User Guide

Chapter 3 Organizing and Searching the Final Cut Server Catalog 59
About File and Asset Metadata
When you import an asset, it comes in with a variety of metadata. The specific metadata
that a file brings with it into Final Cut Server varies depending on the type of file that the
asset is and the application or applications with which the asset was created and edited.
Some asset types include standard metadata, such as XMP or EXIF metadata.
After upload, metadata can be added to an existing asset. For example, keywords can
be added to identify the project or production that an asset is part of.
All of an asset’s metadata for the file and the asset is shown in an asset’s info window.
This includes the metadata that was imported with the file at upload and the metadata
added in Final Cut Server.
To view the metadata for an asset:
1 Do one of the following:
 Double-click the asset.
 Control-click an asset, then choose Get Info from the shortcut menu.
2 Click the Metadata button.
A combination of file
and asset metadata
is shown here.
File metadata (use the
scroll bar to see more)
Asset metadata
In the asset info window,
click Metadata.
This asset has three
metadata groups.