Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 User Manual

Final Cut Server

User Manual

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Welcome to Final Cut Server7Preface

About Final Cut Server7 About the Final Cut Server Documentation7 Additional Resources8

An Introduction to the Final Cut Server Client9Chapter 1

About Final Cut Server9 The Final Cut Server Client Workflow10 Installing the Final Cut Server Client11

The Final Cut Server Interface13Chapter 2

The Final Cut Server Main Window13 Views for Assets and Productions Panes17 Search Options and Saved Searches19 Asset Info Window20 Final Cut Pro Project Asset Info Window21 Final Cut Studio Project Asset Info Window21 Production Info Window22 Annotations Window23 Downloads & Uploads Window24 Search All Jobs Window25 Search Devices Window25 Preferences Window26 Using Shortcut Menus in Final Cut Server27 Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Final Cut Server28

Uploading Files to Final Cut Server29Chapter 3

About Creating Final Cut Server Assets29 Types of Files That Can Be Uploaded to Final Cut Server30 About Metadata and Metadata Sets30 Strategies for Uploading Media and Project Files31 Uploading Media Files32 Uploading Image Sequences35 Uploading Final Cut Pro Projects37

Uploading Final Cut Studio Projects40 About the Asset Info Window47

Organizing and Searching the Final Cut Server Catalog53Chapter 4

Organizing Assets in Final Cut Server53 Searching in Final Cut Server62 Displaying Search Results69 Tracking the Status of an Asset or Production with Metadata69 Adding and Changing Asset Metadata71 Searching Devices and Jobs72

Working in Final Cut Server77Chapter 5

Final Cut Server Client Actions77 Viewing an Asset79 Adding Versions for a Media or Project Asset80 Locking and Unlocking an Asset82 Writing Annotations on a Video Asset86 Duplicating an Asset88 Using the Edit-in-Place Feature89 Monitoring Jobs89 Setting Final Cut Server Client Preferences92

Working with Media Assets95Chapter 6

About Caching95 Checking Media Assets In and Out97 Preparing Media Assets to Be Used on an Offline Computer99 Exporting Media Assets102

Working with Final Cut Pro Projects103Chapter 7

About Final Cut Pro Projects103 Using Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Server Together104 Resolving Offline Media Issues105 Moving Projects Between Final Cut Server and Final Cut Pro106 Checking Out a Final Cut Pro Project106 Editing a Checked-Out Project in Final Cut Pro108 Checking In a Final Cut Pro Project109 Making Versions of Final Cut Pro Project Assets110 Working on Projects While Away from the Final Cut Server Network111 Exporting a Final Cut Pro Project114

Working with Final Cut Studio Projects117Chapter 8

About Editing Final Cut Studio Project Assets117 Checking Bundle Assets In and Out118 Checking Projects and Media Files In and Out119

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Exporting a Project Asset and Its Media124

Using Status Metadata in the Final Cut Server Workflow127Chapter 9

Using Status Metadata to Track Assets and Productions127 About the Review and Approve Feature131 Using the Review and Approve Feature132

Exporting, Archiving, and Deleting Completed Assets and Projects137Chapter 10

Outputting a Final Project137 Archiving and Restoring Media Assets140 Deleting Assets from Final Cut Server141

Solving Problems143Appendix

Resources for Solving Problems143 Contacting AppleCare Support143

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5Contents

Welcome to Final Cut Server

Final Cut Server is extremely flexible and configurable. It is also designed to become fully functional quickly, allowing you to expand its capabilities as your needs grow.

This preface covers the following:

• About Final Cut Server (p. 7)

• About the Final Cut Server Documentation (p. 7)

• Additional Resources (p. 8)

About Final Cut Server

Final Cut Server is powerful media asset management and workflow automation software. Final Cut Server makes it easy to manage large collections of media files. Its capabilities also extend to tracking job status, orchestrating reviews and approvals, and automating complex sequences of tasks—all in a single product designed to work with Final Cut Pro.

Preface

About the Final Cut Server Documentation

Final Cut Server comes with various documentation that will help you get started as well as provide detailed information about the application.

