Export to OMF

[Wes Plate]

Yes, no and yes.

— Wes Plate
Automatic Duck

[Dennis Lisonbee]

The track will be exported as independent tracks. That is the beauty of OMF. In Pro Tools the work flow is to export to OMF is:

1. Export the FCP sequence to OMF
2. Convert to Pro Tools using DigiTranslator
3. Open In Pro Tools

If Nuendo imports OMF files right into the program, your workflow will be simplified. Others may have more experience with FCP and Nuendo.

[Martin Baker]

It’s about as simple as it gets:

1. Export from FCP as OMF file
2. Open Nuendo and choose File > Import > OMF to create a new project

Yes all tracks will remain independent and editable in Nuendo.

Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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[Tim Ryan]

Thank you all!

[John Fishback]

We are about to start doing remote ADR. (We record here. Session is monitored there via ISDN with timecode and audio to confirm takes. We ftp OMF.) There will be no gain changes or processing happening on our end – just the record. Does Automatic Duck help me out in this situation or just a straight export OMF from FCP?

Thanks,

John

Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.3 QT7.0.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5 (FCP5.0.4, DVDSP4.0.2, Comp2.0.1, STP1.0.2)
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
SonicStudio HD DAW, Yamaha DM1000, Genelec Monitors

[Wes Plate]

Does not sound like you need to purchase Pro Export FCP.

Pro Export FCP does other things as well, but regarding the export of audio for bringing into Pro Tools the advantage that Pro Export FCP has over FCP’s built-in OMF is the export of volume information.

— Wes Plate
Automatic Duck

[John Fishback]

Thanks for the info, Wes. I see down the line how Automatic Duck will be very useful.

John

Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.3 QT7.0.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5 (FCP5.0.4, DVDSP4.0.2, Comp2.0.1, STP1.0.2)
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
SonicStudio HD DAW, Yamaha DM1000, Genelec Monitors

[Dan Lachevre]

I think it’s crazy to have to pay for a plug in to include Volume info in OMFs. It should be a standard part of the system. I know this is a format AVID came up with but I don’t know why this functionality isn’t included. Is it licensing or what?

You have got some great products Wes [that I have bought before] but I do find it annoying that they revolve around fixing things that should be standard in products like FCP and After Effects.

[Wes Plate]

Filling a need left by the host application is something that all plug-ins do, not just ours.

Different users have different expectations about what should be in the app, some expect high-quality titling abillity, some expect the ability to capture HDV, some expect volume rubber bands in their OMF exports, etc.

Developers (Apple included) have limited resources in terms of time and talent, so they cannot do every feature that every user wants, they have to prioritize. Since Boris made and still makes such great titling plug-is for FCP it probably didn’t make sense for Apple to reinvent that wheel, so they licensed a titler from Boris. Before HDV support was built-in to FCP you had to buy a plug-in in order to use HDV. Clearly this was a vital improvement to make in the application, so Apple was wise to invest their resources to add the feature. Would Apple sell more units of Final Cut if its OMF export included volume information? I suspect that it would not contribute to dramatically more sales, no. The OMF export that is built-in meets the needs of many users, for those who are more advanced and require their volume decisions to go into the OMF, a reasonably-priced option exists.

— Wes Plate
Automatic Duck