User Guide

132 Chapter 7 Working with Final Cut Studio Projects
Checking Out, Editing, and Checking In Final Cut Studio
Projects and Their Media Files
If you uploaded a project and its linked media files as individual assets, you need to
individually check out the project asset and each of the media assets. If the
Final Cut Studio project asset and its linked media assets were put in a Final Cut Server
production and given unique metadata at upload, finding and downloading the
Final Cut Studio project and its media is easy. You can open the production or search
for the project keyword to find the project and media assets. Then you can check out
the project and each of its media assets.
If the Final Cut Server project upload was not explicitly organized with a production or
keyword, you may need to download the project, open it in its original application, and
then manually search for the media needed for the project. Then you can download
each piece of media and edit the project. When you check the project back in, you can
organize the project in a production and apply a project keyword.
Remember that when you check out any 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.
Checking Out a Final Cut Studio Project Asset
and Its Linked Media Assets
Before you can successfully open a project, you need to check out or export copies of
the project’s media assets. Checking out an asset is the only way that you can create a
managed copy of the asset that you can check back in to Final Cut Server. Check out
the project asset using the steps below and then check out each of the media assets.
After checking out all of the media files, you can open the project file, reconnect the
media files, and begin editing.