FCP X Project (timeline) to FCP 7

[Jeff Kirkland]

Resolve might do it via XML but Xto7 is your best bet. It’s been a long while since I used Xto7, or XtoCC as it is now but keep in mind that any trip back to FCP 7 is going to be a dumbed down version of the project because 7 ain’t that smart.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
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[Adam Berch]

Thanks for the info. Here is what I am trying to do.

I have a 20 minute timeline in FCP 7, I exported it as an XML from FCP 7. I used 7toX and brought it into FCP X. I want to be able to do a color correction in FCP X, export it through XML back into FCP 7 where all of the color changes are still present that I did in FCP X.

How can I accomplish this? Please give me step by step instructions.

Thank You in advance.

[Oliver Peters]

[Adam Berch] ” I want to be able to do a color correction in FCP X, export it through XML back into FCP 7 where all of the color changes are still present that I did in FCP X. “

Not possible. The color correction effects in X don’t match those in 7, so there’s no correlation between the two. You could render out a “flattened” master file from X and bring that back into 7 if you like. Then the color correction will be “baked” in.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Doug Metz]

As Oliver pointed out, the only way to do this is export video with baked-in correction. In some cases, you may also see a gamma shift when you bring your newly exported file(s) into 7.

I guess I’m wondering why you wouldn’t simply finish the project in FCPX, now that you’ve got it in there…

Doug Metz

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