Problems with OMF from FCP

[Ray Chung]

Hello All,

I am preparing to do a sound edit for a feature film that I edited in Final Cut Pro 3 in OS X. I am exporting my sequence as an OMF, checking the box that says "include fades", then restarting in OS 9.2.2. I then open the OMF with the OMF tool, and I create a PT session. The choices are 'PT 3' and 'PT 4'. PT 4 has an error while converting, so I click PT 3, and it creates a PT session based on the original FCP sequence. I am using PT LE 5.2 with an MBox. For a test, I exported the sequence from the three-minute trailer for the film.

The problem is, when the session opens up, not only are there no fades or volume settings, but the timeline is messed up, with clips out of position/sync and repeats of the small sections of tracks that originally had fades. What am I doing wrong? As much of a problem that this is with a three-minute sequence, it would obviously be disastrous with a two-hour session. Can anyone offer any insight? Thanks in advance.

- Ray Chung
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[Ray Chung]

Okay...

So I exported another OMF fro te same sequence, but this time I did not check the "include crossfades", and when the PT session opened up, everything seemed to be in perfect sync. But again, no fades (obviously) and no volume changes as done in FCP 3. Meaning that I will have to redo all the fades and levels. Is this right, or am I missing something? I was under tyhe impression that you should at least be able to keep all the fades, as that would save me halfthe work of redoing everything. This is becoming a pain.

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Brent

[Gaffer]

Final cut export of OMF does not support the fades or the volume levels