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Final Cut Pro to After Effects Scripting without the hassle
April 15, 2007 at 10:35 pm · Filed under After Effects , Final Cut Pro, Scripting

One of the most popular pieces of content here is Moving Between Final Cut Pro and After
Effects: The Scripting Option. I think the idea of using scripting to move between Final Cut Pro
and After Effects resonated with people working in a production environment.

Unfortunately, the post was more of a tech demo of the kinds of things that were possible with
After Effects scripting and less of a practical demonstration for non-technical users. I still urge
non-technical folks to dip their toes into the scripting waters, it can be really rewarding, but the
challenges presented in “rolling your own” in this situation may be a bit much. So, I decided to
write a small application to provide a way for readers who don’t want to deal with the scripting
hassle to use some of the techniques I described in the article.

FCPToAE (working title) is an application for OSX 10.4 and above designed to create a .jsx file
from a Final Cut XML file for import into After Effects without the hassle of scripting the
different parts yourself.

How to use FCPToAE

1. Download and run the application2. Open a valid Final Cut XML file exported from a
sequence with File:Open. It’s important that you export a sinqle sequence from FCP and not a
project or you will get an alert when you run the .jsx file. Any version of Final Cut XML (1-3) is
fine.You should end up with something that looks like this:

For this version, the only column that is editable is the first column which allows you to make an
individual clipitem active or inactive in After Effects. This is handy for not importing FCP

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native items like Bars and Tone and Slug, although there is rudimentary support for placeholder
images for those items.3. Click the Export to After Effects button and save the exported .jsx
script4. In After Effects, select File:Scripts:Run Script File and navigate to your exported
script file.5. When I run from the above, I get something that looks like this:

In After Effects:Preferences make sure that “Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access
Network” is checked and “Enable Javascript Debugger” is unchecked. “Enable Javascript
Debugger” being unchecked allows us to substitute placeholder images if we are unable to get a
valid path to your footage. You might want to enable it if you want to troubleshoot a path
problem.FCPToAE is designed to work on the same machine that the project was created. If you
run the exported .jsx file on another machine the script will attempt to use a placholder image
which you can replace with File:Replace Footage in After Effects. If you run the script from
Windows you will also need to replace the placeholderImagePath variable in the script with a
valid Windows path and substitute the correct image and path in var placeholder in the import
section of the script.

I’m not sure where this application will end up. I’m contemplating producing some shareware
workflow applications and functionality from several of the small utilities I’ve released will
definitely be wrapped in. I’m working on improving my Cocoa interface design and programming
skills and slowly but surely feel like I’m approaching the point where there might be a product in
there somewhere. I’d love to hear from readers about the kinds of workflow problems they’d like
solved in creative workflow applications.

I do know what it is not. It’s not a replacement for Automatic Duck. Wes Plate has put years of
work and effort into his product and it shows in the polish and constant new feature introduction
with each version. If you use this functionality daily, you owe it to yourself to not try and cut
corners and buy Automatic Duck. It’s really worth it.

UPDATE 10.11.2007 Today is the first public release of the AE CS3 stand alone version of
FCPToAE. This version uses the native E4X xml parsing in AE CS3 to handle xml parsing.
Move the unarchived .jsxbin to the scripts folder, run from the Scripts Menu and point the script
to your exported FCP-XML file. New experimental features in this version include Cross
dissolve support, and keyframed values for Scale, Rotation, Positon, and Anchor Point
(keyframed ease is due in the next version). Since this is the first public release I would expect
bugs and would appreciate bug reports. This version is a .jsxbin so I can control the beta expire.

The following files will expire in 30 days and I plan on frequent updates as new bug fixes are
added to the code.

zip archive db_FCPToAE (AE CS3 Only)

zip archive of FCPToAE(AE 7 and AE CS3)

Please send beta feedback and bugs to dale(at)creative-workflow-hacks(dot)com.

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changelog of previous bug fixes and changes

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122 Comments »
1. Creative Workflow Hacks » Blog Archive » MOVING BETWEEN FINAL
CUT PRO AND AFTER EFFECTS: THE SCRIPTING OPTION said,

April 17, 2007 at 12:47 pm

[...] I’ve posted a small application and tutorial at Final Cut Pro to After Effects Scripting
without the hassle for those that find the scripting presented here a little daunting. The
following article covers the steps and ideas encapsulated in the application if you’re more
interested in the process for learning to script After Effects and Final Cut Pro yourself. [...]

2. BlogaCine | Blog Venezolano de Cine » De FCP al AE, sin pagar ni

programar said,

April 27, 2007 at 6:51 am

[...] FCPtoAE es una aplicaci�n que, a la manera del Automatic Duck, permite transferir un
proyecto de Final Cut Pro al Adobe After Effects. Su desarrollo est� apenas en sus fases
iniciales �es una versi�n alpha�, aunque tampoco es que se trate de algo muy complejo
puesto que se vale de las funcionales del FCP para exportar data en XML, y de la capacidad
del AE para usar scripts de Java. [...]

3. Waffle said,

May 29, 2007 at 8:47 pm

It works. Thank you so much.

4. espe said,

June 3, 2007 at 1:42 pm

Hi

The whole thing is going well until I click on export to after effects. I get a wrong chime
from the mac. And it does not export.

Am I the only one ?

5. Dale said,

June 3, 2007 at 3:49 pm

Hey espe,

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Why don’t you send me the xml file and the jsx export and I’ll see if I can figure out what’s
going on?

