User Guide

130 Chapter 7 Working with Final Cut Studio Projects
When you upload a folder containing the project file and media files, Final Cut Server
displays a dialog asking you if you want to upload the folder as a bundle asset or as
individual assets. This chapter explains how to check out and export Final Cut Studio
projects that have been uploaded using either of these options.
How you check out a Final Cut Studio project depends on how you uploaded it. If you
uploaded the project and its linked media files as a bundle asset, you can check out the
bundle asset in the same way that you would check out a media asset. If you uploaded
the project file and its linked media files as individual assets, you need to separately
check out the project asset and each of the media assets.
Checking Out, Editing, and Checking In Bundle Assets
When you check out a bundle asset, the project file and its linked media files are all
contained in the folder that appears at the checkout location. You can check out the
bundle asset to any location and have access to the project and media files whether or
not you are connected to Final Cut Server.
Remember that when you check out an asset, it is locked with a Checkout lock and the
asset’s primary representation cannot be modified; however, the asset’s metadata can
be modified by any user.
To check out a bundle asset, edit it, and check it back in:
1 Do one of the following:
 Select the Final Cut Studio asset that you want to check out in the Assets pane or in a
production, then click the Check Out button in the Toolbar.
 Control-click the media asset, then choose Check Out from the shortcut menu.
2 In the Check Out window that appears, choose a location to save the checked out
bundle asset by navigating to the desired location.
Navigate to the location
you want to save the
checked out bundle
asset.