• Final Cut Server Setup Guide: The printed installation document provided in the Final Cut Server box describes how to install and configure Final Cut Server.

• Final Cut Server User Manual: This user manual describes how to use the Final Cut Server client for the day-to-day use of the system, such as browsing assets, managing jobs, and managing productions.

• Final Cut Server Administrator Guide: The administrator guide describes how to administer most components of the Final Cut Server system. It does not describe day-to-day use of the system, such as browsing assets and managing jobs, productions, and orders, which are described in the Final Cut Server User Manual.

Important: An understanding of the material in the Final Cut Server User Manual is

assumed in the Final Cut Server Administrator Guide.

Additional Resources

Along with the documentation that comes with Final Cut Server, there are a variety of other resources you can use to find out more about Final Cut Server.

Final Cut Server Website

For general information and updates, as well as the latest news on Final Cut Server, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/finalcutserver

Apple Service and Support Websites

For software updates and answers to the most frequently asked questions for all Apple products, go to the general Apple Support webpage. You’ll also have access to product specifications, reference documentation, and Apple and third-party product technical articles.

• http://www.apple.com/support

For software updates, documentation, discussion forums, and answers to the most frequently asked questions for Final Cut Server, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/support/finalcutserver

For discussion forums for all Apple products from around the world, where you can search for an answer, post your question, or answer other users’ questions, go to:

• http://discussions.apple.com

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An Introduction to the Final Cut Server Client

This chapter provides an overview of the Final Cut Server, including information about the Final Cut Server workflow and how to install the Final Cut Server client.

This chapter covers the following:

• About Final Cut Server (p. 9)

• The Final Cut Server Client Workflow (p. 10)

• Installing the Final Cut Server Client (p. 11)

About Final Cut Server

Final Cut Server works similarly to other client/server computer networks. A client computer sends a request to the server computers. Upon receiving the request, the server computer performs a job to process the request and then sends the result (or message of completion of the job) back to the client computer. Jobs can include uploading, copying, transcoding, cataloging, and otherwise tracking media files. Media can be stored on the server computer’s internal and external drives as well as on many supported network devices. Larger facilities may use an Apple Xsan storage area network (SAN) for asset and production storage.

The Final Cut Server client is the focus of this user manual. The Final Cut Server client is software that communicates with the Final Cut Server server. The client allows you, one of multiple users, to access the assets shared across your organization’s system. In your Final Cut Server client, you can quickly search your organization’s asset catalog and transfer media files between your local computer and the devices on which the assets are stored. You can run the Final Cut Server client on Mac OS X and Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems. For information about system requirements, see the Before You Install Final Cut Server and the Final Cut Server Setup Guide documents.

The Final Cut Server client provides many features to help you manage your media. These features all use Final Cut Server assets. When you upload a media or project file to Final Cut Server, an asset is created for it. This asset contains metadata, the original file (called the primary representation file), and proxy copies of the primary representation file that are used within Final Cut Server.

Final Cut Server can help you do the following tasks:

• Find the assets you need: As the number of assets in your Final Cut Server catalog increases, creating and managing searches becomes more important. Final Cut Server provides multiple ways to search and organize the assets in your organization’s Final Cut Server catalog.

• Have immediate access to media: Final Cut Server provides immediate access to media from the Final Cut Server client software. You can easily get information and view a media asset from the client software. If you want to edit the media asset, you can check out a Final Cut Server–managed copy of the file to your local computer, edit it, and then check it back in to Final Cut Server. Because Final Cut Server is managing the checked-out file, the new edits are tracked by Final Cut Server.

• Track the status of media: Final Cut Server provides metadata fields and saved searches to help you track assets as they move through your organization’s workflow. Your Final Cut Server administrator can further customize the metadata fields to increase the effectiveness of asset tracking for your organization.

• Perform powerful media conversion: Final Cut Server uses Compressor, a powerful transcoding application that is part of Final Cut Studio, to convert media from one video format to another when uploading, exporting, and copying media files.

• Work while not connected to the Final Cut Server network: You can check out Final Cut Server–managed project and media files and then edit them while not connected to the Final Cut Server network. When you later connect to the Final Cut Server network, you can check the edited files back in to Final Cut Server. When you check in the files, the assets that track the files are updated with the new files.

