Your colorist exported a single file. If he used Resolve, you needed an XML export and media using a certain procedure (see below). That would hopefully give you clip boundaries in FCPX.
If it wasn’t resolve or if it’s not possible for him to re-export that, you will have to either manually do frame-accurate cuts on the timeline or else use scene detection software to automate this.
Resolve has scene detection and will try to cut each scene. It doesn’t always work but it’s adjustable. I think the free version has this. The stabilizer in Resolve is also significantly better than FCPX, so if you take it to Resolve you may as well stabilize it there.
Ripple Training FCPX/Resolve round trip: https://youtu.be/v5R6AnxFyhM
Sam Mestman FCPX/Resolve round trip: https://youtu.be/cjpTAUSqlWY
Resolve scene cut detection: https://youtu.be/HqjhF1wfIOk
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