User Guide

Chapter 5 Working with Media Assets 111
Exporting Media Assets
Exporting is useful for creating copies of media files for editing or for making a backup
copy. You can export copies of media assets even if the asset is locked or checked out
by another user.
Important: Once you export a media asset, the exported file is no longer managed by
Final Cut Server. If you want to create a managed copy of an asset that can be checked
in and tracked by Final Cut Server, check out the asset.
To export one or more media assets:
1 Select one or more assets, Control-click an asset, then choose Export from the
shortcut menu.
The Export or Multiple Export window appears.
2 In the window, choose a destination to save the media files to by clicking the Choose
button and identifying a location in the file browser.
3 If desired, choose a transcode setting.
4 If you are exporting a single file, you can also optionally change the filename.
5 Click the Start button.
The media file is exported to the location you specified in the Export window.