User Guide

106 Chapter 5 Working with Media Assets
To check out a media asset, edit it, and check the edited media file back in to
Final Cut Server:
1 Locate the media asset that you want to check out.
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.
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.
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.
Click the Check Out
button.