How to get FCP bins into Avid?

[Laura Creecy]

I’m about to try the same thing on Monday. Any luck with keeping the merged clips?

This was my post over on Reduser, which bounced me over here:

The feature I am on started in FCP7
-Transcodes from RCX to ProresLT 1920×1080
-Logged and sync to dual system sound in FCP7 with PuralEyes and some manual syncing
-Bins organized by scene with the new sync clips, no sequences, no multicam clips

With 3 weeks of shooting down and one week still to go, the editor that was just hired is Avid only.

My questions are:

-What is the best way to transition to MC5.5? Automatic Duck? I’ve watched a couple of help videos but they all start with sequences transferring. I am more worried about all the time I’ve spent logging and syncing to new master clips and the bins transitioning over. Will that stuff transfer? I can deal with logging again, I am more worried about the sync.
-If all the files are ProResLT, will there be any issues when it comes to online and linking back to R3D? I imagine it will be a DPX online because it is heavy in VFX.
-Should I transcode the last week also to ProResLT to keep all the media consistent? Or should I transcode the last week of production to MXF? I don’t particularly want to have mixed media if I can avoid it.
-Any known hiccups in the Automatic Duck transfer I need to know about?

Any workflow issues people may have had doing this before?

OR
Do I throw up my hands and spend 2 weeks retranscoding to MXF and starting over with logging and syncing in MC5.5?

[Jan Maitland]

[Michael Phillips] “Actually…. if you really think hard enough, you see the finished piece in your head and there is no need to edit at all. 🙂
“

LoL! That was awesome 🙂

As the O.P.’s “boss” I just wanted to thank everyone for their input and guidance here. And Casey, you get extra credit for turning to Creative COW for help with this. The people here are fantastic and it’s great to see you in the forums.

[Jessica Menendez]

Hi Laura,

I see no one replied to your post back in August.

I’m in the same situation you were in: we’re trying to transfer a project created, logged and synched from Final Cut to Avid.

Did you end up finding a good solution?

I’m told it’s much easier to do now on MC6, so looking into that option.

The important thing for this project is to be able to keep the synched clips during the transfer.

Big question: how do you transfer the footage (the film was shot on RED).

If anyone has any new thoughts, would love to hear from you.

Thanks! Jessica

[Eleonora Hoever]

Hi Jessica,

Did you find any new possibilities with MC6?

[Jessica Menendez]

Hi Eleonora,

Unfortunately, no. I was told MC6 was not yet fully operational.

I decided to restart the project from scratch on AVID.

Hopefully, these things will become easier in the future.

best, Jessica

[Shane Ross]

Whoever told you this is wrong. Avid MC6 is fully functional.

Shane
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[Christopher Cameron]

Hello all,

This thread is a little old but was wondering if anyone has had success with bringin accross Multigroups. And also if anyone has tried or had any success with linking these files back via AMA. I’m testing this workflow and running into snags. Am i beating a dead horse?

thanks all

CC

[Terence Curren]

The Automatic Duck tools are free now on the Automatic Duck website. Just use those.

Terence Curren
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[Christopher Cameron]

Thanks,

I’m trying to carry bins over and relink through AMA, would AD help me? thought that was for Sequences. We are trying to avoid redoing all the logging and syncing as there is an enormous amount of footage that has already been synced and grouped.

[Shane Ross]

Sorry. There is no way to bring over bins and organized projects from FCP to Avid. Or vice versa. FCP to Premiere and back? Yes. Avid, no

Shane
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