How do you organise your video files?

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Hey everyone,

So when it comes to photo library management I have that absolutely nailed. Using Lightroom and a folder structure within the app works wonders.

I'm in the very early stages of working on video and my app of choice is Adobe Premiere Pro. What I can't work out though is how do people best organise their video raw files?

Any tips on keeping file names, renaming, archive & Structure etc? Also, do you use any other application or Premiere to browse the video files at all or do you just create projects?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
 
I just use Lightroom to import them, in the 2019-04-05 style folders same as photos.
 
4wd doesn't loading videos cripple your Lightroom performance more than it already is?
 
I also use Lightroom . It enables me to quickly rename the files with scene and take info. Additionall I can select what if any different poster frame I need .I can then choose which ones I import into my NLE. And it doesnt have any significant effect on Lightroom performance.
 
Johnny1982 said:
4wd doesn't loading videos cripple your Lightroom performance more than it already is?
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Haven't noticed anything, thumbnails load just like stills.
The only niggle is it would be nice if video and stills were separated without doing it manually, when there's more than handful.
 
I usuallly go Project Name>Footage>Date/Day>Camera#/letter

Under each camera folder is where I drop the video files for each particular camera. I then scrub through the clips once I've imported them into premiere to see which ones I like the best and start dropping the best shots in to the timeline from there.
 
I use Lightroom and the exact same organisation I have for photos.
Regarding performance I have noticed that it slows down with very large folders (more 400-500 video clip in a folder)
 
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