Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format
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About This Document
Organization
XML Resources
About Interchange Format Documents
Exporting Documents
Importing Documents
Errors During Import
Basics of the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format
Special Conventions
Inheritance
The id Attribute
Encoding a Clip
Associating Media With a Clip
Encoding Audio Information
Exporting a Clip from the Browser
Encoding a Subclip
Encoding a Multiclip
Encoding a Sequence
Format and Outputs
Media in a Sequence
Linking
Transitions
PSD Files as Sequences
Encoding a Project
Encoding Effects
Keyframes
Managing Project Components
The uuid and updatebehavior Elements
The itemhistory Element
Managing QuickTime Metadata
Timing Values
Notes on the XML Interchange Format
XML Changes in Final Cut Pro 6.0.2
Applications of the Interchange Format
Enhancing a Batch List
Simplifying Subtitling
Choosing Effect Parameters
Other Possibilities
Elements of the Interchange Format
Major Elements
Clips
Video and Audio
Common Elements
Rate and Timecode
Effects
The Time Remap Effect
Application Specific Data
Film Data
QuickTime Metadata
Import Options
Appendix A: Validating Documents
Using the DTDs
DTD for Version 1 of the Interchange Format
DTD for Version 2 of the Interchange Format
DTD for Version 3 of the Interchange Format
DTD for Version 4 of the Interchange Format
Appendix B: Frame Rates
Appendix C: Keyframe Interpolation
About Final Cut Pro Interpolation
Appendix D: Apple Events and Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro Apple Events
Appendix E: Versions of the Interchange Format
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
Revision History
Index