User guide
Chapter 2 About Building a Final Cut Server System
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Managing metadata and metadata sets: A very powerful feature of Final Cut Server
is its ability to use metadata to help manage a large collection of assets and
productions. You can work with default metadata formats as well as add custom
elds and create custom groups of metadata elds.
Managing watch and respond behaviors:
Final Cut Server includes a variety of features
that help automate your workow. These include the ability to set up watch folders
that have their contents automatically added to the catalog. Final Cut Server also
includes scheduling, subscription, and response features.
You use four main areas to administer your Final Cut Server system. The one you use
depends on what you need to change. In some cases, you can perform the same
administration task using more than one area.
Accounts pane of System Preferences:
When running Final Cut Server on Mac OS X or
Mac OS X Server, you can use the user and group settings that you congure here.
Mac OS X Server Workgroup Manager: When running Final Cut Server on
Mac OS X Server, you can use the user and group settings that you congure here.
Final Cut Server System Preferences: These panes allow you to congure the most
common Final Cut Server settings. These panes also include several setup assistants
that make it easy to add devices and automation.
Final Cut Server Administration window:
This window, accessible from a Final Cut Server
client when you are logged in as an administrator, contains extremely detailed
settings and congurations covering all aspects of Final Cut Server. You should need
to access this window only for your more complex congurations.