Dale

6. Dale said,

June 3, 2007 at 4:37 pm

Hey espe,

Just re-read your comment and realized that it wasn’t exporting at all. Is it possible that
you’re using 10.3 or below. This app is 10.4 and above. If not, just send the xml file, it’s
possible that it had some data I wasn’t expecting.

Dale

7. paul said,

July 8, 2007 at 3:34 pm

when can we expect the next beta? are you updating for use with AE8?

8. Dale said,

July 8, 2007 at 3:52 pm

Hi Paul,

I’ve uploaded a new beta. Changes and additions are minimal because I’m overwhelmed
with some projects at my day job (as you may have noticed from the lack of site updates).
I’ve definitely got AE CS3 compatibility on the agenda.

Best,

Dale

9. nico said,

July 9, 2007 at 6:08 am

This works like a dream! You’re going to save me a lot of hassle, and my company loads of
money. Thanks alot dude.

10. Pat said,

July 16, 2007 at 1:34 pm

i’ve exported my XML but when i run the script in AE my sequence is all over the place.
things are missing or not in the right order. i’ve tried with XML 1, 2, and 3. I’ve also
included master clips and not. Nothing seems to work with it.

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I’m on a PowerMac G5 Quad, FCP 5.1.4, AE7. Any thoughts?

I’d really appreciate the help. This is an awesome hack and would greatly assist me in some
upcoming projects.

Thanks.

11. Dale said,

July 16, 2007 at 1:38 pm

Hey Pat,

Why don’t you send me a copy of the xml and the jsx file and I’ll see if I can figure
something out.

Best,

Dale

12. Eran said,

July 23, 2007 at 3:33 am

Is it possible to use a similar approach for a Avid to AE workflow ?

13. Dale said,

July 23, 2007 at 8:30 am

Hey Eran,

Sure, the concept would be the same. I just don’t have daily access to Avid workflows. I’m
sure there is somebody out there who could tackle that problem.

Dale

14. mrsclean said,

August 3, 2007 at 3:55 am

Hi,
This looks promising for us infrequent transformers, although I think I might be doing
something wrong. I export an XML file from FCP, and try to open the file from FCPToAE
and nothing shows up. Odd.

Using AE CS3 and FCP 6.01, tried all 4 XML formats.

Am I just not following the instructions well?

Thanks

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15. Dale said,

August 3, 2007 at 11:25 am

mrsclean,

Why don’t you send the final cut xml and the jsx file from the program to dale(at)creative-
workflow-hacks(dot)com and I’ll take a look.

Best,

Dale

16. Want To Go From Final Cut Pro to After Effects? said,

August 11, 2007 at 9:43 am

[...] FCPToAE Please make sure you Digg it! digg_bgcolor = ‘#ff9900′; digg_skin =
‘compact’; [...]

17. Oskar said,

August 16, 2007 at 5:02 pm

Hi first I would like to thank you for your effort to solve a very annoying problem (FCP to
AE transfere).

When I follow your step by step instructions the move between FCP an AE works very well
when I transfer DV-sequenses.

When I try to transfere a HDV sequense into AE all the files and the composition gets
transfered the problem is that the composition lacks references to the clips (eg. it is empty).
Do you have any idea what I do wrong?

—
FCP 5
AE 7

18. Dale said,

August 16, 2007 at 10:09 pm

Hi Oskar,

No, it’s probably not anything your doing wrong. I’ve had some issues with HDV
sequences, can you send a sample XML & JSX file and any other info that you have so I can
take a look?

Thanks,

Dale

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19. Rob said,

August 21, 2007 at 7:58 am

Hi mate,

I have just tried the above with HDV sequences and it finds the files etc but when I open in
AFX the comp is empty… (tried with DV and fine)
I turned on the de-bugging as you said and it came up with an error fist time but wont now.

Great product though!

20. Dale said,

August 21, 2007 at 8:41 am

Hey Rob and others working with HDV sequences,

I’ve also gotten other reports with problems with HDV sequences, can one of you guys send
me the problem XML, the JSX from the export and any error messages from AE and/or
FCP.

Thanks, I’ll try to get to the bottom of this.

Dale

21. James P. said,

August 26, 2007 at 7:16 pm

Amazing work! You’re onto something here for those of us who don’t need the bells and
whistles (or pricetag) of Automatic Duck’s comprehensive list of features. However, I have
a question.. I get up to the step where I import the jsx file — all o the assets come through
just fine but the sequence is converted into an empty composition (although it’s the right
length, there’s just nothing in it).
Any suggestions? You can email me at [email protected] and I’ll forward you all the
files so you can check it out..
Thanks!!!

22. Dale said,

August 26, 2007 at 8:29 pm

Hey James,

thanks for the kind words. Yes, there seem to be a few sequences that are exhibiting the
problem you’re having. I’ve a got a few leads on what’s causing this bug, but please send
your files my way and I’m sure it will add to the info to get things working correctly.

best,

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Dale

23. Tom D said,

September 4, 2007 at 5:09 pm

I dont have HDV files but I get basically the same as above, unable to execute script at line
XXX, AE error: Unable to call “layer” because of parameter 1. The range has no values.

I will send you the script and xml files.

thanks for your work, td

24. deborah barkow said,

September 19, 2007 at 2:00 pm

Hello!

I have had to move my project from a g5 / fcp 6.0 to a G4 / fcp 5.0.4

So I selected all of my most recent sequence and made an xml 3

When I try to open it up into fcp 5.0.4 I am asked for a “translation file.”

