Guides for moving and documenting timelines
Each guide answers one question editors search for, with the menu commands as Apple, Adobe and Blackmagic Design document them and the fixes for the usual errors.
- Menus from official docs
- Checked 2026-11-12
- How to export XML from Final Cut ProExport XML from Final Cut Pro: select the project, choose File › Export XML…, pick a metadata view and XML version. What .fcpxmld is and which apps open it.
- How to import FCPXML into Premiere ProPremiere Pro cannot import FCPXML. Export XML from Final Cut Pro, convert it to Final Cut Pro 7 XML, then use File › Import in Premiere Pro. Step by step.
- How to move a Premiere Pro project to Final Cut ProOpen a Premiere Pro sequence in Final Cut Pro: File › Export › Final Cut Pro XML, convert it to FCPXML, then File › Import › XML. Step by step.
- How to send a Premiere Pro timeline to DaVinci ResolveMove a Premiere Pro sequence into DaVinci Resolve: File › Export › Final Cut Pro XML, then File › Import Timeline in Resolve. Settings and what carries over.
- How to send a DaVinci Resolve timeline to Final Cut ProExport a DaVinci Resolve timeline as Final Cut Pro X XML with File › Export › Timeline, then File › Import › XML in Final Cut Pro. What to do if it is refused.
- How to export an EDL from Premiere ProExport an EDL from Premiere Pro: click the timeline, File › Export › EDL, pick tracks in EDL Export Settings (CMX 3600). Tips for clean EDLs and clip names.
- How to export Premiere Pro markers to a listGet every Premiere Pro marker with timecode, name and comment as CSV or Excel: export Final Cut Pro XML from the sequence and make a marker list from it.
- How to make a music cue sheetWhat a music cue sheet must list (per BMI), how to pull every cue with in, out and duration from your edit, and which details to fill in before it is filed.
- What is FCPXML?FCPXML is Final Cut Pro’s XML format for clips, edits and metadata. How it differs from Final Cut Pro 7 XML, what .fcpxmld is, and how to open one.