Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Server Quick-Reference Guide

✍ Scribed by Geller, Matthew

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Series: Apple Pro Training
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Designed for video-production professionals, Final Cut Server sets the standard for intuitive media asset management, making it easy to manage large collections
of media files efficiently. In this Apple-authorized reference guide, system integrator Matthew Geller takes you on a comprehensive tour of the software, covering everything from tools for tracking, reviewing, and approving jobs to automating complex sequences of tasks in a busy post environment. Along the way, Geller shares essential workflows that will shave hours from your post-production jobs. You'll learn techniques for searching, cataloging, and finding the right asset quickly, as well as how to handle large quantities of real-time HD video, audio, and still image assets in a fast-paced production environment.
Administrators will find a comprehensive overview of how to set up and configure this powerful collaboration tool, how to customize it to serve individual sites, and how to automate workflows and manage storage locations, users, and groups.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
Getting Started......Page 7
Using Final Cut Server......Page 10
Lesson 1 Overview and Interface Basics......Page 12
The Nature of the Software: Server, Client, and Device......Page 13
The Building Blocks: Assets, Proxies, Metadata, Productions, and Jobs......Page 14
Downloading the Client Application......Page 16
Installation Instructions for Mac......Page 17
Installation Instructions for PCs......Page 19
Logging In to Final Cut Server......Page 21
Lesson Review......Page 23
Lesson 2 Working with Assets......Page 26
Searching for Assets......Page 27
Accessing Asset Options and Properties......Page 32
Enriching Assets with Metadata and Annotation......Page 35
Getting Assets into Final Cut Server......Page 40
Getting Assets Out of Final Cut Server......Page 45
Monitoring Access with Check Out and Version Control......Page 54
Lesson Review......Page 58
Lesson 3 Working with Final Cut Studio Projects......Page 60
Adding Final Cut Studio Projects to Final Cut Server......Page 61
Working with Final Cut Pro Project Assets......Page 65
Working with Elements......Page 67
Using Media Prepared for Disconnected Use......Page 74
Archiving Assets Associated with Final Cut Pro Projects......Page 75
Lesson Review......Page 76
Lesson 4 Working with Productions......Page 78
Searching for Productions......Page 79
Associating Assets with Productions During Upload......Page 80
Creating Productions......Page 81
Viewing Production Details......Page 82
Adding Assets to Productions......Page 83
Deleting Productions......Page 85
Lesson Review......Page 86
Lesson 5 Working with Devices......Page 88
Searching a Device for Files......Page 89
Viewing File Details......Page 90
Viewing Files......Page 91
Cataloging Device Files......Page 92
Lesson Review......Page 93
Lesson 6 Working with Jobs......Page 96
Viewing Downloads and Uploads......Page 97
Viewing All Jobs......Page 98
Viewing Job Details and Error Messages......Page 99
Retrying and Canceling Jobs......Page 101
Lesson Review......Page 102
Basic Final Cut Server Administration......Page 104
Lesson 7 Basic Administration......Page 106
Accessing Administration Tools......Page 107
Defining Groups and Permission Sets......Page 109
Defining Devices......Page 117
Creating Simple Automations......Page 125
Backing Up the Final Cut Server Catalog......Page 133
Lesson Review......Page 135
Advanced Final Cut Server Administration......Page 138
Lesson 8 Advanced Administration......Page 140
Administration Tools Within the Client Application......Page 141
Adding and Editing Metadata......Page 142
Giving Devices Edit-in-Place Status......Page 154
Defining Transcode Settings......Page 156
Creating Advanced Automations......Page 161
Adding and Editing Permission Sets......Page 174
Using the Logs Tab......Page 177
Using the Preferences Tab......Page 178
Lesson Review......Page 180
Lesson 9 Workflows and Final Cut Server......Page 182
Planning Your Workflow......Page 183
Broadcast News Workflow......Page 184
Rich-Media Publishing Workflow......Page 197
Lesson Review......Page 202
Appendix: Best Practices for Installation......Page 204
C......Page 216
N......Page 217
X......Page 218
B......Page 219
E......Page 220
L......Page 221
P......Page 222
S......Page 223
X......Page 224