User Guide

156 Chapter 9 Exporting, Archiving, and Deleting Completed Assets and Projects
Exporting a Final Cut Studio Project and Individual Media Assets
If you uploaded a Final Cut Studio project asset and media assets as individual assets,
you need to export the project asset, then export all of the media assets.
To export a copy of a Final Cut Studio project asset and its linked media assets:
1 Select the Final Cut Studio project asset and all of the project’s linked media.
Note: Switching to List view in the Productions pane can make it easier to Shift-click a
list of media assets.
2 Control-click one of the selected assets, then choose Export from the shortcut menu.
The Multiple Export window appears.
3 In the Multiple Export window, choose a destination to save the media files to by
clicking the Choose button and identifying a location in the file browser.
Note: To avoid losing track of exported projects, you can create a folder for the project
and its media on the desktop or in another convenient location.
4 Do not choose a transcode setting.
5 Click the Start button.
Each of the selected media files is exported to the location you specified in the Multiple
Export window.
Archiving and Restoring Media Assets
You can move the primary representation of a media asset to the archive device that
was set up by your Final Cut Server administrator. Because only the primary
representation is moved, the asset stays in the Final Cut Server catalog so you can still
locate the asset and search its metadata. The primary representation file, however, is
safely archived and cannot be downloaded or modified.
If you attempt to archive a media asset that is being used by a project asset, a dialog
will appear, asking you if you want to continue the archive process. If you choose to
continue, the media asset will not be available for the project.
If you have questions about archiving, contact your Final Cut Server administrator.