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Drag clips from Final Cut Pro to Eddie

To import from FCP, select the clips in your event and then drag them together into Eddie

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Eddie integrates into your workflow, including if you have video assets in Final Cut Pro that you would like Eddie to edit.

Eddie AI supports importing/exporting from/to Final Cut Pro.

This means:

  1. IMPORT: You can drag clips/projects (aka timelines) from your event in FCP to Eddie

  2. EXPORT: You can drag the edit from Eddie to the event in FCP

This article covers how to import clips from FCP to Eddie.

Learn how to send timelines/projects from FCP to Eddie.

To learn about sending edits from Eddie to FCP, see here.

Prerequisites:

  • Eddie AI for Macs, minimum v2.2.2

  • Final Cut Pro (duh)

Supported FCP clips:

Eddie's Chat & Edit and Clean Up / Scripted modes support the following FCP clip types:

  • standard clips

  • multicams

  • sync clips

  • compound clips

Note: do NOT have descriptive metadata such as notes, favorites, ratings, etc etc on your clip before you bring it to Eddie or else they may not relink on roundtrip back to FCP.

Note: more complex structures of the above clip types may not be supported.

Unsupported clip/structures:

  • multicam clips with multiple-files per angle

  • clips with effects, transitions, titles, generators

Message us to request broader FCP clip support

How to use Eddie with FCP: walk-through video

To import multicams, sync clips, and/or compound clips in Rough Cut mode, make sure to toggle to "Multicam" first:

Image: How to enable Multicam in Rough Cut mode.

Then highlight all the clips you want to import in your event in FCP and drag them to Eddie all at once.

Eddie also supports dragging standard clips from FCP into other modes like Original/chatGPT, Social Media, A and B-roll logging.

To get edits/projects/timelines back to FCP: click Export and then drag the edit icon to the Event in Final Cut Pro.

Learn more about exporting here.

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