1.5
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
You can configure your own search using the advanced search options. For example, you
can search for all assets that have a Status metadata field set to In Progress. After setting
up a search, you can save it as a Smart Search.
Set the Status field
to In Progress to search
for those assets.
Click this button
to save the current
search setting as a
Smart Search.
The assets area
highlights to indicate
that the search
configuration does not
match a Smart Search.
Adding and Changing Asset Metadata
As an asset moves through your organization’s workflow, you may want to add or change
the metadata associated with the asset. For example, when an asset has been edited and
is ready to be reviewed by a client, you can set the asset’s Status metadata field to “Ready
for Review.”
To add or change the metadata associated with an asset
1 Double-click the asset in the Assets pane or in a production.
2 In the asset info window, click Metadata.
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