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Thor Media
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May 2, 2017
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FCP XML Import/Export issue.

  • May 2, 2017
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I need to export an XML from Premiere, make changes to the exported XML file and then import the modified XML back into the same project, but positional keyframe data does not seem to import from a XML into Premiere. Scaling seems to work fine, but no dice on positional keyframe data.

The simplest test I've done so far to verify this problem is to export a timeline, that has motion on a couple of still images, x/y position, 2 keyframes one at the beginning and one at the end. I then import the new XML directly back into Premiere without making any changes to it and I loose all of the motion that I applied to those images. Scaling seems to work when I do the same test.

Is there a trick I can apply to the XML file to make the positional keyframes import properly?

The motion data seems to be there when I look at the XML file in a text editor.

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    Correct answer mattchristensen

    Hi,

    I just did a quick test on my end with the current version 2017.1 (11.1) and made a sequence with two clips, one with position modified but not keyframed and one with scale and position modified and keyframed. Outputting an XML and bringing it back in worked as expected for me in any way I could try it.

    Can you confirm for me which version of Premiere you're on? Also if you would not mind sending me the XML you output I could try importing here and seeing if I see parameter keyframes.

    Cheers,

    Matt

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    mattchristensen
    mattchristensenCorrect answer
    Legend
    May 2, 2017

    Hi,

    I just did a quick test on my end with the current version 2017.1 (11.1) and made a sequence with two clips, one with position modified but not keyframed and one with scale and position modified and keyframed. Outputting an XML and bringing it back in worked as expected for me in any way I could try it.

    Can you confirm for me which version of Premiere you're on? Also if you would not mind sending me the XML you output I could try importing here and seeing if I see parameter keyframes.

    Cheers,

    Matt

    Thor Media
    Participant
    May 3, 2017

    I was on 11.0. I updated to 11.1 and now it works!! This is going to save me 20+ hours of work! The thought had crossed my mind to update, but I figured it had to be something more complex. Go figure.

    Thanks for the help!