I don’t know where to find this, and am therefore not able to open the sequence at all.

Any advice?
Thanks so much.

DBarkow

25. Dale said,

September 19, 2007 at 2:12 pm

Hey Deborah,

The translation file is an XSLT file that allows you to translate the xml file into something
Final Cut understands. So it sounds like it doesn’t understand something in your file. I’d try
going back to version 2 XML, I think FCP 5.1.2 was the first version that supported version
3.

26. Creative Workflow Hacks » Blog Archive » FCPToAE going (mostly) CS3
Only said,

September 20, 2007 at 4:16 pm

[...] a quick heads up that I’ve decided to focus my efforts on FCPToAE and related tools to
the CS3 Suite only. With a strong subset of ECMA-357 (E4X) (pdf link) parsing [...]

27. Steve Kirby said,

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September 26, 2007 at 6:51 pm

Dale,

This is great! Thanks for your generosity in sharing this with everybody. I’ve never owned
Automatic Duck because I only need this kind of thing once in a while so its perfect for me.
This will be up there with BGRenderer or CSTools for me - I only wish I had the time to
contribute more myself. Thank you again.

28. Kai Pradel said,

October 3, 2007 at 4:12 pm

Great app and EXACTLY what I was looking for. Definitely consider marking this into a
real application. Automatic Duck is just a little steep at $495 for the kind of stuff we need it
for and your app did the job just fine.

Thanks,
Kai

29. Todd in Arizona said,

October 6, 2007 at 3:29 am

I’ve been fighting a project all day, trying to get some fast moving sports footage (DVCPRO
HD) out of FCP into AE7 without losing a bunch of quality and getting the “jaggies”.
Pulling my hair out! I downloaded your app in in five minutes have a problem solved that’s
plagued me all day!

I’m doing more and more in AE so I can see your app being indespensible! I too choked at
the Automatic Duck price, but this is definitely worth a contribution…let me know if there’s
a place I can send a donation so you can keep up this great work.

Thanks a ton.

30. Dale said,

October 11, 2007 at 5:14 pm

Hey Todd,

Thanks for the kind words. At this point, the biggest contribution you can give is detailed
bug reports. grin. In all honesty, I’m uncomfortable asking for donations while the script is
still in beta, maybe a bit down the road.

Thanks again,

Dale

31. Edward said,

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November 6, 2007 at 2:05 am

Are there still problems with HDV? When I run my jsx script in AE there is nothing in the
timeline. All the clips are on the left column… any ideas? Thanks

32. Dale said,

November 6, 2007 at 10:54 am

Hey Edward,

There has been a lot of error correction added, but if After Effects is not able to place the
footage in the layer you can get an empty sequence. One workaround, is to place the footage
in a temp folder and when the script runs it will place placeholders which you can then do a
replace footage on. A bit of a hassle, but probably worth it.

By the way, are you using the AE CS3 native version db_FCPToAE.jsx ? or the older AE 7
version FCPToAE ? I’m putting a lot more effort into the AE CS3 version these days. Also,
I’d love to see your FCP-XML file to see if they’re is anything I’m missing.

Thanks,

Dale

33. After Effects CS3 « Audiovisuelles Synapsengewitter said,

November 9, 2007 at 9:12 am

[...] Effects CS3 hey ho - für alle User von CS3 ist der Automatic Duck Terror vorbei. Hier
findet ihr ein Script, mit dem ihr über XML Daten aus Final Cut in After Effects [...]

34. Alan Hatchett said,

November 15, 2007 at 1:22 pm

I just downloaded the new CS3 version and it works mostly well but there are a few
instances I’ve encountered that arent right.
I’m using a 720p DCVPROHD timeline and it comes into AE with the incorrect pixel ratio.
Not huge.
Also, I routinely use subclips inside Final Cut to make it easier to work with long captures,
but the timecode seems to get completely fuzzed in the transfer to AE.

35. Dale said,

November 15, 2007 at 1:43 pm

Hey Alan,

Can you send me a copy of your xml? I’d love to check the pixel ratio, I thought I had
DVCPROHD covered, but I must have missed it.

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Subclips… yep, still unsupported. It’s on the list, up after Shape layers, and general plugin
support, hopefully I’ll be getting to it soon.

Thanks for the feedback,

Dale

36. beni said,

November 16, 2007 at 6:37 pm

HI.

thank you very much for this fantastic script, as dale said in the previous post i working with
DVCPROHD aswell and the pixel aspect ratio is not right apart fron that i haven’t notice
anything.

thank you very much.

37. beni said,

November 16, 2007 at 7:06 pm

the import works fine but it does;nt import the audio tracks, it comes with the original audio
in the video.

in my editing i have clips of several size adjusted in fcp in the timeline, i explain myself.

my sequence is 720p 50 but i have several clips bigger, hd for instance and several pal
scaled to the sequence settings, when i import the xml in AF all come in the original size
and not the size in the sequence in fcp.

great work anyway it saves lot’s of renders.

thanks.

38. Dale said,

November 16, 2007 at 8:14 pm

Hey Ben,

Are you using the db_fcpToAe.jsx? That version supports scaling and basic attributes.

And you’re right, Audio tracks aren’t supported and is actually pretty low on my dev list.
The vast majority of feedback is that it is a fairly low priority for the kinds of things folks
are trying to do with it.

