'sup, good Reid
Generally, it's not best to import it all. Mini-DV footage takes up a lot of space on your computer... roughly 13 gigs per hour. If you have a few takes of each scene... well, it can fill up a harddrive pretty fast.
Having said
that... I am lazy and import it all.
But then again, I only make short shorts... the 10 minute or less type. The whole shebang is usually 40 to 50 minutes of raw footage. Clearly the people that are doing larger projects need to be more selective with their imports... viewing the footage several times before deciding on the wanted takes, and importing pretty much only what is needed.
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Also is it worth logging all my footage?
Do you mean through a Batch Capture?
Yes, that's a good idea.
You can generate and save a small permanent file, that keeps track of what you have imported. Once the project is complete, you can delete the actual video imports and save the remains of your project to a CD/DVD.
If at some later point you decide that you want to edit the thing again (or make a change, or what have you), you can reload the project and restart the Batch Capture. Get a prompt to insert the original tape, insert it, then automagically re-import every piece of footage you used earlier.
Project has been reconstituted.
Very handy.