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3 If necessary, choose a new destination device from the Destination pop-up menu. This
specifies the device on which the file will be stored. If you have questions about which
device to choose, contact your Final Cut Server administrator.
Note: Media and Library are the primary Final Cut Server devices. Talk with your
Final Cut Server administrator about which other configured devices are appropriate for
media file storage.
4 If you want to group the media asset or assets in a production, click Choose at the right
of the Associate with Production field and specify a production. (If you dragged the file
into a production in step 1, this field will automatically display the path to that production.)
See Organizing Assets in Final Cut Server for more information.
5 If you want to convert the original media file or files to a different codec, click the Choose
button and then select a new transcode setting in the window that appears.
6 Click Begin Upload to create assets from the media file or files.
The upload begins. The upload progress is displayed above the Information pane in the
bottom-left corner of the Final Cut Server main window.
7 To monitor the progress of the file upload, click the Downloads and Uploads button to
display the Downloads & Uploads window.
8 After the file is uploaded, click “Assets created by me” listed under the My Smart Searches
heading to view the new asset or assets that you just uploaded.
For information about how to get information about the asset that was just created, see
About the Asset Info Window.
Uploading Image Sequences
An image sequence is a movie exported as a series of numbered image files, stored in a
folder. When you upload a folder of image files, Final Cut Server presents a dialog asking
if you want to create an image sequence asset. If you choose to create an image sequence
asset, the folder of individual numbered image files is uploaded and stored as the primary
representation. A Clip Proxy QuickTime video is created using the image files; this video
is used to view the image sequence in Final Cut Server. Two proxy graphics files, a Poster
frame and a Thumbnail, are also created; these are used to represent the asset’s media.
When you export the asset, the folder of numbered image files is exported to the location
you provide in the export dialog.
To upload a folder containing an image sequence
1 Do one of the following:
• Drag the folder to the column on the left of the Final Cut Server main window, to the
Assets pane, or to a production in the Productions pane.
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