Thanks for your feedback

39. Tim said,

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November 18, 2007 at 3:26 am

Great tool. One question, does this support slomo’d clips? I’ve got a music clip I’m doing
right now where just about every clip is slowed down and I would love a way of pushing it
all over for comping in AE without the substantial cost of alternatives.

Thanks

Tim

40. beni said,

November 18, 2007 at 6:15 am

hi dale.

i am using db_fcpToAe.jsx. i’ve done it a few for times, still imports some clips in diferent
sizes and some clips are out of of the comp in after, it’s a long comp in FC, around 4
minutes and 6 or 7 come in diferent sizes, for me it’s not a mayor problem to fix them, it
saves me lots of time, but if you want me i can send the xml file.

thanks.

41. Dale said,

November 18, 2007 at 10:45 am

Hey beni,

Yes, please send your XML. It’s the part of the project I’m working on right now, and it will
be helpful to see anomalies.

Hey Tim,

Time remapping is on my dev list but is currently unimplemented. Hopefully, you can keep
up with the beta cycle and send feedback when we get there.

Thanks for the feedback guys,

Dale

42. beni said,

November 18, 2007 at 2:12 pm

hi dale.

where is the email address to send it to.

thanks

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43. beni said,

November 18, 2007 at 2:21 pm

ok, no worries i have sent it already

44. Lucas Negrao said,

November 19, 2007 at 10:13 am

hey dale, your script has always worked for me with small sequences but now i am trying it
with a 70 minute and it keeps saying the xml is invalid. i am with final cut 6.1 and after cs3.

45. Dale said,

November 19, 2007 at 10:23 am

Hey Lucas,

Are you using the db_fcpToAe.jsx since you’re on AE CS3? Either way why don’t you send
me the XML and I’ll take a look dale(at)creative-workflow-hacks[dot]com

Dale

46. Postscript said,

November 20, 2007 at 7:36 pm

Hi there,
tried the Script for CS3 - worked like a charm
except on several clips that were out of time.
(the only way they differ from the other clips is that the “Master Clips” are longerL 3.30
min compared to 20-30 sec on the other Master clips).

Hope I was clear enough ..

Is this a known issue ?

47. Dale said,

November 20, 2007 at 9:55 pm

Hey Postscript,

I’ve got a few issues with subclips that I need to address. Want to send your xml file and I’ll
take a look?

Dale

48. Chris Upton said,

December 3, 2007 at 8:45 pm

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Beta has expired! Please post new version! Thanks so much.

49. Dale said,

December 3, 2007 at 11:52 pm

Hey Chris,

I’ve updated the AE 7 version and I’ll check on the CS3 version tomorrow a.m.

Thanks for the heads up,

Dale

50. apo said,

December 4, 2007 at 3:15 pm

hi Dale,
thanks for the script, but i can’t use it..
it only imports clips in after effect, but doesn’t put the clips in the timeline
i’ve even tried with simple sequence, with just 3 clips.
i’ve tried xml 1, 2, 3 and 4 but it doesn’t works..
i’m using fcp 6.0 e ae cs3..
any ideas?
maybe i’ve done something wrong.. i don’t know
thanks a lot

51. Dale said,

December 4, 2007 at 3:37 pm

Hey apo,

Sometimes After Effects doesn’t seem to be able to place the footage in the timeline after
importing. I’ve especially seen this on HDV sequences. A workaround is to place the
footage in question in a temp folder different then the footage location in the XML, then run
the script and the script will place a placeholder in the timeline you can then select the
placeholders in the project window, right click, hit replace footage and point it to your temp
footage folder. It’s a bit of a workaround, but that usually works.

Best,

Dale

52. apo said,

December 4, 2007 at 3:50 pm

ok i’m tring
i’ve already red this in another post, but i’m not working with HDV just dv.. but now i’ll try

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and report the result

thanks a lot again

53. apo said,

December 4, 2007 at 3:56 pm

hi Dave,
it doesn’t work

now i’ve all my placeholder in place of my clips but the sequnce is already empty.
i’ve used xml 3
any suggestions?

54. Dale said,

December 4, 2007 at 4:01 pm

Hey apo,

Why don’t you send me your xml file? dale{at}creative=workflow-hackscom

Dale

55. Rick said,

December 5, 2007 at 1:36 pm

Can you update, or add more details on how to use the new version with CS3. The old beta
worked perfectly, now I don’t know what to do with the new CS3 file. What is the Script
Menu?

-Rick

56. Dale said,

December 5, 2007 at 1:46 pm

Hey Rick,

Sure, no problem.

1. first download and unzip db_FCPToAE.jsxbin

2. move the .jsxbin file to the scripts folder in the AE CS 3 app folder
3. launch AE CS3
4. under the File Menu you should see a Scripts Menu Option with a list of available scripts
5. select db_FCPToAE.jsxbin
6. point to your exported sequence FCP-XML in the next dialog

that should do it. I’m also working on a GUI Script panel, but that part isn’t ready for
release yet. Give me a shout if you have problems.

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57. da espe said,

December 9, 2007 at 7:10 am

I got the same problem as Apo

58. Dale said,

December 9, 2007 at 11:07 am

Hey espe,

I was able to help Apo out. Why don’t you send me your xml file?

What kind of format are you using? Are you using subclips? So far, this problem seems to
be either a format or subclip issue.

Have you tried the placeholder workaround above?

