Using the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format, you can generate Final Cut Pro project
files on any platform, using any software you want. You can also add, store, and modify
metadata directly in your QuickTime media files.

What Is the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format?

By default, Final Cut Pro saves every element of a project, such as clips, bins, and sequences,
in a project file. Although this project file is compact and efficient, you usually can’t open
it in third-party applications. What if you want to transfer all of your log notes to a
spreadsheet application, or an entire sequence along with all of your color correction
settings to another nonlinear editing application? The Final Cut Pro XML Interchange
Format was created so that every detail of your project file can be transferred to a system
that doesn’t recognize native Final Cut Pro projects.

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Using Final Cut Pro XML and
QuickTime Metadata