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Table Of Contents
- Final Cut Server User Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Final Cut Server
- An Introduction to the Final Cut Server Client
- The Final Cut Server Interface
- The Final Cut Server Main Window
- Views for Assets and Productions Panes
- Search Options and Saved Searches
- Asset Info Window
- Final Cut Pro Project Asset Info Window
- Final Cut Studio Project Asset Info Window
- Production Info Window
- Annotations Window
- Downloads & Uploads Window
- Search All Jobs Window
- Search Devices Window
- Preferences Window
- Using Shortcut Menus in Final Cut Server
- Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Final Cut Server
- Uploading Files to Final Cut Server
- About Creating Final Cut Server Assets
- Types of Files That Can Be Uploaded to Final Cut Server
- About Metadata and Metadata Sets
- Strategies for Uploading Media and Project Files
- Uploading Media Files
- Uploading Image Sequences
- Uploading Final Cut Pro Projects
- Uploading Final Cut Studio Projects
- About the Asset Info Window
- Organizing and Searching the Final Cut Server Catalog
- Working in Final Cut Server
- Working with Media Assets
- Working with Final Cut Pro Projects
- About Final Cut Pro Projects
- Using Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Server Together
- Resolving Offline Media Issues
- Moving Projects Between Final Cut Server and Final Cut Pro
- Checking Out a Final Cut Pro Project
- Editing a Checked-Out Project in Final Cut Pro
- Checking In a Final Cut Pro Project
- Making Versions of Final Cut Pro Project Assets
- Working on Projects While Away from the Final Cut Server Network
- Exporting a Final Cut Pro Project
- Working with Final Cut Studio Projects
- About Editing Final Cut Studio Project Assets
- Checking Bundle Assets In and Out
- Checking Projects and Media Files In and Out
- Exporting a Project Asset and Its Media
- Using Status Metadata in the Final Cut Server Workflow
- Exporting, Archiving, and Deleting Completed Assets and Projects
- Appendix
- Glossary
After checking out all of the media assets, you can open the project file, reconnect the
media files, and begin editing.
If you will not be editing the media files, you can export the files. Because you can export
multiple files, this is the faster choice. See Exporting a Project Asset and Its Media for
instructions on exporting media files.
Editing a Project File in Its Original Application
After checking out the project asset and checking out or exporting the project’s media
assets, you can open the project file in its original application.
To open a project file in its original application
Do one of the following:
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Drag the project from the location to which you checked it out to the appropriate
application icon in your Dock.
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Open the original application, choose File > Open, then navigate to the project file.
When the project is open in its original application, you can edit it. Be sure to save your
edits often.
You may need to relink your project file to its media files. If you get a media offline or
relink message, you know that the project needs to be relinked. For more information
about relinking project files, see the documentation that came with the application.
Reconnecting a Motion Project to Its Media Files
When you first open a project file with media that is unavailable, a dialog appears listing
all the media files that can’t be found. You can display a dialog to navigate directly to the
files without having to search.
To reconnect Motion media files
1 In the dialog listing all of the media files that cannot be found, click Reconnect.
2 In the dialog that appears, navigate to each file’s location, then click Open.
The media is reconnected.
For more information about reconnecting Motion projects, see the documentation that
came with the application.
Reconnecting a Soundtrack Pro Project to Its Media Files
When you open a Soundtrack Pro multitrack project, the application checks to see if the
media files the project uses exist in the same location they were in when the project was
last opened. If the media files are not in the expected location, Soundtrack Pro displays
a Can’t Find File dialog with three choices:
• Skip All: Opens the project without reconnecting any missing files.
• Skip File: Opens the project without reconnecting the missing file.
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