Export formats

EDL.edl

An EDL is a plain list of cuts, and almost every editing system ever built can read one — Avid Media Composer included. It carries less than any other file Eddie writes, and that is the point: when nothing else will open, an EDL will.

Opens in: Avid Media Composer, effectively every NLE.

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What it carries

Worth reading before you export rather than after you import.

  • Carries it:Cuts and timing
  • Does not carry it:Crop and reframe
  • Does not carry it:Motion and speed
  • Does not carry it:Colour grade
  • Does not carry it:Audio levels
  • Does not carry it:Multicam angles

How to export EDL from Eddie

  1. 01

    Open the edit

    Open the edit you need to move into another system.

  2. 02

    Choose Avid Media Composer

    In the export menu, the EDL sits under the Avid row — the sublabel names the file and says plainly that it carries cuts only.

  3. 03

    Import the EDL

    Import it wherever you are finishing. You will relink your media and rebuild anything beyond the cuts.

What it costs

Timeline files for another editor use credits — one price for the artifact, whichever window produced it.

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Questions

Why would I choose the format that carries the least?
Compatibility. An EDL is understood everywhere, including systems that read nothing else Eddie writes. If your finishing suite is Avid, or something older, this is the file.
Is this really only the cuts?
Yes, and we would rather say so on this page than let you find out after the import. Crop, motion, colour, audio levels and multicam do not travel in an EDL.
What should I take instead if my editor supports more?
For Final Cut take FCPXML; for Resolve take the Resolve FCPXML or the Resolve project; for Premiere take the Premiere project.

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