Help! FCP6.0.4 backward compatible workaround?

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filmshoot

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Hi,

How can I edit a project on an older version of FCP?

I am working on a project that has been edited in FCP6.0.4. I have an editing machine that is running osx10.4.9 and is not hooked up to the internet. It is currently running fcp6.0 When I try to the open the project I get an error that says it won't open because the project is from a newer version of FCP.

I need to be able to open this project and continue editing it using my fcp6.0 machine, is there a workaround?

Please help.

Thanks,
AA
 
#45 - Opening projects with older versions of FCP

Shane's Stock Answer #45 - How to export your project to work with earlier versions of Final Cut Pro.

Versions of Final Cut Pro aren't backwards compatible. So a project created with FCP 6 cannot be opened with FCP 5...and this even goes into the dot-updates as well. A project created with FCP 5.1.4 cannot be opened by FCP 5.1.1.

Nope, for this you need to use XML. Export your sequence as an XML sequence and import that in the other version of FCP. XML v3 if for FCP 5.1 4 and FCP 6. XML v2 is for FCP 5.0, and XML v1 is for FCP 4.5. So if you need to go from FCP 6 to FCP 5.0.4, you'd use XML v2.

To export an entire project, select ALL the bins in the Browser and then choose FILE>EXPORT>XML.
 
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