Hello
I just installed Mavericks and FCPX 10.1.1 on another boot drive to test if I can handle the switch to FCPX.
Is it possible to import any FCP7 projects into FCPX ?
Thought it's best to ask before trying it and messing something up. They are pretty intricate edits for professional use.
Thanks
Nick
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2 x 2.93 6 core (12 core) 16Gb Ram 512Gb SSD 1TB internal
Thanks. Have you used it? Can you confirm it works flawlessly?
You need to read the info from Assisted Editing, particularly "What loses something in translation" and "What gets lost in translation" Since you are exporting an XML from FCP7, there are some things in the original sequence, such as effects on clips, that may or may not make it to FCP-X.
Here is there info on what does and does not transfer:
http://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/7toX/about.html
MtD
Ok. Have you used it yourself? Reading a website and real world experience are two completey different things in my experience. Much appreciate you bringing this to my attention of course.
I have not used it myself. Maybe someone who has will post.
As far as I know, it is the only method to bring an FCP-7 sequence into FCP-X, so there is not a lot of choice if that is what you want to do.
The problem of having some work not trnslated correctly or not recognized is not unique to going from FCP-7 to FCP-X. XML output from FCP-7 is extremely terse, and was never intendended to pass all information. You would have this same problem opening an FCP XML on any other NLE, even if it accepted the XML directly without third-party conversion, such as in Adobe Premiere.
MtD
Ok. I'm starting a new project in FCP7 and need to do it quickly. So I will do a basic aedit wiht no effects or transitions and add them in FCPX later.
It works well (from first hand experience) with the limitations described by the developer on the site.
IMO, the main limitation is that re-timed sections of your sequence lose the retiming in treansition. But that's not a big deal. Certainly not a deal breaker.
Russ
Ok, so I saved a basic project XML file in FCP7 and used 7toX to transfer to FCPX. I have doubled click on the video and audio and they have appeared in the timeline area. I can hear the audio but there is just a black screen and no visual ?? Why is this? Any help please. See screen attached
Actually, I just tried quitting FCPX while waiting for a reply and it said it couldn't quit as it was perfoming background tasks. Is the source footage, which is already on the external drive, copying to somewhere else? If so, why can't it just link to the orginal footage? Will this happen with massive projects I port over??
Thanks!
After you open the XML in 7toX your FCP7 sequence should come into FCP X as a compound clip. Did that happen in your case?
When you were exporting from FCP 7, did you select version 5 of the XML?
Russ
Importing FCP7 projects in FCPX 10.1.1
