 Before we dive into file organization. I have to I keep forgetting to talk to you about the polls for the 100 mile race I'm doing in a month three weeks. Basically. I can't use them. It's against the rules. That's right I'm glad I read the rulebook. Holy smokes. Actually somebody on Facebook commented and said you might want to just double-check to see if You're allowed to use trekking poles in run rabbit run 100. You are not allowed. I don't know why it's interesting Bottom line. I'm glad I found out a week ago and not the day before the race or at the starting line Holy smoke. So yeah, it makes my whole task of running a hundred miles a little more difficult, but you keep smiling and And you keep fighting. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say I don't know, but I still love the poles I still love these poles and I'm gonna use them a ton over the next 30 years 40 years, you know Test 123 test 123 test 123 test test test Doing something a little different recording on the patio not in the shed The only reason I can record right here is because our neighbors got a new air conditioning unit and it's quiet. It's quiet The vlog is about to turn very technical. If you're not into technical, it's okay. You can click away I understand but what I'm about to talk about is file Organization for a daily vlog specifically, but even just a vlog in general. How do I organize my video files? It's very important. It's critical for the daily vlog is success point number one point number one for daily vlog file Organization the basic premise is that you never ever delete raw files Never delete raw files meaning you you hit record on a camera you stop that is a raw file that is not edited You always want the raw files for five years down the road ten years down the road 15 years down the road 50 years down there. Okay, never delete raw files Also, never delete projects whether whether you're using Adobe iMovie final cut pro You never want to delete a project, which is what a daily blog is comprised of a product So my workflow is this I film onto a memory card. I take the memory card out of the camera I put the memory card into my computer on the side and then I import those raw files Into final cut pro that's what I use for now for now And then once I import into final cut pro I can edit those files into the magic of the daily vlog Capiche so I store the raw files on my computer's Internal hard drive on the computer first as I'm as I'm editing and then after about three weeks My one terabyte internal hard drive on my MacBook Pro fills up And then I have to make space and I have to move those files somewhere So where do I move them to an external hard drive this external hard drive? I believe it's two terabytes. This is SJD one meaning this is the first external hard drive I filled filled up in 2016 after I started the daily vlog So I've never ever deleted a raw file. Here's one Here's two and guess what we're on now. We are on External hard drive six six people and I it's a four terabyte. It's inside is crazy So this is how I label my projects and my files specifically the vlogs once I import them into the computer All right, you ready for this? Right now because we're on external hard drive six. I label it SJD six underscore vlog eight hundred and seventy seven underscore the title or the theme of the vlog underscore the specific date so august 23rd 2018 Does that make sense? So if you noticed at the beginning and the end of every vlog I label I label the vlog with a specific number and the date And that way I can I can know when I go back and watch a vlog and I don't know five years 10 years down the road I'll know okay that number 813 vlog 813 is going to be stored on SJD Six, I guess no it would be SJD five Does that make sense? But what I need to do next is I need to label on the side of the external hard drives the dates The specific dates that are stored on here. So once my macbook pro fills up I drop the library from final cut pro I drop the library onto this external hard drive It takes you know, maybe two or three hours to move like 500 gigabytes of data onto this guy And I need to do a better job personally of labeling on the side of the external hard drives. Okay from may 2017 to july 2017 is on this external hard drive. Let's say it's just let's say it's SJD four at that point So I'm working on my system as well. That is my labeling system That way I know where everything is at on the given hard drive What I also want to do and this is a long-term goal when I have a little more money little more money is I want a master External hard drive. Let's say it's 50 terabytes. Maybe a hundred terabytes We're talking a big one And I want to copy all of the files from these guys and I've got six of them now onto the master And then like I've already told you guys before my uncle john in colorado springs He takes all of his external hard drives and he stores them at a bank in a in a in a fire protected vault Isn't that amazing? So in case in case something tragic were to happen to your house You don't lose all of your files. So all of his home videos all of his photos are safe Forever on an external hard drive at a bank. It's just it's brilliant. It's brilliant. So that's a long-term goal Just put that away. I hope that helps question of the day How do you organize your raw video files? If you're a youtuber, especially maybe you're a photo editor What's your system? How do you go about it? What's your methodology? Share down below in the comments. I would appreciate it Okay That's all she wrote speaking of uh files time to pull the memory card out Wish I could film that for you, but that wouldn't make any sense because the memory card's in the camera right now recording me Love you guys. I hope the tips helped and Listen, you got to find what works best for you what I just showed you works for me But figure out what works for you, you know tweak it a little bit Love you guys. See beauty work card. Love each other