Thanks,

Dale

59. Michael said,

December 13, 2007 at 11:18 pm

If you can email me back, after i pose these questions, i would so appreciate it. I am running
fcp2 and after effects cs3, I have this running on a imac. Transporting in my video to fcp,
then sending a uncompressed avi, to after effects, once I do my effects, then render out to
dvd, I am getting a still distorted look on my video, can you help me on this.
Thanks michael
[email protected]

60. Tony Rain said,

December 16, 2007 at 6:37 pm

Hello Dale,

First off, GREAT app! I’ve been searching for an app that can achieve getting my FCP
timeline into AE so that I can effect each shot. This appears to be the best that I’ve found.
This is really great! I’m cutting a DVCPRO HD, 23.976, low budget music video in FCP
using multiclip to keep several clips in sync. I’ve expoted the xml and imported using
db_FCPToAE into CS3. All clips import and populate the comp. The issue I am running
into is that every few clips the wrong clips appear for a few shots then the clips become in
sync again, then the wrong clips appear for s few shots, then back to in sync etc. I’m
wondering if the multiclip is affecting the outcome of my db_FCPToAE import? If you have
any pointers or work arounds to overcome this issue I’d greatly appreciate it! One thing that
I haven’t tried is to locate the shots that are incorrect then go back to FCP duplicate my
sequence delete all shots that did come across correct leaving the shots that didn’t come

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across, then xml that sequence and try the import?? But if you have a better more efficient
fix I’d love to hear.

Thanks so much!

TonyRain

61. Dale said,

December 16, 2007 at 7:12 pm

Hey Tony,

Thanks for the feedback. Your hunch was right, multiclips aren’t supported right now. There
are some commands to “collapse” sublicps into a single sequence as a workaround, but I”m
not sure if there is the same for multiclips. I’ll have to do some research.

Best,

Dale

62. Tony Rain said,

December 17, 2007 at 9:03 pm

Hey Dale,

thanks for your response. So, it was either get rid of multi clips or not use db_FCPToAE.jsx.
Bye Bye multi clips! Your app is way more valuable for what I am trying to do. So, I over
cut my original clips without using multi clip and everything is lining up now. Thanks so
much! This is going to really help me concentrate on the effects and what I’m trying to
achieve rather than how do I get my clips into AE and make sure I have the correct handles,
for transitions, etc.

I know in an above post you said you did not want a donation but please email me if that
changes!

Thanks,

Tony Rain
Strive Films

63. Brett A. Noe said,

December 18, 2007 at 9:41 pm

Dale,

This is just awesome! I just used it and for what I do, color grading footage with either
straight cuts or cross dissolves, it’s perfect! I often work from proxy files so it doesn’t matter
if the footage links don’t work. I just reload footage to the originals and presto!

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I agree with Tony. For what I do I’d pay for this to not have to pay for Automatic Duck.
$500 is a bit steep for my indie budget.

Thanks for all the great work!

Brett A. Noe
Director of Photography
http://www.noeland.us

64. Tony Rain said,

December 18, 2007 at 10:25 pm

Hey Dale,

Everything worked perfect on a MAC but now I’m attempting to import via AE on a
windows system because there are several useful plug-ins on the windows system. When I
run the script place holders import and populate the comp. Is there a way to have the media
import from going cross platform or do you recommend just reconnecting to the original
media? I’m thinking because I’m going cross platform the script doesn’t interpret the correct
path to locate the media?

Thanks MUCH!

65. Dale said,

December 18, 2007 at 11:22 pm

Hey Tony,

Yes, the best way to work with Windows is to run the script with placeholders and reconnect
the footage. If you work from a single media folder it’s not to much of a hassle because AE
will reconnect the rest of the footage once it finds the first file. It’s more of a hassle if you
have lots of media folders, but all of the workarounds I’ve tried to coerce Windows paths
have not been too effective.

Dale

66. Brett A. Noe said,

December 19, 2007 at 12:15 pm

Dale,

Everything ran fine last night on my system at home (AE CS3, G5). I’ve been trying this
morning on two different machines. One is identical to my home system, the other is an
8-core. It creates a comp, but nothing else. I tried it using the same XML file as last night.

Any ideas?

Brett A. Noe

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Director of Photography
http://www.noeland.us

67. Dale said,

December 19, 2007 at 12:21 pm

Hey Brett,

I’ve been having a few issues with import into comps. Can you send a copy of your
troublesome XML?

Thanks,

Dale

68. Brett A. Noe said,

January 3, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Dale,

I just tried to run FCPtoAE and it says it is expired. What should I do?

Brett A. Noe
Director of Photography
http://www.noeland.us

69. Dale said,

January 3, 2008 at 4:56 pm

Sorry Folks,

I’ve re-uploaded unexpired betas.

Dale

70. Berto said,

January 31, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Dear Dale

Thanks for the hard work on this program. Adobe should buy it from you and make it part
of the next cs release.
Now to my problem. I imported and got an error massage saying {”Could not set layer
Attribute, with error” Because of parameter 2. Value “undefined” of element 0 in the array is
not a valid float.}

When I open the comp the files are there and the sequence is intact. I am editing in fcp 6

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with AE CS3, I did only strait cuts, but did have some pan and scan , I am only editing
storyboard tif photos. When I look at the time line non of the pan and scans came thru or the
zooms. But every thing else seems to be there. The audio did not come thru but that not to
much of a big deal. If I did something wrong please let me know. If pans and scans and
zooming are not supported the that would be good to know so I can plan head. thank you.

