Uploading a Project and Its Media Files as a Bundle Asset
If you upload a Final Cut Studio project and its media files as a bundle asset, a single asset
is created in Final Cut Server. This bundle asset is easy to work with: after checking out
or exporting the bundle asset, the folder becomes visible and you can open the project
file contained in the folder in the appropriate Final Cut Studio application. Assuming that
the media was linked to the project file when the folder was uploaded to Final Cut Server,
the project file will open with all its media connected and ready to use.
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The illustration below shows a Final Cut Studio project being uploaded as a bundle asset.
The bundle asset appears in Final Cut Studio as a single generic asset, with no indication
of its project file or its linked media files.
Bundle asset
Folder
Project
BikeBlur.motn
Road_3232.mov
Music_3225.aif
Rider_322.jpg
Quill_5344.jpg
Motorbikes.aif
Upload folder to Final Cut Server
If you upload a Final Cut Studio project and its media files as a bundle asset, the media
and project files are not available to be viewed from within Final Cut Server. To access
the media assets, you must check out the bundle asset and access the media files from
inside the folder.
Important:
If a Final Cut Studio project and its media files are uploaded as a bundle asset
to a device that has been automated by your Final Cut Server administrator to scan for
new assets, the files in the bundle asset will be analyzed and new assets will be created
for each file in the bundle. If you upload a Final Cut Studio project and its media files as
a bundle asset and then notice new assets have been created for the files in the bundle,
contact your Final Cut Server administrator.
To upload a Final Cut Studio project file and its media files as a bundle asset
1
In the Final Cut Studio application, save the project and choose to collect the media. In
Motion and Soundtrack Pro, you can do this by choosing File > Save As and choosing to
collect the media in the Save As dialog. In DVD Studio Pro, you need to manually place
the project and media files in a folder.
For specific information about using Motion, Soundtrack Pro, or DVD Studio Pro, see the
application’s user manual.
Important:
When uploading a DVD Studio Pro project file and its linked media files, there
is no need to upload .par files. When you check out and open the project in
DVD Studio Pro, the .par files will be automatically re-created.
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The project file and its media files are saved in a folder at the location you specified.
A Motion project
The Motion project’s
media files
2
In Final Cut Server, create a new production for the project and its assets by following
these steps:
a
Open the Productions pane by clicking Productions in the column at the left of the
main Final Cut Server window.
b
Click the New Production button in the Toolbar.
c
Choose a metadata set for the new production from the Metadata Set pop-up menu.
d
Depending on the production type you chose, a number of production metadata fields
appear. Enter a title and other unique metadata for the project in these fields. Fields
marked with an asterisk (*) must be filled in.
e
Click Save Changes to save the new production.
3
Drag the folder that contains the project file and its linked media from the Finder to the
new production in the Final Cut Server Productions pane.
4
In the dialog that appears, choose to upload a bundle asset and then click Create.
The Link Upload window appears. Note that the Associate with Production field shows
the production that you dragged the folder to.
Add metadata to define
the type of project
being uploaded.
The name of the
production that you
dragged the folder
to appears here.
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5
Choose a metadata set for the asset from the Metadata Set pop-up menu, and add
metadata to one or more fields, defining this as a bundle asset.
6
If necessary, choose a new destination device from the Destination pop-up menu.
This specifies the device on which the file will be stored. If you have questions about
which device to choose, contact your Final Cut Server administrator.
Note: Media and Library are the primary Final Cut Server devices. Talk with your
Final Cut Server administrator about which other configured devices are appropriate for
media file storage.
7
Click the Upload button to create the asset.
The file is uploaded and the bundle asset is created.
8
After the bundle asset is created, select the Productions pane, click the production you
created, and click the Search button to view the new asset in Final Cut Server.
The bundled Motion
project asset has
a generic project icon
in the top-left corner
and a Motion application
icon as its thumbnail.
If you need to identify the bundle asset later, you can open the asset’s info window and
view the metadata you added at upload.
Use the metadata
you added at upload
to identify the bundle
asset.
To learn how to get information about the asset that was just created, see
About the
Asset Info Window
.
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