Media asset management. Workflow automation. Final Cut Server can help you share production assets seamlessly, send status updates instantly, and automate any part of your workflow. It can even track reviews and approvals while you spend time on creative work.

You can use Final Cut Server to free up more time for creative work. Final Cut Server can automatically manage thousands of assets, execute dozens of routine production tasks, and keep every member of your team in sync.

The scalable client/server software makes it easy to work the way you want to work, using as many or as few features as you need — whether you’re producing a 30-second spot, the nightly news, a documentary film, or a major motion picture.

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Specifications

• A Mac computer with a 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor (Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor recommended)
• 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)
• AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
• Mac OS X v10.5 or later
• QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
• A CD drive for installation
• 500MB of available disk space
  
  Client software for Mac computers
  
• A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
• 1GB of RAM
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
• Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
• QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
• Java for Mac OS X v10.4 Release 6 or later
• Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 or later for Final Cut Pro integration
• 20MB of available disk space
  
  Client software for Windows-based computers
  
• A PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Vista
• 1GB of RAM
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
• QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
• Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 4 or later
• 20MB of available disk space
  
  
  
  Automatic Asset Cataloging
  
• Scanning support for:
  – Local file systems
  – AFP network shares
  – SMB/CIFS network shares
  – FTP servers
  – Xsan storage volumes
  – SAN storage volumes (when attached as local shares)
  
• Full, purge, and add-only scans with include and exclude wildcards
• Production scans to create Productions for each folder in a file system hierarchy
• Automatic thumbnail, poster frame, and browse proxy creation
• Resolution options for thumbnails, poster frames, and browse proxies Preference setting to create ProRes 422 edit proxies for Final Cut Pro at the same time as browse proxies
  
  Search Tools
  
• Simple text search – Contains
  – Matches Word
  
• Advanced keyword searching with Boolean – and + operators
• Advanced metadata field searching – Text: Equals, Not Equals, Not Equal and Not Blank, Contains, Begins With, Ends With, Contains
  – Numbers: =, <, >, <=, >=, !=
  – Users: Me, User (specific), Others
  – Date: Last 2 Hours, Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, Last 31 Days, Before, After, All
  – Asset status: Approved, Completed, In Progress, New, Ready for Editing, Ready for Review, Rejected
  
• Search All Jobs
• Search Devices
• Automatically populated Smart Search folders
  – Simple text or advanced (filtered) searches
  – Search assets or Productions
  
  Access Controls
  
• Open Directory or Local User group mapping
• User-definable permission sets with:
  – Asset Filters
  – Production Filters
  – Device Permissions
  
  Multiformat Delivery Through Compressor
  
• Copy Compressor video in/out
• Add graphics format support
• Other file types (see “File Format Support”)
• Save and name templates for Compressor batch processes
  
  File Format Support (Scanning)
  
• Final Cut Studio applications
  – Final Cut Pro projects (.fcp)
  – Soundtrack Pro project and audio files (.stap and .stmp)
  – Motion projects (.motn)
  – DVD Studio Pro projects (.dspproj)
  
• iWork applications
  – Pages
  – Numbers
  – Keynote
  
• Other document formats
  – Final Cut Server catalogs virtually any document type, including Microsoft Office files. It provides a generic icon in the catalog for document types it does not have default icons for.
  
• Video, audio, and graphics file formats
  – Animation NTSC
  – Animation NTSC Alpha
  – Animation PAL
  – Animation PAL Alpha
  – Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)
  – Apple ProRes 422
  – Apple ProRes 422 Clip Edit Proxy
  – Apple ProRes 422 for Interlaced Material
  – Apple ProRes 422 for Interlaced Material (High Quality)
  – Apple ProRes 422 for Progressive Material
  – Apple ProRes 422 for Progressive Material (High Quality)
  – BMP
  – Dolby Digital Professional (Auto)
  – Dolby Digital Professional 2.0
  – Dolby Digital Professional 5.1
  – DV NTSC
  – DV NTSC 4:3
  – DV NTSC Anamorphic
  – DV PAL
  – DV PAL 4:3
  – DV PAL Anamorphic
  – DVCPRO HD 1080i50
  – DVCPRO HD 1080i50 with audio pass-through
  – DVCPRO HD 1080i60
  – DVCPRO HD 1080i60 with audio pass-through
  – DVCPRO HD 720p60
  – DVCPRO HD 720p60 with audio pass-through
  – DVCPRO HD NTSC
  – DVCPRO NTSC Anamorphic
  – DVCPRO HD PAL
  – DVCPRO PAL Anamorphic
  – Elementary Stream
  – H.264
  – H.264 Webcasting
  – H.264 10.3 Mbps
  – H.264 100 Kbps
  – H.264 100 Kbps Streaming
  – H.264 300 Kbps
  – H.264 300 Kbps Streaming
  – H.264 40 Kbps
  – H.264 40 Kbps Streaming
  – H.264 6.75 Mbps
  – H.264 800 Kbps
  – H.264 800 Kbps Streaming
  – H.264 for Apple TV
  – H.264 for iPod Video and iPhone 320×240 (QVGA)
  – H.264 for iPod Video and iPhone 640×480
  – H.264 for Video Podcasting
  – H.264 LAN
  – H.264 LAN Streaming
  – HD MPEG-2 19.0 Mbps
  – HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080i50
  – HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080i60
  – HD Uncompressed 10-bit 1080p24
  – HD Uncompressed 8-bit 1080i50
  – HD Uncompressed 8-bit 1080i60
  – HD Uncompressed 8-bit 1080p24
  – HDV 1080i50
  – HDV 1080i60
  – HDV 720p30
  – JPEG
  – JPEG 100 NTSC
  – JPEG 100 PAL
  – JPEG 75 NTSC
  – JPEG 75 PAL
  – JPEG Frame Proxy
  – JPEG Thumbnail Proxy
  – MP3 for Audio Podcasting
  – MPEG-1
  – MPEG-1 DVD 1.85 Mbps
  – MPEG-1 for DVD
  – MPEG-2 3.7 Mbps 1-pass
  – MPEG-2 3.7 Mbps 2-pass
  – MPEG-2 5.0 Mbps 1-pass
  – MPEG-2 5.0 Mbps 2-pass
  – MPEG-2 6.4 Mbps 1-pass
  – MPEG-2 6.2 Mbps 2-pass
  – MPEG-4
  – MPEG-4 Webcasting
  – MPEG-4 800 Kbps
  – MPEG-4 800 Kbps Streaming
  – MPEG-4 Clip Proxy
  – MPEG-4 LAN
  – MPEG-4 LAN Streaming
  – Photo JPEG 100 NTSC
  – Photo JPEG 100 PAL
  – Photo JPEG 75 NTSC
  – Photo JPEG 75 PAL
  – Photoshop
  – Pixlet NTSC
  – Pixlet PAL
  – PNG
  – Program Stream
  – QuickTime H.264 Clip Proxy
  – QuickTime Offline RT Clip Proxy
  – QuickTime Surround 5.1
  – SD 10-bit Uncompressed NTSC
  – SD 10-bit Uncompressed PAL
  – SD 8-bit Uncompressed NTSC
  – SD 8-bit Uncompressed PAL
  – Targa
  – TIFF
  – Transport Stream
  – Uncompressed 10-bit
  – Uncompressed 8-bit
  – XDCAM HD 1080i50
  – XDCAM HD 1080i60
  – XDCAM HD 1080p24
  – XDCAM HD 1080p25
  – XDCAM HD 1080p30
  
