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DaVinci Resolve · Import, export and hand-off

How to export an FCPXML from DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Select the timeline in the Media Pool, choose File > Export > Timeline (Shift+Cmd+O on Mac) and pick an FCPXML file type that your version of Final Cut Pro supports. In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Import > XML.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Simplify the timeline
  2. 02Select the timeline
  3. 03Export
  4. 04Import into Final Cut Pro
  5. 05Relink and check

  1. 01

    Simplify the timeline

    Duplicate it, flatten multicam clips and decompose compound clips. Fusion effects and Resolve titles won't carry.

  2. 02

    Select the timeline

    Click it in the Media Pool so it is the active timeline.

  3. 03

    Export

    Choose File > Export > Timeline. In the file type menu, pick an FCPXML version. Final Cut reads its own version and older ones, so pick the newest one your copy supports.

  4. 04

    Import into Final Cut Pro

    In Final Cut, choose File > Import > XML and select the file. Pick or create a library for it.

  5. 05

    Relink and check

    If clips are missing, select them and choose File > Relink Files. Play the project against a reference render from Resolve.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
If Final Cut says the file's version isn't supported, export again from Resolve with an older FCPXML version.
Note 2
Grades don't carry. Grade in Resolve last, or render graded clips and swap them in.

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Eddie exports the same edit to Resolve and to Final Cut Pro as FCPXML, so each editor gets its own file. Each timeline export costs 100 credits.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Which FCPXML version should I export from Resolve?
The newest version your Final Cut Pro can read. If import fails, try the next older version.
Can Final Cut Pro open a DaVinci Resolve project?
No. Final Cut reads FCPXML, not .drp files.

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