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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
Uploading a Project and Its Media Files as Individual Assets
If you upload a Motion, Soundtrack Pro, or DVD Studio Pro project and its media files as
individual assets, an asset for each of the files in the folder is created. The project file
uploads in a manner similar to the Final Cut Pro project file; the big difference is that
unlike a Final Cut Pro project asset, the project’s media files are not referenced to the
project file.
To keep the project and its media together, you can add unique metadata to the assets,
perhaps adding the project name or other useful labels. To conveniently store your project
and media assets together, you can upload the files to a new or existing production.
The illustration below shows a Final Cut Studio project and its media being uploaded as
individual assets within a Final Cut Server production.
Upload Final Cut Studio project to Final Cut Server
Note: Each item in the production
is an individual asset.
Final Cut Server production
Folder
Project
.mov
.jpeg
.aif
Clip Proxy
BikeBlur.motn
Road_3232.mov
Music_3225.aif
Rider_322.jpg
Quill_5344.jpg
Motorbikes.aif
Important: It is recommended that you upload a Final Cut Studio project file and its media
files into a common production. It is also recommended that you add unique metadata
to the project asset and each of its media assets. This metadata should be used only on
the project asset, media assets, and the production. Adding unique metadata and creating
a production gives you two ways to connect the project asset and its media assets.
To upload a Final Cut Studio or other project file and its media files as individual assets
1 In the Final Cut Studio application, save the project and choose to collect the media. In
Motion and Soundtrack Pro, you can do this by choosing File > Save As and choosing to
collect the media in the Save As dialog. In DVD Studio Pro, you need to manually place
the project and media files in a folder.
For specific information about using Motion, Soundtrack Pro, or DVD Studio Pro, see the
application’s user manual.
45Chapter 3 Uploading Files to Final Cut Server