The Final Cut Server Client Workflow

Final Cut Server makes it easy for users to find, access, and track media and project files, as well as transcode media and easily check assets in and out for editing.

Although different organizations perform each of these tasks slightly differently, the typical Final Cut Server workflow involves four stages:

Stage 1: Organizing Existing Media and Uploading New Media

The project you’re working on might use media that has already been uploaded to Final Cut Server, or it may require new media. Media can be uploaded using an automated scan set up by your administrator or uploaded manually by any person in your organization.

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Stage 2: Editing the Media and Project

This stage of editing within your organization can include creating and editing a Final Cut Pro project, creating and revising artwork and graphic overlays or motion effects, or other workflows your organization uses to create projects for client review. The final part of this stage involves putting all the finished pieces together into a review copy of the project.

Stage 3: Reviewing and Approving the Project

This stage may involve your coworkers or clients logging in to Final Cut Server and viewing the project or sending copies of the project out for review. If your Final Cut Server administrator has configured your system to automatically send out Review and Approve emails, they are used in this stage.

Stage 4: Outputting and Archiving the Final Media and Project

This stage includes creating backup copies of the assets and archiving the final assets in Final Cut Server.

Final Cut Server can be customized to meet the specific needs of your organization’s workflow. For more information, contact your Final Cut Server administrator.

Installing the Final Cut Server Client

Your Final Cut Server administrator will provide you with a URL from which you can download a copy of the Final Cut Server client to your computer. Your administrator will also give you a user name and password for the Final Cut Server client.

After the Final Cut Server client is downloaded, a login screen appears. You can log in to Final Cut Server using the user name and password provided by your Final Cut Server administrator.

You can log out of the Final Cut Server client by choosing Log Out from the Server pop-up menu, or by clicking the close button in the Final Cut Server main window.

After the Final Cut Server client is installed on your computer, you can open it by double-clicking the application icon that appears in the location where you installed the application.

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The Final Cut Server Interface

This chapter provides descriptions of the Final Cut Server user interface. You can use this chapter to orient yourself while learning to use Final Cut Server. You’ll find more information about the features described in this chapter in the following chapters.

This chapter covers the following:

• The Final Cut Server Main Window (p. 13)

• Views for Assets and Productions Panes (p. 17)

• Search Options and Saved Searches (p. 19)

• Asset Info Window (p. 20)

• Final Cut Pro Project Asset Info Window (p. 21)

• Final Cut Studio Project Asset Info Window (p. 21)

• Production Info Window (p. 22)

• Annotations Window (p. 23)

• Downloads & Uploads Window (p. 24)

• Search All Jobs Window (p. 25)

• Search Devices Window (p. 25)

• Preferences Window (p. 26)

• Using Shortcut Menus in Final Cut Server (p. 27)

• Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Final Cut Server (p. 28)

The Final Cut Server Main Window

After logging in to Final Cut Server, you see the Assets pane of the Final Cut Server main window. The Assets pane may be empty or filled with media that has been scanned by your Final Cut Server administrator or uploaded by other Final Cut Server users.

Note: The screen shots shown in this manual show a default Final Cut Server system. Because your Final Cut Server administrator can configure different media types and metadata fields, your system may look different from the system shown on these pages.

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The Assets pane and Productions pane are the two views of the Final Cut Server main

Move through multiple

pages of assets using

these controls.

Assets are here.

The Information pane shows information about the selected asset.

The New Production from Selection button

Lock button

The Check Out button

window. An asset is used by Final Cut Server to track every file that is uploaded to the server or scanned. The Assets pane shows all the assets that Final Cut Server is managing. Productions are used to group assets. The Productions pane shows all the productions that have been created by you or other people who use your Final Cut Server system.

You switch between the Assets and Productions panes by clicking either Assets or Productions at the top-left area of the Final Cut Server main window.

Assets Pane

After you click Assets, all of the assets that exist in Final Cut Server are listed in the main part of the window. You can move through the assets by clicking the page controls in the top-right corner of the Assets pane. The Toolbar includes the Lock button, the Check Out button, and the New Production from Selection button. After an asset is selected, these buttons become active.

