Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 81)

Important: Be sure to inform the Final Cut Server users about where and how to upload
image sequences.
About the Export Device
A user can choose to export an asset from the Final Cut Server catalog to his or her local
computer. When the user Control-clicks an asset in a Final Cut Server client, an Export
option appears in the shortcut menu. Choosing the Export option opens the Export dialog
where the user sets the filename, destination, and optionally chooses a transcode setting,
allowing the conversion of the asset to a different codec as it downloads.
Final Cut Server creates a hidden device named Export to store the transcode settings a
user can choose from when using the Export option. By default, the Export device has
only a few commonly used transcode settings. You can add transcode settings to the
Export device in the Administration window’s Transcode Settings pane. See
Assigning
Transcode Settings to Devices for more information.
There are no other device settings for the Export device.
About Edit-in-Place Devices
Depending on your system configuration, you may be able to take advantage of the
Final Cut Server edit-in-place feature, making using assets from the catalog easier and
faster.
Why Edit-in-Place?
In most cases when using a Final Cut Server client, you must have a local copy of any
assets you would like to work with on the client computer. For example, if you want to
add one of the Final Cut Server assets to a Final Cut Pro project you have on the client’s
computer, you need to create a copy of that asset from its device to your computer before
you can add it to the project.
Using Add to Local Cache in the main window makes a copy of the asset and places it in
the computer’s cache location (as specified in the Preferences window—see
User-Configurable Preference Settings ). In Thumbnails view, the asset’s thumbnail frame
changes to a lighter color (or, in List view, the asset gets a dot next to it) after the asset
has been cached. You can then drag the asset from the main window to your Final Cut Pro
project, desktop, or to any other location you want to use it in.
In some cases, however, the computer you are running Final Cut Server client on may
have direct access to the device that has the asset you want. In that case, you can configure
the device so that you are able to directly use its assets without having to make local
copies of them first. A device that can be directly accessed by a Final Cut Server client is
an edit-in-place device.
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