Premiere CS6 roundtrip?

Try XML ?

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Check out Walt Biscardi's Article on this.....very enlightening.

http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/a-cautionary-tale-for-the-fcp-switc...

The quick version: you're gonna hafta export a master file and cut it up in Resolve.

This is the NO1 issue for me WRT using Premiere. I really like CS6 in all other respects. For long form projects, the only success I've had is in PPro:
1. break the edit-lock sequence into 20min reels,
2. bake in any speed changes or other non-XML friendly effects
3. Remove any temp effects
4. FCP XML export the reels.
5. Import the XMLs into FCP,
6. In FCP clean up any import problems,
7. Generate FCP v5 XMLs for each reel.
8. Load the FCP generated XMLs into Resolve.

VERY VERY cumbersome. I had high hopes that CS6 would improve the weak XML interchange, but that was not to be. Now, I'm hoping Resolve v9 might have some mojo to help with this.

I spend a lot of time hoping. :(

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Hi Mike,

What sort of issues are you running into if you export an FCP7 XML and import into Resolve?

If you could send us your XML, and Resolve project, any screenshots, etc. at our help address - davincihelp (at) blackmagic-design.com, we'd like to sort it out for you.

Regards,
Rohit

Having similar issues. I was handed a PPro CS6 Project (90 second mixed timeline with mostly ProRes4444 and some .r3d all at 25fps) to grade and tried the following:

1. select sequence in PPro >export > edl. This works, sort of. In Resolve, the edl didn't bring over the resizes or the numerous retimings and speed ramps the editor used rather extensively. If I had asked the editor to go back and bake in all those effects and give me the project back, it probably would have worked far better. Not very elegant, but at least I would have had my back covered that all the shots were timed and sized as the editor intended.

2. select sequence in PPro > export > fcp xml. This does not work at all well and I can't see using it again anytime soon. The first couple of shots came over ok, but once I hit the shots with speed effects and resizes, things pretty much went haywire. In and out points were no longer accurate. Other shots froze up entirely. Not a workable method.

3. exported a QT ProRes 4444 from PPro via AME. Brought the QT over to Resolve and ran Scene Detect. Works great, but only because the entire show is hard cuts only. Still, it's seems currently the best method as it is the only totally reliable one.

To work really well together with PPro, Resolve either has to be able to read the FCP7 xml's better, or, PPro has to have it's own PPro xml export function and not rely on the fcp7 route (probably not a viable alternative over the long term). At the moment the colorist has to be moderately adept at both PPro CS6 and FCP7 to troubleshoot and solve the issues.

Kinda clunky. Needs a fix.

I've got successful conforms..

I brought all my DNG files into resolve, made a quick grade and rendered them out via XML roundtrip then edited in Premier 6. Exported the XML, loaded it back into Resolve and had it all match up perfectly.

Hi guys,

Looks like this thread died in the you know what mid last year.

I think I have found a workaround, using CS6 and Resolve 9. If i'm missing something obvious please don't hesitate to tell me.

In Prem Pro I am using native R3D files to edit. Once the edit is does export a XML file as is.
Import the XML into the Timeline section of Resolve and it should bring in the clips needed but have trouble linking them to the Timeline itself.

So once you have your clips in Resolve, go into the Media Pool and Select your clips in Reels. I.e. Select all of your A001 clips. Then right click and select Clip Attributes. Click on Reel Name. Select 'User Defined and put in '001'. Do the same for all your other reels '002', '003' etc

Go back into Premiere and choose only the A001 clips you have edited and change the Tape Name to '001' as we did in Resolve. Do the same for any A002 clips etc. Then export an EDL from Premiere.

Go back into Resolve and into the Timelines section import your EDL and it should all re-link perfectly... Should!

I tested this with a Speed change in the EDL and XML.

All the best
Joe

I am trying your method, but in Resolve media pool, User Defined is grayed and not adjustable out when I click into Clip Attributes.

How do I lift this restriction?

Using Joe's method above, I am unable to manually change the Reel inside of Davinci. There were no speed changes in my footage.

I think there's some confusion. According to Joe above, his timeline has a few clips with edit points from Premiere did not come into Resolve correctly and he found a solution. I am having the same problem. My timeline has a couple clips that are not the correct edit points from Premiere.

Here's what Joe said in his post above:

[Joe Maurici] "So once you have your clips in Resolve, go into the Media Pool and Select your clips in Reels. I.e. Select all of your A001 clips. Then right click and select Clip Attributes. Click on Reel Name. Select 'User Defined and put in '001'. Do the same for all your other reels '002', '003' etc"

This is what I'm having an issue with:
I am not able to do what Joe said to do because the options are all grayed out.

Here are my steps to recreate Joe's solution:
1. I have my xml from Premiere and I brought it into Resolve and I loaded it in Resolve.
2. I went back to my Media Pool and selected my R3d files with A001 and I right clicked on it and selected Clip Attributes.
3. A box opens up and I went to click on Reel Name, but the options are all grayed out and I can't select them.

My question:
Is there a way I can fix this so that I can create a User Defined reel name based on Joe's suggested steps?