Adobe Premiere Pro CC v.7.xx - Manual (Page 150)

Importing XML project files fromFinal Cut Pro
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Import an XML file from Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro clip data
Final Cut Pro effects and transitions
Final Cut Pro composite modes
Final Cut Pro Multiclips
You can import entire projects, selected clips, or selected sequences that you export from Final Cut Pro as XML files. In Premiere Pro, bins and
clips have the same hierarchies and names that they have in the Final Cut Pro source projects. Also, Premiere Pro retains the sequence markers,
sequence settings, track layout, locked tracks, and sequence timecode start points of Final Cut Pro source projects. Premiere Pro imports text from
the Final Cut Pro Text generators into Premiere Pro titles.
You cannot import native Final Cut Pro project files, only XML files exported from Final Cut Pro. You can export Final Cut Pro XML files from
Premiere Pro. The effects that are tranlated from Premiere Pro are the same as those that are imported from a Final Cut Pro XML f ile.
Joost van der Hoeven provides a video tutorial on the Adobe website that demonstrates exchanging information between Final Cut Pro and
Premiere Pro using XML projects.
Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro 7 (and earlier) can share Final Cut Pro XML files for data exchange. To exchange information between Final
Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro, you can use a third party tool called "Xto7." For more information on using this tool, see
here .
For a list of items in Premiere Pro that are translated from a Final Cut Pro XML file, see Final Cut Pro clip data , Final Cut Pro effects and
transitions , Final Cut Pro composite modes , and Final Cut Pro Multiclips . Also, see the PDF, Appendix D: Working with Final Cut Pro from the
Editor's Guide to Premiere Pro by Richard Harrington, Robbie Carman, and Jeff Greenberg for more information.
Robbie Carman explains the process of exporting a Final Cut Pro project and then importing it into Premiere Pro in this video tutorial on AdobeTV .
Information about reading errors in the Translation Report is included.
Additional resources about importing Final Cut Pro projects are linked to from this article on the Adobe website .
Import an XML file from Final Cut Pro
1. Export an XML file from Final Cut Pro. For more information, see Final Cut Pro Help.
2. In Final Cut Pro, close the source project.
3. In Premiere Pro, select File >Import.
4. Browse to the XML file, and click Open.
Final Cut Pro clip data
Clip data in the Description, Scene, ShotTake, and LogNote fields in Final Cut Pro appear in the clip metadata fields with the same names in
Premiere Pro.
Final Cut Pro effects and transitions
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