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Moving an edit project from final cut pro 5 to final cut pro 7 or X

Emma Dove

12 years, 11 months ago - Emma Dove

Hello Shooters,

I'm currently editing a project using final cut pro 5, but I may be moving to another suite and would like to use either final cut pro 7 or X. I'm not sure how easy it will be to open up and edit the project in a different version of final cut, can anyone help me out?

The files I am editing at the moment have been transcoded to Apple Intermediate Codec, but I know that 7/X usually transcode to Apple ProRes. Will this be an issue? In theory I'd like to just open up the project and go ahead and start editing, but I have an inkling it's not going to be as easy as that...!

Any advice much appreciated!

Thanks all.

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Ben Jacobson

12 years, 11 months ago - Ben Jacobson

An FCP5 project should open in FCP7 with no problem at all (although it won't go back the other way). Getting it into FCPX is a whole other issue (it is a completely different programme) - whilst there are XML conversion tools available to do this, I personally would avoid it if at all possible.

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John Whitehead

12 years, 11 months ago - John Whitehead

I agree with Ben: Unless you are already well-versed in FCP X, you would be moving to an unfamiliar editing environment with a significant learning curve, this in not advisable if you are in the middle of a project. The intermediate codec will not be a problem.

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