OpenTimelineIO is the open timeline format DaVinci Resolve and VFX pipelines write. Conform turns an .otio into the XML that Final Cut Pro or Premiere Pro imports, or an EDL, and writes .otio from any of them.
Example result
OTIOFCP7 XMLCarried over: 9 clips on 6 tracks, 2 transitions, 5 markers, 4 volume levels, 1 speed change
Approximated: OpenTimelineIO does not record how many channels an audio track carries; each audio track was read as a stereo pair.
Approximated: OpenTimelineIO files carry no frame size; the sequence was set to 1920 × 1080. Change it in your editor if needed.
Night Market.otio → Night Market.xml
Never uploaded
Your project is read and converted inside your browser. It never leaves your computer.
The edit stays intact
Edit points, every track, connected clips, transitions, speed, levels and markers.
Nothing lost silently
Each conversion lists what was dropped or approximated, so you know what to check.
14-day refunds
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How it works
No install and no upload. Conform reads your export, rebuilds the timeline in the other format and tells you what changed.
File › Export
Timeline…
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Export FCPXML from Final Cut Pro, FCP7 XML from Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, or a CMX 3600 EDL or OpenTimelineIO file.
02
Your browser opens the file, converts it and shows the timeline with a report of anything that did not carry over.
03
Download the converted file and import it. Media paths are kept, so footage that has not moved links straight away.
What carries over
Effects, color grades, titles and transforms have no shared format, so they stay behind and the report lists them. Clip names, levels and timecodes below are Conform’s own output for the example projects.
Times are kept as exact fractions, not rounded decimals, so cuts land on the same frame at 23.976, 25, 29.97 drop-frame or 60 fps, in long timelines too.
Final Cut Pro
Premiere Pro
The primary storyline becomes V1 and connected clips land on the tracks above. Going the other way, V1 becomes the storyline and upper tracks become connected clips.
Linked sound stays with its picture, J and L cuts stay split, stereo pairs stay paired, and music and voice-over keep their own tracks and clip levels.
Cross dissolves, constant speed changes and markers with their notes come across. Speed ramps become their average speed and the report says so.
Compound clips are flattened onto the timeline and multicam clips keep their active video and audio angles.
Client cuts and unreleased work are safe to convert: Conform has no upload endpoint for projects, the conversion runs on your computer, and closing the tab discards it.
Step by step
The menus match the current versions of each app. If the media shows as offline after import, relink it once to your footage folder.
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Desktop translation apps are installed per machine, and rebuilding an edit by hand takes hours. Conform runs in the browser you already have open.
Works on Mac, Windows and Linux
Nothing to install
Project stays on your computer
Keeps edit points, tracks and levels
Lists what could not be carried over
Price
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FAQ
Something else, or a file that will not convert? Write to conform@niamori.ai.
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Free for timelines up to 40 clips. Pro converts timelines of any length for US$9 a month.