Perfect FCP to AE workflow

[Michael Nikitin]

Dave. It worked. I’m speechless. Thanks so much! And a big thank you to the guys at Popcorn Island.

In case if anyone has the same issue as I did, while having as little scripting experience as I do, here’s what needs to be done (it was not apparent to me what to do with the jsx file, at first), —

The PI_FCP2AE.jsxbin file goes to After Effects’ “Scripts” folder. Then, you need to run After Effects, go to File->Scripts->PI_FCP2AE, locate your XML (Version 3 worked for me) that you generated in Final Cut, and… voila.

I am using Final Cut 6.0.2 and AE CS3, btw.

Once again, thank you Dave, thank you Cow, thank you everyone! Damn! I’m so excited. I want to love the world and dedicate my life to public service…

[Rafael Amador]

[Michael Nikitin] “would it make any difference if I render files out as Quicktime movies, or if I went with “using Quicktime conversion”? “
Try to avoid “QT Conversion. When you export to QT from FC, only the clips where you have hanged something are rendered. With QT Conversion all your footage is re-compressed. You loose a generation.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.