User Guide

Chapter 6 Working with Final Cut Pro Projects 117
Moving Final Cut Pro Projects Between Final Cut Server
and Final Cut Pro
After uploading a Final Cut Pro project, it’s easy to revise and update the original
project. Simply check out the project, modify it in Final Cut Pro, save it, and then check
the project back in. At checkin, the Final Cut Server project asset is updated in
Final Cut Server.
Important: Your Final Cut Server administrator can create a copy of the asset for
editing directly on an Xsan server, thus eliminating the need to download, cache, or
check out the asset; instead, you can drag your asset directly from the Assets pane to
an application for editing. To do this, edit-in-place must be set up by your
Final Cut Server administrator. Ask your Final Cut Server administrator if edit-in-place is
configured on your Final Cut Server system.
You can save versions of previous project assets by turning on version control. After
turning on version control, you can save a copy every time a new version of an asset is
checked in. For more information about version control, see “Adding Versions for a
Media or Project Asset” on page 85.
Remember that checking out the Final Cut Pro project is the only way to maintain the
project asset. If you export a copy of the Final Cut Pro asset, or if you simply drag the
asset out onto your desktop, you are creating an unmanaged copy of the Final Cut Pro
project that is not tracked by Final Cut Server. If you make changes to an unmanaged
Final Cut Pro project, you will have to upload it to Final Cut Server as a new asset.