XMiL Sequencer

XMiL Sequencer converts an XML file exported from a Final Cut Pro timeline and turns it into an Avid Log Exchange (ALE) file. This file can then be imported into an Avid nonlinear editing system, turning the segments used in the FCP timeline into Avid master clips.

Output a video tape from Final Cut Pro and digitize the clips in the Avid to edit. Metadata from the original QuickTimes, such as source time code, comes across in the ALE file from XMiL Sequencer. This provides the capability to trace back to the original QuickTimes, and, in turn, to their original source files, such as DPX files or Red Cine files from the Red camera. Alternatively, finish the show using the Final Cut Pro output tapes.

File-Based Workflow

- Shoot with the RED One Camera
- Create QuickTime movies from the Red's R3D files
- Import QuickTimes into Final Cut Pro, string them out in a sequence
- Play the sequence out to video tape
- Export an XML file for the sequence from Final Cut Pro
- Use XMiL Sequencer to create an Avid Log Exchange file that lists the QuickTimes in the Final Cut Pro sequence as clips
- Import the ALE file into the Avid and batch digitize the clips from the video tape made with Final Cut Pro
- Edit on an Avid