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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
2 Do one of the following:
• Select the asset, then click the Check Out button in the Toolbar.
• Control-click the media asset, then choose Check Out from the shortcut menu or click
the Check Out button.
Click the Check Out
button.
3 In the Check Out window that appears, choose a location to save the checked-out media
file.
4 Click the Check Out button.
5 To open the file in its original application, do one of the following:
• Drag the file from Final Cut Server to the application icon in your Dock.
• Drag the file from the checkout location to the original application icon in your Dock.
• Open the file in its original application by choosing File > Open.
6 Edit the file.
Tip: While you’re editing the media asset, you can update it in Final Cut Server. After
saving the asset in its original application, locate the asset in Final Cut Server, Control-click
the asset, then Choose Update Asset from the shortcut menu. If version control is turned
on for the asset, you can optionally enter a comment in the Check In window that appears.
7 Save the new file to the checkout location.
Important: Saving to any location other than the original checkout location will prevent
Final Cut Server from managing the file.
8 In Final Cut Server, check the file back in by doing one of the following:
• Select the checked-out asset, then click the Check In button in the Toolbar.
• Control-click the asset, then choose Check In from the shortcut menu.
If version control is not turned on for the asset, the asset is checked in.
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