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Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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Cowsgomooooooooo
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Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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Hello, looking to do some simple commissions for visuals for VR DJ performances. I noticed I can password protect, and export. But as far as my sources, such as images, videos, etc. How would they input them into the project, so I can make projects for others to load in and just run along side their playing?
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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I think you are looking for the Collect Assets option in the File menu?
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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I found that. Tried it. Didn't do anything, but one of my videos were 800mb so I wasn't sure if the process was going or not.

But moreso, if I did collect sources, does that somehow embed them into the project? Or would the person loading the password protected project still have input the sources somehow?

A lot of Virtual DJs have asked me to make some visuals, and would comission me. Thus selling more copies of Magic too. Aha! They're very interested in it.
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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No, it doesn't embed the assets, and other people would still have access to them.
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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Would that be a feature request then? Because I don't see how I could potentially export 'Locked' projects for people if they can' timport the assets into the project, unless I give them the password, which defeats the purpose.

Unless there is a solution I'm missing?
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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You can lock the Magic project, but the assets won't be locked. Honestly, I'm pretty sure that no one has ever asked about bundling/locking the assets before.
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

Post by Cowsgomooooooooo »

I don't care to lock the assets. The issue is I don't know how they INPUT the assets, unless I unlock the project for them to manually load the files in.
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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I think you’re misunderstanding. If you’re giving them the assets then they won’t have to change anything.
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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How would the project pull those assets in to the locked for editing project? Just have to be in same folder as project or?
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Re: Exporting Lock Projects with Sources?

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Wherever they were when you saved the project. Same folder is usually easiest, which is what Collect Assets does.
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