Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1412)

Chapter 5 Offline and Online Editing 61
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 Other nonlinear editing systems: These are systems similar to Final Cut Pro, such as
Avid, Media 100, and Premier Pro. These systems each recognize their own native
formats, and some also recognize the AAF format. The Final Cut Pro XML Interchange
Format can be used in conjunction with third-party plug-ins to export Final Cut Pro
sequences to the native formats of other nonlinear editing systems.
Note: Some systems recognize OMF project files, but Final Cut Pro can export only
audio information in the OMF format, so this is not an option for transferring video
editing information to another system. In Final Cut Pro, OMF is used only for audio
interchange.
Trading Project Files Using Email or the Internet
Because the connection between clips and media files is so flexible in Final Cut Pro, you
can easily transfer and open projects between different Final Cut Pro editing systems.
For example, you can work with low-resolution copies of your media on a PowerBook,
and then transfer your project to another editing system containing full-resolution
copies of your media. Since a project file is small, it’s easy to transfer it via email, a
website, Zip disk, CD-R, or directly from a PowerBook hard disk to a desktop system.
You use the Media Manager to create a copy of your project without media, reducing
transfer time significantly. Keep in mind that recipients of your project need the same
media files on their systems (even if they are at a different resolution); otherwise, they
will only see offline media indicators when they open the project.
The example below shows how to make a copy of your sequence(s) with different
sequence settings (image dimensions, codec, and so on) to send to a remote
collaborator. You do not actually create any new media.
To use the Media Manager to deliver your project to another Final Cut Pro
editing system:
1 Select a sequence in the Browser.
2 Choose File > Media Manager.
3 Choose “Create offline” from the Media pop-up menu.
4 From the Set sequences to pop-up menu, choose the sequence preset that matches
the media on the editing system you are sending to.
5 Click OK.
6 Choose a destination and name for the new project file, then click OK.
7 Attach the new project to an email, or upload it to an accessible FTP or web server.
Some network servers may not recognize the native Final Cut Pro file format. To ensure
that the file is properly transferred, you can create and send a compressed zip archive
of your project instead.