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About Aurora Edit and Final Cut Pro
This topic describes the different ways you can integrate Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit
LD with Final Cut Pro.
Aurora Edit allows you to work with Apple’s Final Cut Pro video editing application.
Files created in Aurora Edit and in a shared environment on K2 storage include a .mov
file as one of its components, which makes it compatible with the Final Cut Pro format.
You can use Final Cut Pro and Aurora Edit in two different ways in your newsroom
workflow:
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Create a sequence in Aurora Edit and export the sequence as an XML EDL that
can be imported into Final Cut Pro, then finish editing using Final Cut Pro.
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Create a sequence from scratch in Final Cut Pro and choose clips directly off K2
storage.
The devices and software components that support Aurora Edit and Aurora Edit LD
workflows are as follows:
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Final Cut Pro installed on a Macintosh system
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K2 FCP Connect – This is a Grass Valley product that provides optimal
performance. It is a toolset that must be purchased, installed, licensed, and
configured. It includes GV Connect, which is a Final Cut Pro plug-in.
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Aurora NewsShare on K2 SAN storage
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A K2 system with stand-alone storage
Refer to your Aurora product release notes as well as the K2 FCP Connect Release
Notes for version compatibility information.
For detailed instructions refer to documentation as follows:
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Connecting and using Final Cut Pro on K2 storage – Refer to the K2 FCP Connect
documentation set, which includes the following documents:
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K2 FCP Connect Installation Manual
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K2 FCP Connect Release Notes
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GV Connect User Manual
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Workflows for Aurora Edit and Final Cut Pro – Refer to topics later in this manual.
Exporting an Aurora Edit sequence as a Final Cut Pro EDL
You can export a sequence from Aurora Edit to a Final Cut Pro machine when both
machines are part of a Network Attached Storage (NAS) system.
This allows for quick editing of a sequence on Aurora Edit and then transferring the
unfinished piece to Final Cut Pro for additional editing.
Files are transferred using Aurora Edit’s XML EDL format and Apple’s XML
Interchange format. These components of the sequence are transferred:
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