  Workflow Automation
  
• Event subscriptions
  – Assets
  – Jobs
  – Productions
  – System Messages
  
• Event responses
  – Check the disk space of the database volume
  – Clean Jobs
  – Clean Logs
  – Copy
  – Delete
  – Email
  – Log
  – Measure Database Size
  – Monitor Scan
  – Move to Archive
  – Purge Subscriptions
  – Read XML
  – Restore from Archive
  – Run an external script or command
  – Scan (assets)
  – Scan Productions
  – Search Expired (for scheduled events)
  – Set Asset Metadata
  – Set Production Metadata
  – Write XML
  
• Scheduled events
  – Day
  – Week
  – Time of day
  – Periodically
  
• Watchers (watched folders)
  – Poll
  – Subscription
  
  Facility Workflow Templates
  
• Television Station
• Video Production
• Film Post-Production
• Education
• Other
  
  Input Video Formats (Compressor)
  
• QuickTime
  – Apple ProRes 422
  – Animation
  – BMP
  – Video
  – Cinepak
  – DV
  – DVCPRO
  – DVCPRO HD
  – H.261
  – H.263
  – H.264
  – JPEG 2000
  – M-JPEG A
  – M-JPEG B
  – Photo JPEG
  – Planar RGB
  – PNG
  – Sorenson 2
  – Sorenson 3
  – TGA
  – Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit video
  
  
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2
  – Elementary
  – Program
  
• MPEG-4
  – Input Audio Formats (Compressor)
  
• QuickTime
  – AIFF
  – Sound Designer
  – WAV
  
• Dolby Digital (AC-3)
• Soundtrack Pro STAP
  
  Output Video Formats (Compressor)
  
• AVI
• QuickTime
  – Animation
  – Apple Pixlet
  – BMP
  – Video
  – Cinepak
  – DV
  – DVCPRO
  – H.261
  – H.263
  – H.264
  – JPEG 2000
  – M-JPEG A
  – M-JPEG B
  – Photo JPEG
  – Planar RGB
  – PNG
  – Sorenson 2
  – Sorenson 3
  – TGA
  – Video
  
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2
  – Elementary
  – Transport
  – Program
  
• MPEG-4
  – M4V
  – M4A
  – MP4
  – Sequential TIFF and TGA
  – 3G (3GPP)
  
  Output Audio Formats (Compressor)
  
• QuickTime
  – AIFF (PCM)
  – AAC
  – Alaw 2:1
  – Dolby Digital Professional (DVD Studio Pro 4 and Final Cut Studio only)
  – IMA 4:1
  – Linear PCM
  – MACE 3:1
  – MACE 6:1 QDesign Music 2
  – Qualcomm PureVoice
  – uLAW 2:1
  
• Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2.0 and 5.1 surround sound
• MP3
  
  Collaboration Features
  
• Asset check-in and check-out
• Final Cut Pro project check-in and check-out
• Keep Media with Project option for Final Cut Pro project check-out (to store related media locally)
• Prepare for Disconnected Use (for working while disconnected from the Final Cut Server network)
• Network and Edit in Place devices
• Track asset progress using Status metadata
• Asset and project versioning with version comments (comment, author, date)
• Clip Annotation tool with annotation, user, timestamp, and in/out points
• Status notification emails
• Configurable review and approval