Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 34)

To upload one or more media files
1 Do one of the following:
• Drag the media file or files that you want to upload from the Finder, the desktop, or a
connected volume to the column on the left of the Final Cut Server main window, the
Assets pane, or a production.
• Choose Upload File from the Server pop-up menu, select the media file or files in the
file browser that appears, then click Upload.
Depending on the number of files you uploaded, the Upload, Link Upload, or Multiple
Upload window appears.
The Upload window
includes an editable
Filename field.
The Upload windows are very similar. In the Upload and Link Upload windows, you can
enter a filename for the asset (the filename is entered automatically). In the Multiple
Upload window, the filename field is hidden, and each asset being uploaded is
automatically named with the filename.
Note: You can change an asset’s title at any time after uploading in the asset info window’s
Metadata pane.
2 Some of the information and metadata in the Upload or Upload Multiple window is
automatically entered. You can change the metadata set from the Metadata set pop-up
menu and add metadata for the new asset or assets.
Important: If you are uploading a file that you previously added metadata to using the
default QuickTime annotation fields, you must choose the Media metadata set for the
asset. When you do this, the metadata that was assigned to the file in QuickTime appears
in Final Cut Server in the QuickTime metadata group of the Media metadata set. If you
apply any other metadata set to the asset, the QuickTime metadata will not appear in
the Final Cut Server asset.
Remember that all the metadata you apply for a multiple upload will be attached to each
of the assets being created.
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