An Editor’s Guide to Adobe® Premiere® Pro, Second Edition

Appendix D. Working with Final Cut Pro

There are many reasons to exchange data with Final Cut Pro users (both the newer Final Cut Pro X and the well-established Final Cut Pro 7). You may need to collaborate with others in the creative process, deliver specific requirements to meet a client’s workflow needs, or migrate projects to a new nonlinear editing environment. Regardless of the reason, moving between different NLE systems is often a quagmire fraught with issues and irritations.

Thanks to XML, Adobe Premiere Pro is able to transfer a project to or from Final Cut Pro. In fact, Adobe is able to retain more back-and-forth information than any ...