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Asset Icons
Assets can be marked with identifying icons. The icons you’ll see on assets include
icons that show that an asset is checked out, locked, and archived, as well as icons that
identify the asset’s type (audio file and video file are two examples) and if a project
asset’s media is unlinked. These icons are useful for getting information about the asset
without having to open the asset’s info window. For a complete list of icons that can
mark an asset, see the table of asset icons in “Views for Assets and Productions Panes”
on page 17.
Types of Assets
Assets can be divided into three general categories: media assets, Final Cut Pro project
assets, and Final Cut Studio or other project assets.
Media assets are created when audio, video, graphic, or other media files are uploaded
to Final Cut Server. Final Cut Pro project assets are created when Final Cut Pro projects
are uploaded to Final Cut Server. The Final Cut Pro project asset info window contains
an Elements pane that lists the media assets that are used by the Final Cut Pro project
file. Final Cut Studio project assets are created when Motion, Soundtrack Pro, and
DVD Studio Pro project files are uploaded to Final Cut Server. Unlike Final Cut Pro
project assets, these project files require you to manually organize the project’s linked
media assets. (Note that a Final Cut Studio project and its media can be uploaded as
either a bundle asset or as individual assets.) For more information about the assets
you can upload to Final Cut Server, see Chapter 2, “Uploading Files to Final Cut Server,”
on page 29.
Many assets display an icon (video, audio, and graphic icons, for example) or an
application symbol on their thumbnails (Final Cut Studio project files, for example).
A Motion
project asset
An image asset
A video asset
An audio asset
A Final Cut Pro asset