User Guide

114 Chapter 6 Working with Final Cut Pro Projects
About Final Cut Pro Projects
When you upload a Final Cut Pro project to Final Cut Server, the Final Cut Pro project is
uploaded as an asset, and each media file that is linked to that Final Cut Pro project
asset is also uploaded as an independent media asset, called an element of that project.
Final Cut Server uses elements to track the linked media assets. Elements are listed in
the project asset’s Elements pane.
A Final Cut Pro project asset is always linked to one or more Final Cut Pro sequences, as
well as to the media that is used in the project. The element relationship allows
multiple Final Cut Pro project assets to reference the same media assets.
To view an element’s asset:
m Control-click the element, then choose Show Master Asset from the shortcut menu.
This opens the asset referenced by the element. Viewing an element’s asset can be
useful for tracking an element’s source asset.
Each element references
an independent asset.
Control-click an element
to open the media asset’s
info window.
Click Elements in a
Final Cut Pro project
asset info window.