User Guide

118 Chapter 6 Working with Final Cut Pro Projects
Checking Out a Final Cut Pro Project
Checking out a Final Cut Pro project creates a managed copy of the project at the
location you specify. When you check out a Final Cut Pro project, the project asset’s
primary representation is locked and cannot be modified by other users. Additionally,
every media asset that is used in the project is locked with a Reference lock and cannot
be modified by other users.
If the Edit Proxy feature has been turned on by your Final Cut Server administrator, you
will have the option to check out the original media or the Edit Proxy that was created.
Using Original Media provides the video asset’s primary representation; using Edit
Proxy provides the video asset’s Edit Proxy file.
Important: The Edit Proxy feature must be turned on by your Final Cut Server
administrator. If this feature has not been turned on, you will only be able to check out
the original media.
You also have the option to create copies of the project’s linked media at checkout.
Because all linked media is copied to your computer’s Final Cut Server cache at
checkout, the only time you need to include linked media is when you are checking a
project out to an external drive. For more information, see “Working on Final Cut Pro
Projects While Away from the Final Cut Server Network” on page 124.