71. Dale said,

January 31, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Hey Berto,

Thanks for the feedback. Things have been brutal at my day job, so I haven’t made as much
progress on the script as I’d like. Why don’t you send me your xml file so I can take a look
and see if I can figure out what kind of problems you are having.

best,

Dale

72. Jeremy Schulz said,

February 2, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Hi Dale,

I’ve got a class full of thankful students who are using FCPtoAE, but the current version
(specifically the AE7 version) has expired. Any chance of re-upping a new beta?

Thanks for all your work!

73. Dale said,

February 2, 2008 at 5:40 pm

Hey Jeremy,

Sorry about the beta expiration, I’ve uploaded a new AE7 version. My dev setup for the AE
CS3 version is at work and I’ll upload a new CS3 version first thing Monday. Again, sorry
for the lack of development and blog updates while I claw my way out of the weeds on
some big projects.

Best,

Dale

74. Jeremy Schulz said,

February 3, 2008 at 2:04 am

No worries Dale.

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1) It’s free.
2) It works.
3) You’re responsive.
4) It’s free *and* it works(!).
—
Rock on.

75. Tim said,

February 5, 2008 at 10:41 pm

Hey Dale, does this tool work with 25p and 50i projects? I’m trying to transfer across a
project with XDCAM EX 1080p25 and the the clips are in the right place in the AE timeline
(in terms of cut points) but the footage is all wrong.

76. Dale said,

February 6, 2008 at 11:25 am

Hey Tim,

That’s weird. I’m not sure if it’s a frame rate problem, sounds more like an internal naming
problem in the xml file. Why don’t you send me an example xml with the problem and I’ll
see if I can figure out what’s going on.

Dale

77. flo said,

February 28, 2008 at 2:37 pm

hey his seems to work really great i just face one major problem i cant render he project i
get the failure -54

you have no permission to open this file

and the rendering stops

any idea?

78. Daniel Annefelt said,

March 4, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Big super thank for this script!

We’re proud owners of the Auto Duck plug, but haven’t upgraded to the CS3 version yet.
Under the deadline knife I decided to test this script.
Lo and behold! It worked like a charm for my cuts only edit.
One shot that was time speeded in FCP went out of whack, but that was expected and easily
corrected.

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Again, thanks, and let me know if I can help with testing etc.

-daniel

79. Bob Flood said,

March 4, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Hi

just for Yucks, I took about 5 shots that i had layered on three tracks in FCP (5.1.4 on dual
core intel) and exported an xml of the sequence.

then I tried your current version of the strictly CS3 “converter” and kept getting messages
like “main is busy” and “main cannot complete” in the extenda script window.

sooo I tried running the AE7 and CS3 version, and even after I download the latest I get
“Beta expired”

Do i need to export an XML from a sequence that only has video on one track?
ie, does the converter, or XML, deal with multiple video tracks?

hope this helps and or can get me an answer, please?

thanx for doin this!

80. Dale said,

March 4, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Hey Bob,

Sorry about the AE7 version, I let it get out of sync with the CS3 version and it expired. I’ve
reuploaded the AE7 version and it should be good.

As far as the “main cannot complete” it sounds like scripting engine is locked, does it go
away when you quite AE CS3 and the Extendscript editor?

The scripts are designed for one sequence which can have multiple video tracks.

Hope that helps,

Dale

81. Bob Flood said,

March 5, 2008 at 12:26 pm

Hi

I am pretty new to this “scripting” thing, but i am a quick learn, so i am probably missing

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something obvious.

It seems all the other files in the AE Scripts folder, the onse that come with CS3, have the
extension .jsx, whereas your has .jsxbin. Is this file an archive? do i need to change the
extension(s) to say .jsx.bin and then Unstuff that?

and the specific error messages i get is:

Target engine ‘main’ is busy!

or

Cannot execute script in target engine ‘main’!

thanx again for your patience

82. Bob Flood said,

March 5, 2008 at 3:53 pm

Hi

tried latest version of “FCP to AE - AE7 to CS3″. it generated a .jsx from my XML
but when AE CS3 imported it, nothing seemed to happen. I did the same process with a
larger sequence, and this time I got a timer indicating something was happeneing, but then
nada.

oh well I am gonna tray a restart and some other simple stuff, and see if anything changes.

bee eph

83. Dale said,

March 5, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Hey Bob,

It sounds like the scripting engine in AE CS 3 is locking up some how. You’re able to run
the other scripts in the scripts folder without a problem?

The AE7 version is for AE7, it won’t work in its current state in CS3.

Dale

84. Jon said,

March 5, 2008 at 4:40 pm

I keep getting the message “Beta has expired” and there is no new update here on the site.
Anyone help?

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85. Dale said,

March 5, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Hey Jon,

The links above should be current betas. I haven’t done release notes since there have been
minimal changes. Are these versions still giving you expiration problems?

Dale

86. Bob Flood said,

March 5, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Dale

man do i feel stoopid. I did not have the CS3 “project” window open, so i did not see that in
fact i did import some clips. However it does not look complete. I will endeavor to research
this further

am using the CS3 only version

more to come

87. Bob Flood said,

March 5, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Dale

man do i feel stoopid. I did not have the CS3 “project” window open, so i did not see that in
fact i did import some clips. However it does not look complete. I will endeavor to research
this further

am using the CS3 only version

more to come

88. Bob Flood said,

March 5, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Dale
2 things:
first, when i use the CS3 version i only get 2 of the 5 or so files involved, so i only get 2
layers

second, the AE7 version works Better w CS3 than the CS3 version. The only issue i see is
that one or 2 of the layers are in the wrong place.

