Import the XML into DaVinci Resolve
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Once the Project is created, double-click the Project tile (the one with an
orange border), to open it. Resolve will appear with an empty Media Pool
and Timeline. From the File Menu, choose > Import AAF, EDL, XML…(or
press Shift-Command-I).
Navigate to the XML File you exported from Final Cut 7, then open it. The
Load XML Window will appear. There are a few important settings you
will want enabled. Automatically set project settings, will ensure that
Resolve’s master project settings match the project settings of the Final Cut
7 timeline you are about to import. So if you are importing a 1920×1080,
23.98 FPS Project from FCP 7, the Master Project Settings panel will reflect
these settings once the timeline is imported.
The next option, Automatically import source clips into the media pool
will import clip into the media pool that match the clip name, reel and
timecode of the corresponding clips in the timeline you are importing. If
you’ve created a primary grade on your clips in Final Cut 7 and you want
them to appear in Resolve, make sure to enable Use color information.
By the way, Final Cut 7 is the only NLE that sends the color information to
Resolve. Click OK.
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