[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

[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.

[John Young]

make sure you save the XML file as an RTF, not a TXT. That should do it.

[John Young]

Thank you so much!
I had been learning FX scripting (not a bad pursuit!) to attempt this task. I was unable to find a way to modify all 400 + texts to change the font size & position with scripting
XML made it very easy.
I exported as a XML file.
I did a global search and replace in that XML file for the first parameter, and replaced it with the second.

find <value>28</value
replace with <value>43</value>

find <vert>0.375</vert>
replace with <vert>0</vert>

I found the position was in a different number format than I had expected. I made the desired changes to the first text, than searched in the XML for the parameters associated with that text.

I saved the XML file, and re-opened it as a new project.
I still had lots of cleaning up to do, but it will take MUCH less time than opening 400+ text slugs and changing them.

I am captioning IMAX films for the Fleet Science Center in San Diego.
They play back as a quicktime file with a protools session.