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The sequence I am using for export consists of one still, a tif, and about 4 shots from the
same videotape.

would it help to sedn you the XML and both of the CS3 projects ie the AE7 conversion and
the CS3 conversion?

bee eph

89. Dale said,

March 5, 2008 at 10:19 pm

Hey Bob,

sure, why don’t you send me your files. I’m in the middle of a big project at my day job, so
my dev time is limited right now, but I”m hoping to get bug fixes and new development
started up again soon.

Best,

Dale

90. Jon said,

March 7, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Hey Dale,
Just tried downloading the current link again and it works. Odd…for some reason for the
past couple of days it wouldn’t work. Kept telling me it had expired and I needed to
download a new version. Thanks for the quick response.

91. Final Cut Pro 2 After Effects « creative|ideas said,

March 11, 2008 at 3:50 pm

[...] now. -Automatic Duck: Don’t know if I can justify the cost for the times I would use
this. -FCPtoAE: A small application to take the XML file from FCP and create a .jsx that AE
can import. It’s [...]

92. Dave Smith said,

March 11, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Just wanted to say thanks for the script. I’ve been using it on some 2 camera shots that I
needed to color match the shots and couldn’t get the results out of FCP. I have to say the
script worked great. I did notice it didn’t bring in the extra audio clips but that’s easy
enough to fix and has been mentioned here.

One problem I ran into was when I ran the script it opened up the ExtendScript Toolkit 2. I
thought it hadn’t done it’s job until I looked at the project panel. Don’t know what that’s all
about.

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93. Dale said,

March 11, 2008 at 4:52 pm

Hey Dave,

Thanks for the feedback. The Extendscript Toolkit is launched because I’m writing debug
specific info to the Console during beta. So, if you have a problem I can ask what did the
Console report, where did it fail, etc. Ideally, I’d make that a UI option so that you’d have
the option for debug info, but honestly I just haven’t gotten to that point in the dev cycle.
Sorry if it was confusing.

Dale

94. Jimmy said,

March 18, 2008 at 4:45 am

Hi Dale.

First thank you so much for the wonderful work, FCPtoAE is very helpful and a real money
saver for a broke person like me (:

second, I wanted to ask - is there any chance that the “Speeded video” issue will be fixed
anytime soon?

95. Dale said,

March 18, 2008 at 10:13 am

Hey Jimmy,

Thanks for the feedback. By, “Speeded video” do you mean Time Remapping? If so, yes,
that’s on the dev list. I’ve just had to slow down my development schedule on the script due
to time constraints at my day job.

You might take a look at what Ross Gerbasi is up to at

http://www.popcornisland.com/downloads

I think his script is dealing with time remapping.

Best,

Dale

96. Logan McMillan said,

April 21, 2008 at 8:50 am

Hi,

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Can’t unzip the jsxbin file - what is the way to do it?

Cheers

97. Dale said,

April 21, 2008 at 9:05 am

Hey Logan,

Should be just an ordinary .zip file that would unzip via winzip or mac zip utility. I’ll take a
look to make sure it didn’t get corrupted in my site hacking fiasco.

Dale

98. Logan McMillan said,

April 22, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Hey Dale - no worries - its working!

Brilliant piece of software!!

Good job.

99. Bigred said,

April 24, 2008 at 8:41 pm

I love you.

Sitting here at 1.34 am trying to work out how to shift my sequence of 100+ shots to AE
(doing some funky pan and scan stuff) and found your site…

Scratched my head as to what to do (new to mac, new to scripting). Found your instructions
about half way down this page (move them to the top of the page for numptys like me).
Click, click, footage in AE.

Just shouted out loud and clapped at my machine. Feel a bit of a saddo but this is ace. Going
to save me a LOT of time.

If we ever bump into each other in RL I owe you a few beers! I may well have to be buying
my neighbors some to apologise for the noise…

Thanks again! Top chap!

100. et said,

April 27, 2008 at 12:04 pm

does this software work on leopard operating system

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101. Dale said,

April 27, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Hey Ed,

I haven’t put much dev time into the AE7 version, but I wold think it would run fine on
Leopard. Are you having any issues?

Dale

102. Melissa said,

April 30, 2008 at 5:28 pm

This is wonderful! Great work. You are a life saver. It worked great for me. I just have a
quick question (I began to read all of the comments but didn’t get through them all so if its
already been answered please ignore me). None of my final cut generated text clips
translated to AE. Is that just the way of things or did I do something wrong?

(OSX 10.4.11 AE CS3 FCP 6.0.3)

Thanks!

103. Dale Bradshaw said,

May 1, 2008 at 9:23 am

Hey Melissa,

Thanks for the feedback. You’re right, text clips aren’t supported in this version. They are
on the feature list to implement, but since this is a side project it may take me a while to get
it in place.

Best,

Dale

104. Jon Walker said,

May 5, 2008 at 11:57 am

Tried updating latest version of FCP to AE and it keeps telilng me beta expired and
redirecting me to the site. Has the link been updated?

105. Dale said,

May 5, 2008 at 12:22 pm

Hey Jon,

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All of the files should be updated now. Sorry about that.

Dale

106. Jerry Witt said,

May 5, 2008 at 8:15 pm

Fantastic!

Took me a little while to figure out because you made the process even simpler. The new
documentation should be:
1. Download db_FCPToAE. Place this in the Scripts folder where your After Effects CS3
application is located.
2. In FCP export your cut sequence as XML (I used version 2)
3. Launch After Effects CS3, go to the Preferences>General tab. Check the box “Allow
Scripts to Write Files and Access Network”. (Allow “Enable Javascript Debugger” should
be unchecked by default)
4. Under the File menu select scripts and then hi-light db_FCPToAE. In the dialog box,
point to the XML file you exported earlier.

