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Move Projects from FCP to AE Seamlessly (and Free!)

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I am always on the lookout for things that can make my life easier… sleep in a can, comfortable shoes, great software.

If you use Final Cut Pro and After Effects… do I have a find for you!  I just finished a new book called Video Made on a Mac, and in the process of writing about Motion Graphics workflows, I’ve discovered an absolute gem, from a little place called Popcorn Island.

From Final Cut Pro to After Effects

Getting your footage from Final Cut Pro to After Effects is a very common workflow. In fact, so many people choose to work this way that there are several free and for sale workflow tools on the market. But I have a new favorite.

The script Final Cut 2 After Effects supports the following features:

• Cross Dissolve Transitions
• Basic Editing Translation
• Segmented Clips
• Basic Keyframes
• Time Remapping
• Nested Sequences
• Multiple Frame Rates and Aspect Ratios
• Audio Channels
• Name Length Error Checking
• Support for PAL25 and 60

Oh and in case you missed it… FREE

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You can also bring a FCP XML into Premiere, and send that over to AE.

Posted by Charles Angus  on  08/01  at  02:59 PM

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Not if you have FCP 7 installed. It seems to break functionality.

Posted by Richard Harrington  on  08/01  at  09:22 PM

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