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See Working with Media Assets to learn more about media assets. See Working with

The information pane shows information about the selected production.

Click Productions to see the Productions pane.

Productions are shown here.

The Production Toolbar has a New Production button.

Final Cut Pro Projects to learn more about Final Cut Pro project assets. See Working with Final Cut Studio Projects to learn more about Final Cut Studio project assets.

Productions Pane

After you click Productions, all of the productions that exist in Final Cut Server are listed in the main part of the window. The Productions pane varies somewhat from the Assets pane. Its Toolbar has a New Production button.

See Organizing Assets in Final Cut Server to learn more about productions.

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Views for Assets and Productions Panes

List View button

Thumbnail View button

Thumbnails view

selected

This video asset is represented with a thumbnail image.

This Final Cut Pro project

asset is represented with

a Final Cut Pro icon.

The Assets and Productions panes can be displayed as lists or thumbnails. You can change the view by clicking the Thumbnail View button or List View button.

Thumbnails View

Thumbnails view displays a thumbnail image of the assets or productions. The thumbnail image can be a frame from the video file that was uploaded, the graphics or image file that was uploaded, or an icon representing the type of asset or production. Thumbnails view is useful when you want to browse a number of assets or productions in a compact format without other information.

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List View

List view selected

List view displays the assets or productions titles and other metadata in columns. This view is useful when you want to view asset or production information or sort by any field.

Final Cut Server marks assets and productions with icons to identify them. In Thumbnails view, the icons appear on the asset or production tile, just above the Thumbnails image or icon. In List view, the icons appear to the left of the Title column and in the State column.

The icons you see on assets and productions include:

DescriptionIcon

Final Cut Pro project asset

Video clip asset

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Image asset

Audio asset

Asset (unknown) or bundle asset (if the asset is a Final Cut Studio project, the application’s icon will be displayed on the thumbnail)

An asset alias, used in productions to link from a production to the original asset

A production

DescriptionIcon

Open the disclosure triangle to show the advanced search settings.

Smart searches that you create are listed under the My Smart Searches heading.

Asset checked out by me

Asset checked out by another user

Asset locked by me

Asset locked by another user

Asset archived (yellow) indicates you can restore this asset from its archive

Asset archived (white) indicates you do not have permission to restore the asset from its archive

Unlinked Final Cut Pro project element

Primary representation for this asset is missing from its device

Final Cut Server cache is out of date

For specific information about these icons, see the chapter that describes the type of asset or the state that the icon describes.

Search Options and Saved Searches

A search field is at the top of the Assets and Productions panes. You can use this search field to find a specific asset or production, or to limit the number of assets or productions shown. Clicking the search disclosure triangle reveals advanced searching options. The Assets and Productions panes have different advanced search options.

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You can save searches you create as smart searches. Final Cut Server comes with several

The asset’s thumbnail image and general asset metadata

Click the Metadata button to display the Metadata pane.

The Metadata pane

default smart searches listed under the My Smart Searches heading on the left of the main Final Cut Server window. These smart searches, as well as any you create, are unique to your Final Cut Server client. Other smart searches that are configured and managed by your Final Cut Server administrator and that appear on every Final Cut Server client in your system may appear under Smart Searches. If your administrator has not created smart searches for your organization, you will not see the Smart Searches heading in your Final Cut Server client. See Organizing and Searching the Final Cut Server Catalog for more information.

Asset Info Window

The info window contains a large amount of information about the asset. When you double-click an asset that is listed in the Assets pane or in a production (or Control-click an asset and then choose Get Info from the asset’s shortcut menu), the asset’s info window appears.

The left side of the asset info window displays the asset’s thumbnail image and general asset metadata. The right side of the asset is organized into multiple panes that list specific types of information. You can view the information in each pane by clicking the pane’s button.

• Metadata pane: This pane lists metadata for the primary representation file (the file that was originally uploaded to Final Cut Server) and metadata for the asset.

• Resources pane: This pane lists information about the primary representation and proxy files that were generated for the asset. It also displays other information about where the asset is used.

