User Guide

88 Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server
User Lock
You or another user can put a User lock on an asset by clicking the Lock button in the
Toolbar or by choosing Lock from the asset’s shortcut menu. After a User lock has been
applied to an asset, a lock icon (either “locked by me” or “locked by other”) appears on
the asset’s thumbnail. Also, the lock that was applied is noted as a User lock in the
Locks pane of the asset info window.
When you lock the asset, the primary representation of the file cannot be edited,
checked out, deleted, or archived by another user.
Important: A User lock does not prevent the asset’s metadata and proxy files from
being edited by you or another user.
Note: When you lock an asset, only you can successfully check it out. If an asset is both
locked manually and checked out, the asset is locked with both a Checkout and User
lock. If someone other than the person who locked the asset attempts to check out the
asset, the checkout will fail.
Checkout Lock
A Checkout lock is applied when an asset is checked out by you or another user.
When an asset is checked out, no part of the asset, including the primary
representation of the file, proxy files, or metadata, can be edited, and the asset cannot
be edited, checked out, deleted, or archived.
The Locks pane shows
the lock details.
The Lock Type
shows that this
is a Checkout lock.