Final Cut Pro

  1. Export, then Final Cut Pro. Save CamHeard_sync_FCP.fcpxml.
  2. In Final Cut: File, Import, XML…, choose the file.
  3. An event appears with a project of the same name. The media links from your folders.

Worth knowing

  • Final Cut does not import Blackmagic RAW and old camcorder files (.mpg, .mod), and one such file would break the whole import. So the app leaves them out of the Final Cut export. For BRAW angles use the DaVinci Resolve export; transcode the camcorder files or use the Premiere Pro export.
  • Recorder channels from three channels up hear the first channel after the import, as in Resolve. Assign the channels on the tracks by hand.
  • The Matching timecode checkbox does not apply to Final Cut, for the same reason as for Resolve.

Clip colours

FCPXML carries no clip colour in any version, so Final Cut paints by ROLES. Clips that could not be synced arrive with the role Not Synced.

You pick the shade once and the library keeps it: Timeline Index, then Roles, then Edit Roles. These are the same clips that are yellow in the file for Premiere.