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• Versions pane: This pane lists information about versions of the asset that have been

The Elements pane lists the media that is used in the Final Cut Pro project.

Click Elements to view the Elements pane.

saved.

• Locks pane: This pane lists locks that have been applied to the asset.

• Review & Approve pane: This pane shows the asset’s status and is used for the Email Notification feature.

See About the Asset Info Window for more information about the Metadata, Resources, Versions, and Locks panes. See About the Review and Approve Feature for more information about the Review & Approve pane.

Final Cut Pro Project Asset Info Window

You can view a Final Cut Pro project’s info window by double-clicking a Final Cut Pro project asset (or Control-click the asset, then choose Get Info from the shortcut menu).

When Final Cut Pro projects are uploaded to Final Cut Server, an asset is created for the project file. In addition to the panes included in the asset info window, the Final Cut Pro project asset info window includes an Elements pane. This pane lists the media assets that are used in the Final Cut Pro project file.

See Working with Final Cut Pro Projects for more information about Final Cut Pro project assets.

Final Cut Studio Project Asset Info Window

You can view a Motion, Soundtrack Pro, or DVD Studio Pro project asset’s info window by double-clicking a Final Cut Pro project asset (or Control-click the asset, then choose Get Info from the shortcut menu).

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When Final Cut Studio project files are uploaded to Final Cut Server, the asset that is created for the Final Cut Studio project represents only the project file. Unlike Final Cut Pro project assets, the Final Cut Studio project asset does not contain a list of the media linked to the project.

A Final Cut Studio project asset info window includes Metadata, Resources, Versions, Locks, and Review & Approve panes. You can view the information in each pane by clicking the pane’s button.

See Working with Final Cut Studio Projects for more information about Final Cut Studio project assets.

Production Info Window

In Final Cut Server, you can use productions to group related assets. If you click to open the Productions pane at the top-left area of the Final Cut Server main window and then double-click one of the productions (or Control-click the production, then choose Get Info from the shortcut menu), that production’s info window is displayed.

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The Assets and Productions pane shows all of the assets contained in the production; the

The path describes the

production’s location.

Click a button to display more information about the production.

This production contains two alias files.

Metadata pane shows the production’s metadata.

See Organizing Assets in Final Cut Server to learn more about productions.

Annotations Window

You can mark a single video asset with comments in the Annotations window. Because comments added in the Annotations window stay with the video asset in Final Cut Server, annotations are useful for internal reviews and communication with other Final Cut Server users.

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To view the Annotations window, open a video asset’s info window and click the Annotate

Click the Annotate button in a video asset’s info pane to open the Annotations window.

You can preview the clip here.

You can add text in the Annotation field.

Annotations that have been added to a video asset appear here.

button.

Downloads & Uploads Window

This window helps you more closely monitor the status of files that you are uploading to or downloading from Final Cut Server.

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You can open the Downloads & Uploads window by clicking the Downloads and Uploads

The Search All Jobs window shows a list of the most recent jobs initiated by all Final Cut Server users.

button in the Final Cut Server main window (or by choosing Downloads & Uploads from the Window pop-up menu).

See The Downloads & Uploads Window for more information.

Search All Jobs Window

The Search All Jobs window is opened from the Server pop-up menu (located at the top-left corner of the Final Cut Server main window). It shows a list of recent jobs that were initiated by all Final Cut Server users.

See Searching for a Job for more information about the Search All Jobs window.

Search Devices Window

The Search Devices window is opened from the Server pop-up menu in the Final Cut Server main window. In it, you can search a device directly, viewing all the assets (files that have been uploaded to Final Cut Server) as well as other files that have not been uploaded to Final Cut Server and are stored on the device.

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Warning: Use the Search Devices window with caution. Devices can contain files that

both have and have not been added to the Final Cut Server catalog. Working with files in the Search Devices window could result in making duplicate copies of an asset in your Final Cut Server server system, or in deleting all copies of a file from a device.

See Searching Devices for more information about the Search Devices window.

Preferences Window

Your Final Cut Server administrator is responsible for configuring most of the preferences that affect you while working with your Final Cut Server client. However, there are a few settings that you specify for your Final Cut Server client. These include search display preferences, the location and size of the Final Cut Server cache, and the location to which you can save alias copies of prepared media files.

