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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
This chapter explains how to work with all types of assets in the Final Cut Server client.
It explains how to interpret the information that is contained in a project or media asset
info window. It also includes descriptions of all the actions available in Final Cut Server.
This chapter covers the following:
• Final Cut Server Client Actions (p. 77)
• Viewing an Asset (p. 79)
• Adding Versions for a Media or Project Asset (p. 80)
• Locking and Unlocking an Asset (p. 82)
• Writing Annotations on a Video Asset (p. 86)
• Duplicating an Asset (p. 88)
• Using the Edit-in-Place Feature (p. 89)
• Monitoring Jobs (p. 89)
• Setting Final Cut Server Client Preferences (p. 92)
Final Cut Server Client Actions
This section gives an overview of the actions you can perform from the Toolbar, shortcut
menus, and other locations in the Final Cut Server client.
This table describes the various actions you can perform in Final Cut Server:
DescriptionAction
Provides information and metadata for the selected asset or
production.
See About Assets or About Productions for more information.
Get Info
Provides a view of the asset in an appropriate media viewer; the
viewing application could be QuickTime Player, Preview, or another
media application.
See Viewing an Asset for more information.
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