How to transfer FCP Sequences to AE

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How to transfer FCP Sequences to AE

Howdy!

I'm using FCP 7 and After Effects CS5.

I'm trying to move sequences from FCP to AE. I've tried setting my external video editor to AE, but then when I click on a clip in the sequence, it doesn't give me an option to send it to AE.

Is there any way to get the whole sequence into AE? After effects has the option to save an XML file, is there a way to import an xml? Like, one that I'd exported from FCP.

Does cinama tools have an option that would help?

Thanks all!!

Paul T.

Macbook Pro 15in Late 2008, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 4Gb Ram 500 Gb Drive Nvidia 9600m GT

Posted on May 8, 2011 12:54 PM

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Answer 1

Javi Ge

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May 8, 2011 12:58 PM in response to paulleavitt

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Answer 2

paulleavitt Author

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May 8, 2011 1:30 PM in response to Javi Ge

I've heard of automatic duck, however, it's quite a way out of my budget. I'm looking for a way that I don't have to buy, or doesn't cost very much.

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Javi Ge

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May 8, 2011 2:02 PM in response to paulleavitt

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Andy Mees

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May 8, 2011 5:53 PM in response to paulleavitt

Do you only have AE or do you have Premiere too? If you have Premiere then you can export your sequence from FCP as an XML file and then import that XML into Adobe Premiere. From Premiere you can then send direct to AE.

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Answer 5

May 31, 2012 11:55 AM in response to Andy Mees

I have also been having trouble with this. So I exported a sequence as an xml file from FCP, and then opened Premiere to import said xml file, but when I try to import it, it's greyed out and Premiere won't let me import it. I should say that I've never used Premiere before, so maybe I set up the new project that I created in Premiere incorrectly? Any ideas?

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May 31, 2012 3:25 PM in response to SkiesEyes

automatic duck is free now (or it was a few months ago). do some googling.

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