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  • fcp 5.0 opening in 4.5

    Posted by Michael Wilfong on December 2, 2005 at 4:50 pm

    I need to open an FCP project created in 5.0 in 4.5…is there a way to do this??
    I spoke with Apple tech support and they say: “once you go up…you can’t go down.”

    I only need a batch list from the 5.0 project so that I don’t digitize the same files twice…

    please help!!!

    Michael W.

    Tom Adams replied 20 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Todd Beabout

    December 2, 2005 at 4:57 pm

    Try an XML import from 5.0. Then import that into 4.5.

    Never done it, and I hear it can be a pain, but it just might help. If it is simple 1 track video sequence I guess you could try an EDL too. But Apple is right, to the best of my knowledge you cannot open a newer version file in an older version of FCP.

    -Todd Beabout
    Vazda Studios

  • Michael Wilfong

    December 2, 2005 at 5:37 pm

    Thanks Todd…I appreciate your help.

    Work Well….

  • Tom Adams

    December 2, 2005 at 8:12 pm

    i’ve been having problem swith stills that looked awesome in 4.5 looking like crap in 5.0 so, i’m investigating
    going back to 4.5

    check this out

    https://www.lafcpug.org/Tutorials/basic_fcp5_to_4.html

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