User Guide

134 Chapter 7 Working with Final Cut Studio Projects
Editing a Project File in Its Original Application
After checking out the project asset and checking out or exporting the project’s media
assets, you can open the project file in its original application.
To open a project file in its original application, do one of the following:
m Drag the project from the location to which you checked it out to the appropriate
application icon in your Dock.
m Open the original application, choose File > Open, then navigate to the project file.
Once the project is open in its original application, you can edit it. Be sure to save your
edits often.
You may need to relink your project file to its media files. If you get a media offline or
relink message, you’ll know that the project needs to be relinked. For more information
about relinking project files, see the documentation that came with the application.
Reconnecting a Motion Project to Its Media Files
When you first open a project file with media that is unavailable, a dialog appears
listing all the media files that can’t be found. You can display a dialog to navigate
directly to the files without having to search.
To reconnect Motion media files:
1 In the dialog listing all of the media files that cannot be found, click Reconnect.
2 In the dialog that appears, navigate to each file’s location, then click Open.
The media is reconnected.
For more information about reconnecting Motion projects, see the documentation that
came with the application.
Reconnecting a Soundtrack Pro Project to Its Media Files
When you open a Soundtrack Pro multitrack project, the application checks to see if
the media files the project uses exist in the same location they were in when the
project was last opened. If the media files are not in the expected location,
Soundtrack Pro displays a Can’t Find File dialog with three choices:
 Skip All: Opens the project without reconnecting any missing files.
 Skip File: Opens the project without reconnecting the missing file.
 Locate: Presents a dialog that lets you locate the missing file and reconnect it to
the project.