User Guide

Chapter 5 Working with Media Assets 109
4 Control-click one of the selected assets, then choose Prepare for Disconnected Use
from the shortcut menu.
The files are copied to the Final Cut Server cache, and alias copies of the files are put in
the location you specified in the “Saved aliases for prepared media files” field in the
Preferences window.
To create a Final Cut Pro project using the files that have been prepared
for disconnected use:
1 Create a new project in Final Cut Pro.
2 Drag the alias files into the new project.
Important: Be sure to maintain the path of the media files in the Prepared for
Disconnected Use location. Do not move the aliases or change the filenames.
You can also add media files that are not being managed by Final Cut Server to the
new Final Cut Pro project. When you upload the new Final Cut Pro project to
Final Cut Server, these new files are uploaded as new media assets.
3 Edit the project.
4 When you have finished working on the project, save it.
The last piece of this process is to upload the new Final Cut Pro project to
Final Cut Server. When you upload the project, the media assets that you prepared for
disconnected use are updated, if necessary, in Final Cut Server, the new Final Cut Pro
project is uploaded as a new asset, and any new media files are uploaded to
Final Cut Server as new media assets.
Choose Prepare for
Disconnected Use.