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Proceed as follows: 
1. 
Open the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog from the Network 
 
menu.
2.In the “All Users” column to the right, select the user(s) you want to 
share the project with.
All users in the network that have entered user names and are established in the net-
work are listed, along with the default “Guest” user (see page 20). To select several 
users, contiguously or non-contiguously, hold down [Shift] or [Ctrl]/[Command] and 
click on the user names.
3.When you have selected the user(s) you want to share the project 
with, click the Add User button above the column (the left button).
The selected users are added to the “User Name” column above the “All Users” column.
4.If you want to remove a user, select the user name in the “User Name” 
colu
mn and click the Delete User button below the column (the right 
button).
The user is removed from the “User Name” column. You can select and remove several 
users at once. You will probably want to remove the “Guest” user if you don’t want 
ev
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5.In the leftmost “Project & Tracks” column, make sure the top item (the 
project name) is selected.
This way, the settings you make affect the entire project, rather than separate tracks.
6.Define the project read and write permissions for the added users, by 
checking and unchecking the Read and Write permission columns 
(“r”, “w”) as desired.
Note that having write permission automatically means also having read permission.
The settings you have now made are valid for the entire project.
This dialog however also allows you to specify read and write permis-
sions separately for each track, as opposed to the entire project. This 
is described on page 23.
Saving the settings as a permission preset
If you have manually added users and set up their read and write per-
missions for the project in the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dia-
log as described above, you can create a permission preset based on 
the settings you have made:
1.Click the “+” icon to the left of the “Permission Presets” menu in the 
bottom right corner.
A dialog appears, allowing you to name the permission preset.
2.Type in the desired name and click “OK”.
The permission preset is saved and added to the menu. You can now also access this 
preset in the “User Manager” dialog, as described on page 16. 
						

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Setting up permissions for separate tracks
The “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog also offers the possibility 
of specifying read and write permissions separately for each track in 
the project, if you so wish.
To make permission settings on a track basis, do the following:
1.In the “Projects & Tracks” column, select the track(s) for which you 
want to make separate settings.
As you can see, the right part of the dialog now only contains a checkbox and the text 
“Override Project Permissions”.
2.Activate the “Override Project Permissions” option.
The dialog changes again, and in the left column, you can see that the text “Uses 
Project Permissions” for the track(s) has now been replaced with the text “Overrides 
Project Settings” in red.
3.Add users and specify their read and write permissions for the track(s) 
in the same manner as described on page 20.
4.When you are done, select the top item (the project name) in the 
“Project & Tracks” column again.
Note that permission settings for separate tracks are not saved in a 
permission preset. You can however use permission presets in con-
junction with separate track permissions, by first loading a preset with 
the project permissions (see page 25) and then making settings for 
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• It is also possible to make separate track permissions in the project In-
spector. Selecting a track in the Track list, opening the Network section 
in the Inspector and clicking the “Override Project Permissions” button 
(the key symbol) makes it possible to make read and write permission 
settings for the track directly in the Inspector. 
						

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Loading a permission preset
As previously mentioned, a permission preset contains information 
specifying which users should be allowed to share a Project and their 
read and write permissions for it.
To load a permission preset for the active project, proceed as follows:
1.Open the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog from the Network 
menu.
2.In the bottom right corner of the dialog, click anywhere in the text box 
to open a pop-up menu.
The menu lists all available permission presets.
3.From the menu, select the permission preset you wish to use.
As you can see, the users defined in the permission preset are now listed in the User 
Name column, and their read and write permissions are displayed.
You can now either use the settings of the loaded permission preset as 
they are for the shared project, or you can make manual adjustments on 
a project or track basis (see page 20). 
						

