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Final Cut to Pro Tools
How can I get all my layers of audio into Pro Tools and then bring it back into Final Cut?
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8 Replies
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Export an OMF file out of FCP. Then import the OMF into PT (provided your PT rig has this ability). Edit/Mix your audio in PT and either send an OMF back to FCP or finished MIX back as an AIFF File.
-AG
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The Omf is just a text file correct? The Pro Tools system is on a different machine. How do I get alll the audio over to the sound guys machine.
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The OMF file is not just a text file, it is like a super-EDL that contains the media as well as the edit information. So when you export your sequence to OMF all the media the sequence needs will be stored in that OMF file.
— Wes Plate
Automatic Duck -
Wes is correct. For PT to open an OMF, you need to have the Digi Translator option, which any Audio Post Computer should have. Without that option, Pro Tools will NOT be able to read the OMF.
I hope this helps you.
AG
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Ill try it thanks! I have AD for After Effects. Do you guys make a Pro Tools AD. Ill check your site.
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Alright! It makes total sense. I was thinking EDL for some reason. My sound guys gonna love the duck plugin if we can affrord it.
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The OMF workflow described above works VERY well – done it hundreds of time.
If you bring AIFFs back into FCP , make sure it at 48K – (most audio guys mix at 44.1K so it’s worth just reminding them).
Wayne
2DP G5, 3.5GB RAM, FCP HD
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by the way you cant import OMFs back into FCP. Just you’re common or garden sound files!
nick
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