Dimensions
231 x 188 x 15mm
Indispensable guide to Apple's media asset management and workflow tool, designed for post--production and broadcast pros.
- Shows Final Cut Pro editors how to manage, share, and deliver video assets in multiple formats.
- Apple's powerful server application works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio to manage media assets and automate workflows.
- The only book available on Final Cut Server is also the official curriculum of the Apple Pro training program.
Designed for video-production professionals, Final Cut Server sets the standard for intuitive media asset management, making it easy to manage large collections of media files efficiently. In this Apple-authorized reference guide, system integrator Drew Tucker takes readers on a comprehensive tour of the software, covering everything from tools for tracking, reviewing, and approving jobs to automating complex sequences of tasks in a busy post environment. Along the way, Tucker shares essential workflows that will shave hours from post-production jobs. Readers will learn techniques for searching, cataloging, and finding the right asset quickly, as well as how to handle large quantities of real-time HD video, audio, and still image assets in a fast-paced production environment. Administrators will find a comprehensive overview of how to set up and configure this powerful collaboration tool, how to customize it to serve individual sites, and how to automate workflows and manage storage locations, users, and groups. This guide provides comprehensive coverage of the new features in Final Cut Server 1.5 including a robust edit proxy workflow, support for still sequences and production hierarchies.
