Export Multicam to Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere
Nicholas McClintock
Wish I knew this was an issue before paying for this service. Working with proxy clips because Descript can’t seem to handle the full 4K resolution ones. I’d like to be able to open my Descript multicam edits in Premiere so I can swap the full size video files back in, apply effects, etc. All the scene cuts are there and in the right spots but all of my video tracks are there on top of each other with no convenient way to still have all the camera switches I did in Descript. Kind of disturbing that this seems to have been an issue people have been asking for since 2020 and it appears y’all still aren’t doing anything about it?
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Brett Deister
why are you ignoring DaVinci Resolve?
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Aaron Van Domelen
Brett Deister this currently works in DaVinci Resolve, see below
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Daniel Dzula
We'd love this feature for Premiere.
Jack Klink
I really really need this for FCP. This is what will make me become an annual descript subscriber. I can't believe this hasn't even made it into the "under consideration" category on the roadmap!
nasd media
How is this still an issue
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MJ Petroni
THIS
Tom Harrop
I was hoping that there'd be a fix for this almost 4 years after it was originally posted. I'd love a workaround for FCPX, anyone any ideas? It would make editing hour-long video podcasts with 3 angles so much easier. Thanks!
Adam Schoales
Add me to the choir of people who are looking for a solution here. Though my workflow needs seem to be SOMEWHAT different.
Like others, conducting multicam interviews, so I need to build a multicam in final cut pro to sync the cameras (and audio). I then need to get that into Descript to do the transcript and paper edits. In that regard I'm the same as everyone else.
However I've got an added wrinkle: I'd love to be able to use Descript to make a series of "selects" and then bring it into final cut pro as a keyword (since I like to use metadata to do selects rather than a timeline).
That being said, I'd still settle for some sort of round-tripping that takes my FCP multicam, brings it into Descript, and then descript spits it back out to Final Cut.
For reference, my current workflow is:
- Ingest footage
- Sync and make multicam
- Place multicam in timeline
- Add time-code reader, pointing to clip timecode (not timeline)
- Export timeline
- Upload clip with timecode to Descript
- Make notes/paper edit/etc. in Descript
- Use burned in timecode to transfer info back into Final Cut Pro as selects or cut timeline
Because I'm building shorter 30-60s videos this isn't too painful, but for any longer form project would definitely be a hassle.
Gabe Michalski
Merged in a post:
Export Multicam to Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere
Jordan Schenck
Convert sequences into multicam clips when doing a Timeline Export to Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere
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Kaleel Zibe
Most of my interviews are multi-cam: 2 or 3 angles. I Do basic multi-cam assembly in Final Cut (although I'll eventually be moving to Resolve) and then export for Descript to transcribe and do cuts. I need to be able to bring this edited multi-cam file back into Final Cut and grade and do final edits there. As it stands, there's no good way to round trip this back into Final Cut and keep multi-cam. It just exports the xml as a standard sequence and the ability to use the Descript edits in a multi-cam project are lost. You just get the angles stacked in layers in the sequence, which is no use. This means I have to use Descript as my final output, which is not desirable for a professional workflow. I need a proper multi-cam workflow where I can send Descript proxy versions of each angle, edit in Descript and then go back into to Final Cut (or Resolve) to finish. At the moment, the only way to (partially) do it is to export large, broadcast quality clips to Descript and use those angles to finalise in Descript once edited there. Even this doesn't work fully though, as the max file size Descript can handle is 100GB. That's too much of a limit for a long interview.
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Aaron Van Domelen
Kaleel Zibe: if you scroll down you will see a method for Resolve below. Works a treat.
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Kaleel Zibe
Aaron Van Domelen: thanks, Aaron. I’ll take a look
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Aaron Van Domelen
Kaleel Zibe: If you need a hand feel free to reach out, email is below too.
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Kaleel Zibe
Aaron Van Domelen: Thanks, Aaron
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Kaleel Zibe
Aaron Van Domelen: Hi Aaron, at last I've had a chance to get up to speed with Resolve. Your solution works completely! I was able to edit a multicam interview from Resolve in Descript and bring the Premier Pro xml back into Resolve and it kept the edits in the new timeline. Most important of all, I was still able to edit colour nodes and multicam angles independently and all timelines, including the new Descript edited one, adjusted accordingly. Sorted! Thanks, Aaron :)
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Aaron Van Domelen
Kaleel Zibe: Great to hear! Even with Resolve adding transcription I will likely continue to use Descript since I can collaborate so much more easily.
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