Versions and export

Make a new version

1. Click New Version

   On the bin’s row, click New Version. You get a copy with the next number, such as v2, holding the same clips as the one you copied.

2. Pick which versions show

   The menu beside the sort buttons starts on Latest. Choose All Versions to see every version, or a single number to see only that one.

3. Delete or restore

   Deleting a version hides it. Click Show Deleted to see it again, then Restore on its row.

Each version keeps a link to the one it was copied from. Two versions can come from the same parent, so you can try two ideas from one starting point.

Export to Premiere or Final Cut

1. Open the export menu

   On the bin’s row, click Export ▾. It shows once the bin has at least one take with video.

2. Pick the app

   Click Premiere for an FCP7 XML file or Final Cut for an FCPXML file. Click ✕ to close the menu without exporting.

3. Open the file

   The file downloads and a message says Exported for Premiere Pro or Exported for Final Cut Pro. Import it and the cut opens as a sequence.

The file holds what the bin plays: one take per shot, whole, in the order Play uses. Each clip carries its take’s source timecode and reel name. That is what lets the other app relink to the camera files. The sequence uses the cut’s frame rate and frame size. If the cut has none set, they come from the first take’s media.

If the assistant has saved clips into a cut, the export uses those clips and their in and out points instead.

For Avid AAF and ALE, CMX3600 EDL, OpenTimelineIO, and the full project file, use CinemaCutter’s import and export.