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Started project in FCPX10.7.1 and want to complete in Resolve 18.6
I started a documentary in FCPX but want to switch to Resolve to finish the project (including ingesting new footage as well as editing). Curious if anyone has made this move and is willing to share their experience, any links to how to videos, or links to step by step instructions that were helpful. Thanks!
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I’m not an expert but the XML export can work pretty well especially if you’re on the same machine with all the files still in the location. I’ve done this once and it worked.
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XML’s are rarely an easy process especially on longer projects. How long and complicated is the doco? I recently successfully exported an xml of a 70minute program from Premiere to Da Vinci. It worked in the end but I had to take out every dissolve and cross fade. Some graphics didn’t translate. I’m not sure what eccentricities FCP has with xml’s
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It’s a doc about a musician with a lot of 3 camera performance footage. My concern was creating multi cams in FCPX and then bringing the project into Resolve, or bring in the footage already ingested into FCPX and then create the multi cams in Resolve. I can work faster in FCPX but may be creating time consuming problems down the line. Project is beginning rough assemblage stage and I’m thinking between 73 and 83 minute length when finished.
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Same computer and external drive for either NLE. Thanks for your quick and heartening reply!
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To understand your situation, WHY are you planning to switch editing environments “in the middle” of your project? What benefit are you expecting?
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I had an FCPX project with some slowed down audio clips (85% speed) in post a couple months ago and XtoPro had some issues that took extra time for the audio mix. Resolve offers some features that FCPX lacks. FCPXʻs magnetic timeline and assigning audio roles seem counterintuitive to me.
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I do post work that has been edited in FCPX and transfered to Resolve via fcpxml. Resolve translates this pretty well but you need to collapse all compounded clips like multicam. Also you can only export a timeline with each fcpxml so it doesn’t transfer a whole project. If you want to maintain your folder structure then before you import an xml, setup a new Resolve project including frame rates and pixel aspect. Then on the media page import your media with the option to maintain all folders and sub folders. Then import the timeline and untick the option to bring in media as it is already there.
Resolve will do an excellent job at translating a lot of basic effects and resizing etc but you will need to check through and reapply things like stabilisation, shot flop/ flip and any moves using proprietary plugins. Some text will translate but third party plugins might not unless you have the OFX version installed. Things can go wrong if you have any media with duplicated file names and timecode so there may be typically DJI drone files that are notoriously using duplicate names and not proper time of day timecode.
It doesn’t need to be on the same machine but you do need to be sure all the media is on an external drive. The other gotcha moving to a different machine is making sure the fonts used are pre installed on the new computer
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