• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  EDL for Master Sequence

  Posted by Dennis Bass on November 27, 2006 at 9:10 pm

  I want to capture footage from multiple sources, edit a master sequence in FCP, and then output back to a master Digi-Beta for storage. All that’s is easy. I now want to export an EDL of some type of the FCP sequence that I can use to recapture material from my master Digi. I can’t seem to export and import an EDL that doesn’t reference the original source tapes. Is this possible?

  Thanks

  Dennis Bass replied 19 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Bob Flood

  November 27, 2006 at 11:04 pm

  Hey Denneye

  No sure exactly what you are asking? do you want to creat a “video Archive” on a digibeta of the select footage you used to make your edit?

  OR

  are you looking for an edl that will identify all the cuts on your digibeta, but indicate them as coming form one reel ie the digibeta master, as if for color corrections?

  if 1, do a search for larry jordan. he has an article on “video archiving” using XML

  if 2, i believe its “digital heaven” has an edl tool that takes all your edits and makes em sources, specificall for finding cuts fast when you do color correction.

  hope this helps

  bee eph
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  Shane Ross

  November 27, 2006 at 11:12 pm

  It is possible, if you capture your digibeta, chop up the clip and use that footage in a timeline. An EDL ONLY REFERENCES the source footage, never the master tape. It will only reference the master tape if you capture it and use clips from it in a timeline, then export and EDL from THAT timeline.

  Shane

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  Dennis Bass

  November 27, 2006 at 11:19 pm

  Thanks for the response. Option 1 is what I’m going for. I had read Larry Jordan’s archiving with XML article and guessed it would be the definitive answer, but wanted to check if there was another way to do it within FCP or without having to buy another app.

  Thanks again.

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