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Flipped effect doesn’t translate from FCPX xml to my DaVinci Resolve timeline
Is there a way to get DaVinci to import my flipped effect from FCPX xml?
I’m working on 2 x 50 min natural history projects. I’m doing the offline edit on FCPX 10.6.1 and using DaVinci 17.4.5 Build 7 for the online (well, prepping it for the online editor)
None of my flip effects are translating in my Davinci timeline. I use A LOT of flips…
My only current fix is to eye match and manually reapply the flip in Davinci.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Most effects and transitions don’t translate well if at all between any of the popular editing applications. The flip effect in Final Cut is one of those that doesn’t work.
Depending on how you’ve built your edit, there could be a few solutions for you.
If you have a simple timeline, you could lift all the flipped clips up and fill in their original positions with gap clips. Export an XML, bring it into Resolve, and those clips will now be on their own video track. Select all the clips on that track and use Resolve’s transform effect on them to flip ’em.
Or don’t use Final Cut’s flip effect on the clips but use the Transform tool instead. Just rotate the clips 180 degrees and set the Scale X to -100. Resolve with see this with no problem.
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Thank you, Robert. I think I might do the transform settings, especially in future edits.
I’m using Producers Best friend (such a handy plugin), which reports all effects in a spreadsheet, so I’ll be able to isolate the clips that have been flipped and then apply the transform settings.
Thank you!
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