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Sharing a project
When you have set up all the users and their permissions – i.e. loaded 
a permission preset and/or manually added users and specified their 
permissions for this particular project – it’s time to actually share the 
project.
This can be done in two different ways:
In the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog
1.If it is not already active, activate the network by checking the option 
“Active” on the Network menu.
2.Open the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog from the Network 
menu.
3.Activate the “Share Project” option.
The project is now shared and available to the users you have specified.
•To revoke sharing of the project, deactivate the “Share Project” option.
•You can at any time make changes in this dialog, i.e. add or remove 
users and change permissions, and then update the shared project 
accordingly for all users by making the desired changes and clicking 
the “Commit” button.
•If you just want to share a project with full read and write access for 
eve
ry user in the network, the easiest way to do this is to just click 
“Share Project” without loading any permission preset or manually 
sett
ing up users.
This is provided you haven’t made any changes to the “Default Permissions” preset. 
The reason is that the default permissions (with only the user “Guest”) grant all users 
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In the “Shared Projects” dialog
1.If it is not already active, activate the network by checking the option 
“Active” on the Network menu.
2.Open the “Shared Projects” dialog from the Network menu.
3.Click the “Share Active Project” button.
This will open the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog, to let you verify that all 
permissions are OK before sharing. You can then share the project in that dialog as 
described above. When the active project is shared, it appears in the “My Shared 
Projects” folder.
The “Share Active Project” button.
•To revoke sharing of a Project, select it in the “My Shared Projects” 
folder and click the “Unshare Selected Project” button.
The “Unshare Selected Project” button.
Deactivating a shared project
If you are sharing a project and want to stop working on it, you do this 
by deactivating the network. When you deactivate the network during 
work with a shared project, the other users will be disconnected from 
it. However, sharing will not be revoked (as described above) unless 
you specify it – meaning that the next time you connect to the network, 
the project will still be shared, 
allowing the other users to join it without 
you having to make permiss
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•To deactivate the network, pull down the Network menu, select the 
item “Active”, and click to make sure it is not checked.
•A dialog will then appear, asking you to confirm that you want to dis-
connect the network.
All the users will then be disconnected from the project. The project will still be shared 
when you connect to the network again
•To reactivate the network, check the item “Active” on the Network 
menu again.
•A dialog will then appear, asking you to confirm that you want to re-
connect the network.
All the users with whom you previously shared the project will now be able to join it 
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About the project folder
When you’re sharing a project, you have to decide whether the project 
folder for it should be located on your local hard disk, or – if you’re 
sharing the project over a LAN and have access to a common file 
server – if it should be located on the server.
You should consider the following:
•If the project folder is located on your hard disk, the files it contains 
will be copied to the other users’ hard disks, and their project folders.
This way, work on the files will be done locally on each user’s computer, and the 
upd
ated files are then copied to the other users’ hard disks.
•If you have access to a file server and place the project folder and its 
contents on it, the other users must specify this folder as the project 
folder when they join the project.
In this case, the project files will not be copied to the other users’ hard disks, but are 
in
stead accessed directly on the server. Working on the files directly on a server may 
be slower compared to working on them locally. On the other hand, the files will not 
have to be copied to each user’s hard disk every time they are updated.
•If the network contains any users connected via WAN, you must keep 
the project folder on your hard disk.
This is because the WAN users will not be able to access the project folder if it is 
loc
ated on a file server in your LAN.
Where to put large media files
If you have a file server that is fast enough for connected workstations 
to call audio or video playback of files stored on this server, you should 
place large media files on this server to avoid excessive network traffic.
However, when you are using a Windows workstation, note that when 
you connect your file server using a drive letter (e. g. V:\), Nuendo will 
treat this server as a local drive, which means that any data from this 
server used in a shared project will always be copied over the Nuendo 
network.
Therefore, try placing your large files on a file server and import them 
into Nuendo without using the “Copy File to Working Directory” option. 
The server path should now be displayed in the Pool. 
						

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Joining projects
The “Shared Projects” dialog lets you join projects shared by other users 
in the network.
This dialog lists all the established users in the network, and any 
projects they are sharing. For you to be able to join a project, the user 
sharing it must be online and have given you read and/or write access.
To join a project, do the following:
1.Connect to the network by checking the option “Active” on the Net-
work menu.
2.Open the “Shared Projects” dialog from the Network menu.
3.If necessary, first click the “Rescan Network” button (the rightmost 
one in the toolbar).
By clicking this button, you instruct Nuendo to scan the network for any updated 
inform
ation about online users and/or shared projects, and refresh the Shared 
Projects dialog accordingly.
• The item “Users in Local Network” lists all the established users in a LAN.
• The item “Global IP Network” lists all the users with whom you have estab-
lished WAN connections (see page 11).
4.If there are plus-signs beside these items, this indicates that they con-
tain lists of users that can be displayed. Click the plus-signs to display 
the users.