modify all text titles at once?

[Eric Bowman]

I think I tried that but I’ll check again. Thanks for the suggestion.

I did read about a problem with Final Cut 7 messing up XML exports. It deletes the line breaks and makes them two spaces. I’m starting to think that the import is buggy as well.

Eric Bowman

[Eric Bowman]

Thanks for the suggestion, but that did not work at all. If you save it in a RTF format it crashes Final Cut. Can you give me more specifics? I’m using Dreamweaver to do the find and replace so that two spaces become one line break. That is because of the export bug that Final Cut 7 has.

Any advice?

Eric Bowman

[John Young]

I’m not sure what the problem is –
The file should be in RTF, but must end in XML.
I am suspicious of using dreamweaver too why not just TextEdit?
1. export XML file.
2. Open in TextEdit.
3. Do search and replace.
4. Save as an RTF document but replace .TXT or .RTF with .XML. Ignore any warnings about the file being unusable. You can always export it again, or re-name it…
6. Import XML file into FCP.

I suggest extreme caution in editing don’t add any extra line feeds or characters.
Good luck.

[Eric Bowman]

[John Young] “I’m not sure what the problem is –
The file should be in RTF, but must end in XML.
I am suspicious of using dreamweaver too why not just TextEdit?
1. export XML file.
2. Open in TextEdit.
3. Do search and replace.
4. Save as an RTF document but replace .TXT or .RTF with .XML. Ignore any warnings about the file being unusable. You can always export it again, or re-name it…
6. Import XML file into FCP.

I suggest extreme caution in editing don’t add any extra line feeds or characters.
Good luck.”

Thanks for the reply. I got around to trying this again on another project, and your suggestion does not work for me. First of all you can’t convert the FCP created XML document to Rich Text then save it as a XML file again inside of TextEdit. Just tried it and it said you have to use RTF as the extension. So I did that and just renamed the file to XML and when you import it in Final Cut it pops up an error dialog that reads,”XML Translation was aborted due to a critical error”.

I really don’t see how Dreamweaver would muck with the file either as it’s just a text editor like TextEdit with more bells and whistles. But heck, I’m willing to pop this thing open on XP using Notepad (or any text editor for that matter) if it truly remedies the problem.

I ALWAYS get two spaces for line breaks when I export from FCP version 7.0.2. It’s simple to put the line break in the XML document using a simple find and replace, but I can not figure out how to get FCP to read those in as an actual line break. I really thought you were onto something there with the RTF suggestion. 🙂 I’m still thinking it’s just a bug with FCP 7.0.2.

If you have any additional suggestions I’m all ears. I’d love to find a fix for this problem.

Eric Bowman

[John Young]

Hi Eric,
I just did this yesterday. I think the problem is in the text conversion.
I may have mis-stated before. Just checked my process:

1 Export as .XML – do search and replace as needed.
2. Save as XML (plain text encoding unicode (UTF-8)
3. I have checked “If NO extension is provided use .txt”
4. Message from text edit says ” You have used the extension .xml” at the end of the name. The standard extension is “.txt”
5. I checked the box that says “Use .xml”
6. Import into FCP save as a new project to prevent confusion with old one of the same name..
Best,
John Young

FCP 6.0.6
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 4 GB

[Eric Bowman]

That is EXACTLY what I did too. You didn’t save as RTF either if you were getting the TXT extension. If I save in RTF format it never imports into Final Cut. You are using version 6 too, I truly think that’s why it’s working. I have tried numerous times and it never brings in the line breaks. The funny thing is that the line breaks are there inside the Viewer Window > Controls > Text Parameters area. But in the sequence and the canvas it does not show the line breaks, which is where it matters the most.

This has to be a bug to my knowledge. All I can say is do NOT UPGRADE to 7.0.2. I think version 7.0 and 7.0.1 are fine, it’s just the latest greatest update that broke the XML export/import feature.

If you can get this to work on someone’s machine using 7.0.2 I’ll buy you a case of beer. 🙂

Eric Bowman

[Brian Shaw]

This thread saved me a crap load of work! Thanks so much guys!

[Rajesh Yandra]

The best answer is select all the text on your time line nest item it and hold control press the nest item, then it will open in viewer then go the motion change the size of it…Happy rep me .

[Ann Watson]

In Final Cut Pro 10.2.3, I can change all of the text at once. You open the Inspector, select the Text tab in the Inspector, use the scroll down bar and click on “Advanced.” Then scroll more until you see the Text options. Advanced will get you the option to change 3D text, color (face), opacity, glow, drop shadow and others. Once you see the options you want, look at your timeline in your “Project.” Hold down the shift key and use your mouse to select every text bubble in the timeline. Once all text bubbles are selected, go back to your Inspector and use it to select the features you want to change. Done.

[Alex Elkins]

This question is 10 years old and relates to a very old version of FCP.

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