From Premiere Pro CS3 to FCPS2

[Tom Amici]

FCP will not read a PP sequence.You need to export a QT of the PP edit and bring it into FCP. Then the real editing starts. Good luck.

[Walter Biscardi]

[antonio scarpitta] “Is there a way to read PP timelines into FCP? We need to finish in FCP (don’t ask) and we’re trying to find the best way to do it w/o recutting the whole show or redigitizing the media.”

Export an OMF and then open that in FCP. It works quite well.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Shane Ross]

Well, can’t do it with Automatic duck. Works between AE and FCP, and Premiere and Autodesk…but not FCP and Premiere.

Moving between non-linear editing systems usually means that you have to redigitize. Because the codecs that one NLE captures to aren’t always compatible or optimal with another, and you will have more issues than you can shake a stick at.

I think you will be stuck with exporting an EDL and importing that into FCP and recapturing. But what do I know about this workfow…?

Shane

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[Shane Ross]

OMF? I thought FCP couldn’t import OMF files.

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[Antonio Scarpitta]

Thanks so much for your suggestions.

I’ll share my findings with you.

A.

[Richard Sanchez]

I have exported XMLs from Premiere Pro and brought them into Avid Xpress Pro before (albeit I had to recapture, but the cuts where mostly retained) so that might be an option to try with FCP. Can’t guarantee it’ll work, but it’s worth a shot.

Richard Sanchez
Arcadia, CA

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[Antonio Scarpitta]

Thanks Richard, I’ll try that too.

I’ll keep you posted

A.

[Antonio Scarpitta]

Hello Richard,

I haven’t been able to find how to export XMLs from PP. Could you tell me how this is done?

Thanks man,

A.