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[. . . ] Final Cut Server User Manual K Apple Inc. Copyright © 2008 Apple Inc. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Final Cut Server software may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, such as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid for support services. [. . . ] 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. The Lock Type shows that this is a Checkout lock. 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. 88 Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server For more information about checking out a media asset, see "Checking Out, Editing, and Checking In a Media Asset" on page 105. For more information about checking out a Final Cut Pro project, see "Checking Out a Final Cut Pro Project" on page 118. For more information about checking out a Final Cut Studio project asset, see Chapter 7, "Working with Final Cut Studio Projects, " on page 129. Reference Lock When a Final Cut Pro project asset is checked out, the project asset is locked with a Checkout lock. In addition to the Checkout lock, each of the media assets linked to the project are locked with a Reference lock. Reference locks are not indicated on the media asset's thumbnail; you can only find evidence of a Reference lock in the Locks pane in the asset's info window. Note that there is no indication that this asset is locked. The Lock Type shows that this is a Reference lock. Important: A Reference lock does not prevent the Final Cut Pro project or a media asset's metadata from being edited by you or another user, or prevent a media asset from being used in another Final Cut Pro project. Locking and Unlocking Assets with a User Lock This section explains how to lock and unlock an asset using the User lock. Only the person who locked the asset and your Final Cut Server administrator can unlock a locked asset. If you need access to a locked asset, talk to the person who locked it or your Final Cut Server administrator. Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server 89 To apply a User lock to an asset, do one of the following: m Select the asset in the Assets pane, then click the Lock button in the Toolbar. m Control-click the asset, then choose Lock from the shortcut menu. Select the asset and click the Lock button. Alternatively, you can Control-click the asset, then choose Lock from the shortcut menu. After locking an asset, a lock icon appears on the asset, indicating that the asset is locked. In other Final Cut Server clients, the lock icon looks different, indicating that another user has locked the asset. The yellow lock indicates that you have locked the asset. The white lock indicates that another user has locked the asset. To unlock an asset that you locked, do one of the following: m Select the asset in the Assets pane, then click the Unlock button in the Toolbar. 90 Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server m Control-click the asset, then choose Unlock from the shortcut menu. Select the asset and click the Unlock button. Alternatively, you can Control-click the asset, then choose Unlock from the shortcut menu. The icon disappears, and the asset is unlocked. If an asset is locked by another user, you can open that asset's info window and view the Locks pane to find out which user has locked the asset. This icon indicates this asset is locked by someone else. The Locked By field shows who locked the asset. Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server 91 Writing Annotations on a Video Asset You can add annotations to a video asset. In the Annotations window, you can view a video clip and then add text at different points in the video clip. Because the annotations stay with the clip asset in Final Cut Server, annotations are useful for making notes for yourself or others in your workgroup. They stay with the asset until you manually clear the annotation. Annotations that have been entered The Viewer window Add annotations here. To annotate a video asset: 1 Locate the video asset you want to annotate in the Assets pane, in a production, or in a Final Cut Pro project asset's Elements pane. 2 Double-click the clip asset to display the asset's info window. 3 Click the Annotate button in the asset info window. Click the Annotate button in a video asset's asset info window. 92 Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server The Annotations window appears. You must mark an In point or an Out point for each annotation. 4 Position the playhead at the In point, either by dragging the playhead or using the navigation controls. You can set an Out point using the same process. Drag this slider to locate frames of video. Use these controls to play and navigate through the video. Click the Mark In and Mark Out buttons (or press your keyboard's I or O key) to mark In and Out points. Important: The keyboard commands are not available when the Annotation field is active. This allows you to type annotations in the field. Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server 93 5 Type a comment in the Annotation field below the viewer window. The annotation The In and Out points associated with the annotation Click the Add Annotation button to save the annotation. 6 To add the annotation to the Annotation list at the right, click the Add Annotation button. The annotation is added to the list. The annotation you added appears in this list. To replace the text of an existing annotation: 1 Click the In or Out Point button in the Annotation list. The In Point button The Out Point button 2 In the Annotation text field, enter new text for the annotation. The annotation is replaced. 94 Chapter 4 Working in Final Cut Server To delete one or more selected annotations from the Annotation list: 1 Select one or more annotations you wish to delete. [. . . ] When you select one or more media files and choose Prepare for Disconnected Use, alias copies of the files in the cache are created in the location you choose. Later, when your computer is disconnected from Final Cut Server, you can use the prepared media files to create a new Final Cut Pro project. primary representation This is the original media file that was uploaded to Final Cut Server. production To help organize the assets in your Final Cut Server catalog, you can create productions. [. . . ]