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get FCP timeline into AE
Hello,
is there any other way to get an FCP timeline into AE besides Auto Duck? or is Auto Duck the only solution?
Thanks!
Tony Rain
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10 Replies
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[Dave LaRonde] “There will be other posts coming.”
… like this one!
I’ve never tried this, nor do I have plans to do so … so I cannot vouch for it in any way. I just Googled “fcp timeline” and “after effects”:
https://basicfcptoae.laurenthenriot.net/index.en.html -
Unless there is just no way you can afford it, get the Duck. I’ve only had it for a few weeks, but I don’t know how I got by without it before.
The other alternative is to use Premiere Pro.. You can open those projects directly in AE. I know you were asking about FCP, but maybe you or others didn’t know that about Premiere..
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[Dave LaRonde] “There will be other posts coming.”
Or this one!
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hey guys thanks for the responses. i actually tried both links that were suggested. they both appear to work okay with DV footage. i guess i failed to mention that i am working with DVCPRO HD. with both apps when trying to import the .jcx file into AE, AE would crash?? im going to attempt again later today when i have some spare time. but maybe these can only handle DV?? if there are any other suggestions as far as importing DVCPRO HD that’d be great.
thanks for all your help!
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I have been writing a stand alone script fcp2ae for work that we do with the HVX 200. The script is actually done, I just haven’t had a damn free second to post it up. I will this weekend for sure though.
It supports DV, DV anamorphic and DVCPROHD.
It supports nested sequences, and converts them into nested compositions.
It will bring across final cuts basic key frames such as position, opacity and rotation. Then to cap it all off it will also bring in your timing changes, if you have remapped the speed of any of your footage.
Also, for DV people, it supports segments if you use DV Start/Stop detection, like I do :).
Sorry for the teaser post… but I will respond back this weekend when I get a second to breathe. I will post the script and a tutorial on how it works…
-ross
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cool! i look forward to trying it out.
thanks
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hey ross,
just wondering if you were able to post that script?
thanks
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hey tony,
Sorry about the delay here ya go. Please lemme know if you have any problems! We want to try to make this as useful as possible.
If anyone is looking to move projects from final cut to after effects please give this a try and lemme know what results you have. Thanks!
Application
https://www.popcornisland.com/downloadsTutorial on this is here
https://www.popcornisland.com/tutorials-ross
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hehe well I guess it could be an interesting marketing ploy to remove the script from the internet in 2/08, “get it now… or it will be lost… forever….”
but not really something I could see myself doing. 🙂The script itself will timeout so you will not be able to use it anymore. Which also means a new script will be up online by the end of January. This will keep going until this thing is stable enough to be a real release and I can just let it go.
There are so many possibilities in final cut xml, that debugging this on my own is a nightmare. So in order to help with that.. I will release beta’s with timeouts to try to catch the bugs. This way I don’t have to be worried about someone submitting a bug from a version way back, I can manage problems a lot easier.
Then again if there are no problems with this one I will just kill the timeout and re-release it 🙂 but somehow life never seems to work out that way….
Once it is solid I will just do a final release of like version 1.0. Hope that makes sense…
If someone REALLY needs a copy of this script without the timeout, that hasn’t been fully worked out, let me know. I am sure I can work something out… but I don’t recommend it..
thanks for checking it out
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I actually have tried both scripts listed here (using a DVCPRO HD FCP timeline to AE) and they both work very well. Best of all, they are both free!
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