Final Cut Server - Creating Productions

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Creating Productions

You can create a new, empty production at the top-level of the Productions pane or
inside any existing production. You can also create a production that contains one or
more selected assets, saving you the step of manually putting an alias of an asset in the
production.

To create a production

1

Do one of the following:

• In the Assets pane of the main window, select one or more assets and click the New

Production from Selection button in the Toolbar.

This will create a new production at the top level of the Productions pane that contains
aliases for the selected assets.

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• In the Productions pane of the main window, click the New Production button in the

Toolbar.

Click the New Production
button to create a new
production.

This will create a new, empty production at the top level of the Productions pane.

• In an open production info window, click the New Production button in the Toolbar.

This will create a new, empty production inside the existing production.

The Production window appears.

2

Choose a metadata set for the production from the Metadata Set pop-up menu.

Choose a metadata set.

3

Depending on the metadata set you chose, a number of metadata fields appear. Enter
information for the production, including a title and priority status, and parent production
if applicable, in these fields.

Note: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) must be filled in.

4

Click Save Changes.

The Production window closes.

After you create a production, it appears in the Productions pane if it is a top-level
production, or nested inside a production. You can view productions in several ways.

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