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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
Final Cut Server is extremely flexible and configurable. It is also designed to become fully
functional quickly, allowing you to expand its capabilities as your needs grow.
This preface covers the following:
• About Final Cut Server (p. 7)
• About the Final Cut Server Documentation (p. 7)
• Additional Resources (p. 8)
About Final Cut Server
Final Cut Server is powerful media asset management and workflow automation software.
Final Cut Server makes it easy to manage large collections of media files. Its capabilities
also extend to tracking job status, orchestrating reviews and approvals, and automating
complex sequences of tasks—all in a single product designed to work with Final Cut Pro.
About the Final Cut Server Documentation
Final Cut Server comes with various documentation that will help you get started as well
as provide detailed information about the application.
• Final Cut Server Setup Guide: The printed installation document provided in the
Final Cut Server box describes how to install and configure Final Cut Server.
• Final Cut Server User Manual: This user manual describes how to use the Final Cut Server
client for the day-to-day use of the system, such as browsing assets, managing jobs,
and managing productions.
• Final Cut Server Administrator Guide: The administrator guide describes how to administer
most components of the Final Cut Server system. It does not describe day-to-day use
of the system, such as browsing assets and managing jobs, productions, and orders,
which are described in the Final Cut Server User Manual.
Important: An understanding of the material in the Final Cut Server User Manual is
assumed in the Final Cut Server Administrator Guide.
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Welcome to Final Cut Server
Preface