That’s it!

Like I said, Fantastic. I have used Automatic Duck in the past and I have spoken to Wes on
a few occasions. He’s a great guy and it’s a great product. Just a bit too rich for my blood. I
didn’t export video enough for it to get a ROI from it. I would instead make notes of my
cuts and chop them up manually. This is SO much better and SO SO much faster.

Thank you Dale. You should put a PayPal donate button up here. The first paying job I use
this on, I would be inclined to send a little cash your way.

107. Jon Walker said,

May 6, 2008 at 9:35 am

Hey Dale, I’m still getting the same message even from today’s download that the beta has
expired. Any suggestions?

108. Dale said,

May 6, 2008 at 9:48 am

Hey Jon,

I just downloaded both versions to a fresh machine and they run fine on my end. Are you
sure you’re not getting a cached version or something?

Dale

109. Jon Walker said,

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May 6, 2008 at 10:21 am

Will try again had the same thing happen last time until it finally worked. I’ll give it a shot.
Thanks.

110. Jon Walker said,

May 6, 2008 at 10:30 am

Trashed old version restarted and downloaded again from the link to no avail. Still getting
same message of beta expiring.

111. Dale said,

May 6, 2008 at 10:49 am

Hey Jon,

I tried to email you the latest versions, but your email bounced. Why don’t you send me an
email and I’ll see if I can get you fixed up.

Dale

112. Jon Walker said,

May 6, 2008 at 11:03 am

Can’t find your email…can you post it for me?

113. Dale said,

May 6, 2008 at 11:05 am

dale[at]creative-workflow-hacks(dot)com

114. mcplop said,

May 11, 2008 at 10:48 pm

this looks great.

can this script be reveresed so that AE comp layers can be imported into FCP as a set of
clips?

this would be awesome for a specific archiving project I am working on.

115. Jonathan McGaha said,

July 4, 2008 at 3:25 pm

Using the AE7 version and I’m getting the beta expiration notice. I can set my computer

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back a month and it works fine but that’s pretty annoying. Thanks.

116. Dale said,

July 4, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Hey Jonathan,

I took the beta expire out. Since I’ve had a hard time finding the time outside of my day job
I need to devote to this project I’m looking to open source the project and hopefully
somebody can pick up the baton on development. It’s going to take me a bit to get the
project set up but for now I’m going to take out the beta expire stuff on the AE7 project and
next set it up for the CS3 script . More to follow.

Dale

117. Gav said,

July 9, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Following your intrustions and a little help your script worked great.

Though I am having a little trouble with somthing unrelated to it, but i hope you dont mind
me asking as someone else might have come across the same problem.

The timeline appears after i import the xml into AE3, but there is no picture, even when i
click on one of the video files nothing shows up. There is sound, which makes me belive
that it is probably a quicktime or codec problem.

Anyone able to offer advice? Im using FCP 5.0.4, quicktime 7.5, AE3. When I import the
file seperatly it works. but not when i go through FCP first. the clips are also HD and im
using a panasonic hvx200 camera with a p2 card.

thanks
Gav

118. dermessie said,

July 30, 2008 at 5:45 am

Hey folks,…

got stumbled over a little thing which should be taken account of.
I got trouble logging some clips in FCP caused by drop frames. In the end I got two Clips
with different in-/out-points (same media content) . FCP shows the wrong media length.
So after exporting to AFX the media in-/out-points are messed up.

Clipname_01 (length in FCP 2 min, original file on hd app. 22 min)

Clipname_02 (length in FCP 12 min, original file on hd app. 22 min)

Clipname_01 + Clipname_02 are the same source files on tape, but 2 different captured files

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on hd.

yes, i know, confusing

but as so often, I recognized it first after the cut

In FCP there no problem relating file management.

If sb got a work around,..let me know…

Cheers

119. fulgencio said,

August 1, 2008 at 8:53 pm

Hi
i have tried the software, but can get it worrking
when i do it the clips are imported but not the timeline
am i doing something wrong?
i´m not an expert on AE
thanks

120. Dale said,

August 1, 2008 at 10:07 pm

Hey fulgencio,

You want to make sure you have a sequence selected when you export the XML so you
don’t get an import of just the browser. Hope that helps.

Dale

121. fulgencio said,

August 2, 2008 at 11:06 am

hi Dale
i have tried selecting everything.
and selecting only the sequence but not the clips
the results are always the same
i get the clips imported and a sequence file (wich appears as a black video clip)
but no timeline
same thing with db_FCPToAE
FCP 5.1.4 DVCpro HD 25p (non-native) and AE 8.0.0.247 (i gues it is just 8.0)
i´m trying with just a 3 files editing, no effects, no text…
maybe i could send you the xml and export file to see if you find out
my email is [email protected] or [email protected]
thanks for all

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f.

122. Martin Roe said,

August 18, 2008 at 6:36 am

Hi Dale,

AMAZING work. Thank you so much! I have one (huge) project to send through and didn’t
want to buy a product for one gig, and you just saved me days and days of work!

Thank you so much.

Having read the comments, I gather you know that it tells me the beta has expired and to get
the latest version, even though I downloaded it today - i think from reading the notes that i
have the latest version nonetheless - which is awesome!

Anyway, thanks again!

Martin

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