library where you want to copy the clips to.
4. Decide if you want to perform the resize on the destination or source system.
   - To perform the resize on the source system, open the Resize menu and disable the Resize button.
   - To perform the resize on the destination system, open the Resize menu and enable Resize.
5. Optional: Set the Wire options. See Wire Options.
6. Drag and drop the clips you want to copy into the destination project.

   The clips are copied to the destination system.

   If you chose to copy your clips as a background task, you can monitor the progress of your transfer. Press F11. The Background I/O window appears. You can also use Backburner Web or Windows monitor to track the progress.