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- Okay, my project's finished and I need the drive space.`

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Time to wipe those ones and zeros off my laptop.

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Right?

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No! Guaranteed, the moment

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I delete a project, I'll need to revisit it to

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make an update, fix an error, or just lop out a chunk

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for another project, something like that.

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So I always do future Corbyn of favor

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and archive my entire project.

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Not just the final video

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or the project file.

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Everything!

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Before I do that, I'm going to take one final time

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and hassle saving step by importing the future proof video.

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I created earlier into this project for safekeeping.

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I'm just going to drag and drop it to the media bin.

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Just like any other clip.

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Next, I'm going to zip up the entire thing.

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I'm going to go up here to file.

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Export.

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I'm going to choose a zipped project.

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And I'm going to browse here to my working folder.

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And I'm going to name this something so I know what it is.

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Camtasia Advanced, and I'm going to call it, Archive.

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Is whatever works for you.

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And click save.

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Camtasia pulls, all the media from the media bin

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combines it with my project file

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and stuffs it all into a single folder.

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That's the zip folder you see here.

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Now, what do I do with this magical folder?

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Put it in two separate places, baby.

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If it doesn't exist in two places in the blink of an eye

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it can cease to exist all together.

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Optimally, I like to park one copy

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in the cloud and one on an external hard drive.

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But some of my projects are pretty heavy megabyte wise.

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So I usually drag a copy to two external hard drives.

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I keep one in my office and one in a fireproof box in

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at top secret location.

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Drive space is cheap and time is finite.

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Do yourself a huge favor and pick

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up a couple external hard drives for archiving.

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Then take a few minutes at the end

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of each project to archive everything for safekeeping.