Convert Project from Premiere Pro to Final Cut Pro X

Summary: This article mainly explains you how to move a Premiere Pro project to Final Cut Pro X soomthly.

Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X both are professioal and excellent editing softwares. But sometimes users have the need to convert Premiere Pro project to Final Cut Pro X for a further dispose. Then how can we transfer Premiere Pro files to Final Cut Pro X without any troubles? Read on and let's walk you through the easy workflow with three steps!

Step 1. Choose File > Export > Premiere Pro XML.

Here’s a typical project inside Premiere. There are several things to note here:

All media is linked, nothing is off-line
There are multiple tracks of audio, most of which are stereo pairs
There are multiple layers of video
There are multiple text clips
There are dissolves between B-roll clips

Notice that all stereo audio starts on an odd-numbered track. This is important. Most software assumes that stereo pair audio will be on two separate tracks and further assumes that the left channel starts on an odd track. I have found that I get the most reliable transfers when working with multi-track stereo audio when the left channel is placed on an odd-numbered track. (Premiere does not care if there are gaps between audio clips, nor if an entire audio track is left blank.)

NOTE: If your project came from an older Premiere project, where stereo audio spanned two tracks. In the current version of Premiere, stereo audio can appear as a single clip in a single track. When moving projects between Premiere and FCP X, whether stereo audio is on one or two tracks does not make a difference; as long as when audio spans multiple tracks, the left channel is placed on an odd-track.

Step 2. Convert the XML file into something Final Cut Pro X can read

In order to transfer a project to Final Cut Pro, select the project in the Project panel. Then, choose File>Export>Final Cur Pro XML.

Give the XML file a name and storage location. Then a warning message appears, indicating if Premiere had any problems with the transfer. After a few seconds, the XML file will appear on the location you set before.

NOTE: XML files are very small – generally, just a few hundred KB. They are only needed to transfer information from one program to another. Once the data has been transferred, the XML file can be deleted. For this reason, I tend to store them to the Desktop to make them easy to find and delete when this process is complete.

Step 3. Import the XML file into Final Cut Pro X

FCPX and Premiere use different kinds of XML, so we need the XML first before load into FCPX. Here suggest a small app called 7toX for Final Cur Pro to help the conversion.

Either start the application then select the XML file, or directly drag THE xml file on top of the application icon. This dialog asks what you want to do with the converted XML file.

Optional: You can choose the first all automatically option for your conversion , or save XML file converts the XML file and saves it to the Desktop.

This dialog asks what you want to do with the converted XML file. Here goes to the second way.

Step 1: choose the “Save XML File” option, store it and set the location, it only take a few seconds to finish this step.
Step 2: Start your Final Cut Pro and create a new Library. This create new Library is optional.
Step 3: Choose File>Import>XML then select the converted XML before file and click Import to load your files into FCPX.

As you can see, all media of your project are displayed in the Browser.

Editor's note: If you don't have both above two editing programs and are tired of downloading extra softwares and unwilling to move on those annoying steps, and what your main target is to simply import your videos into FCP X, then you can turn to another choice - convert and import video to Final Cut Pro X compatible video once and for all. There are a hugh amount of professional Mac Video Converter tools in the current market, and the Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is one outstanding representative among them. Running it, you can convert any video formats to Final Cut Pro as well as other famous NLEs including Avid Media Composer, iMoive, Final Cut Pro Express and more with high converting speed while keeping the original output quality.

Brief guide: When you install and open this program, import your files just with two buttons is enough. ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’. Then go to the output list to find the ‘Final Cut Pro’>>’Apple ProRes Codec 422(*.mov)’ as the best. Finally, click the ‘Convert’ button there you can easily start your work. Is that such a easy operation program to use? What are you waiting for？