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You can open the Preferences window by choosing Preferences from the Server pop-up

The asset shortcut menu

window.

See Setting Final Cut Server Client Preferences for more information about the preferences for your Final Cut Server client.

Using Shortcut Menus in Final Cut Server

You can take many actions in Final Cut Server by making choices from shortcut menus. You can view a shortcut menu’s items by Control-clicking an asset, a Final Cut Pro project, or another area of Final Cut Server.

Mac users using a multibutton mouse can also use right-click to access shortcut menus.

Note: If you’re a Windows user, note that a right-click on a Windows system is the equivalent of a Control-click on a Mac. To display the shortcut menu on your Windows system, right-click.

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Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Final Cut Server

Many of the standard Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts are available in Final Cut Server. In addition, application-specific keyboard shortcuts are available for the Final Cut Server Annotations window.

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Uploading Files to Final Cut Server

Before you can manage and track your files in Final Cut Server, you first need to upload the files. This chapter describes how to upload three different types of files to Final Cut Server: media files, Final Cut Pro project files, and Final Cut Studio projects and their linked media files.

This chapter covers the following:

• About Creating Final Cut Server Assets (p. 29)

• Types of Files That Can Be Uploaded to Final Cut Server (p. 30)

• About Metadata and Metadata Sets (p. 30)

• Strategies for Uploading Media and Project Files (p. 31)

• Uploading Media Files (p. 32)

• Uploading Image Sequences (p. 35)

• Uploading Final Cut Pro Projects (p. 37)

• Uploading Final Cut Studio Projects (p. 40)

• About the Asset Info Window (p. 47)

About Creating Final Cut Server Assets

The first step in building a Final Cut Server asset catalog is to upload media to Final Cut Server. You can manually upload media files, Final Cut Pro projects, and other Final Cut Studio project files to Final Cut Server. Additionally, your Final Cut Server administrator can set up automated processes to automatically upload files. Even if your Final Cut Server administrator has created useful automated upload workflows, you will often manually upload files to Final Cut Server.

When a file is uploaded to Final Cut Server, an asset is created. The asset is used by Final Cut Server to track the media or project file that you uploaded. The asset contains the original file (called the primary representation file) and the metadata from the file. Depending on the type of file that has been uploaded, the asset may also contain several proxy files, including a Clip Proxy (for video files) and a Thumbnail and Poster frame proxy (for all media files). More information about proxy files is included later in this chapter.

Because media assets, Final Cut Pro project assets, and Final Cut Studio (Motion, Soundtrack Pro, and DVD Studio Pro) project assets are managed differently in Final Cut Server, how to work with each type of asset is explained throughout this manual.

Types of Files That Can Be Uploaded to Final Cut Server

Final Cut Server can manage many types of files, including the following:

Supported file typesMedia category

Video

Image Sequence

Still images and graphics

Audio

Text files

Final Cut Pro projects (.fcp) and many of the video file formats available for output from Final Cut Pro and Compressor, including .mov and .mpeg

Image sequences can be uploaded as a single video/image sequence asset. A QuickTime movie clip proxy is automatically created so you can view the image sequence within Final Cut Server.

Photoshop files (.psd) and other graphic and image files including .tif, .jpeg, .png, .bmp, and .gif

Motion projects (.motn)Motion graphics

Soundtrack Pro files (.stap and .stmp) and other audio files, including .aif, .ac3, uncompressed audio files, .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, and .wav

DVD Studio Pro project files (.dspproj), iDVD (.dvdproj) projectsDVD

Pages files (.pages), Keynote files (.key), and other document files including .doc, .txt, and .pdf

About Metadata and Metadata Sets

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.

Metadata is an important part of the assets and productions included in the Final Cut Server catalog. Because you search for asset and production metadata, it is important that you add as much metadata as possible when you are uploading the original file. The metadata fields that are available depend on the metadata set that you choose in the Upload window.

Common metadata, including XMP and QuickTime, is supported by Final Cut Server. If you have specific questions about the metadata supported by Final Cut Server, contact your Final Cut Server administrator.

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