[Melissa Warren]

Shane- sorry for not replying to your response sooner and saying thanks. M

[Melissa Warren]

Hi

Apologies for tardy reply- these emails weren’t going into my trash but my spam folder- which I can’t seem to access unless I search for specific messages. Anyway I did have some luck but not enough for me to think this is a viable solution long term.

The thought of having to transcode each time we want to move a sequence between the two systems made me recoil in horror as I just think it’s a recipe for disaster. If it’s only being done once then fine, but we were looking for a solution to allow for us to freely move between systems numerous times. This is what avid told me to do:

To export from FCPX to Avid you have to use DaVinci Resolve (which you can get free of charge from BlackMagic’s website). This seems to be the best workflow for going from FCPX to Avid.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

– In Final Cut Pro X go to File > Export XML where you will be asked to name and save a new .fcpxml file format. The new .fcpxml file can be imported into Resolve.
– In Resolve click Load and select your FCPXML file.
– A dialogue box will pop up, click Ok.
– You will now be able to see your clips in the timeline.
– Inside of Resolve go to Session and Click Render.
– Under the Easy Setup tab select Avid AAF Round Trip.
– After selecting your desired export codec you can simply hit render. Your clips will now render.
– Once completed you can jump into Avid and import the AAF file which will pop up as a single sequence.
– If you have multiple timelines you will need to export multiple AAF files. The clips should automatically pop up in Avid. It’s a long process but it works.

It did work but like I said this isn’t suitable for moving between systems multiple times.

I did have more luck than I thought I would by exporting the sequence from FCP, bringing it into Avid (without any media being transcoded) and following the instructions on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWnnCpFDds but using Davinci Resolve instead of Automatic Duck.

It did take me a good few times and playing with the setting to get media to relink but eventually about 70% of it did.

I’ve had to swallow my preferences and finish this project on FCP but next time I’m insisting that we just work in Avid!! Hope this helps!

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