Send to Premiere or Resolve

A legacy XML file with an SRT sidecar for captions, imports cleanly into both

Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve don't read FCPXML. They read the older FCP7 XML (xmeml v5), which is the legacy format both editors still import cleanly. That's what we write.

What gets exported

In Paper Edit or Mosaic, open Export, then Premiere / Resolve (XML). Pick a folder.

You get two files:

• <your-name>.xml, one video track, one stereo audio track, every enabled clip in order, with per-clip in/out at the sequence frame rate.
• <your-name>.srt, captions, if you left "Include subtitles" on.

If a same-named pair already exists in that folder, the next save auto-increments to <your-name> 2.xml. No overwrite, no warning to dismiss.

What carries, what doesn't

Honest about the format's limits, because Premiere and Resolve interpret the legacy XML differently and we'd rather you knew up front.

Carries:

• Timing and clip order
• In and out points
• File references (path-based, so don't move the media after export)

Doesn't carry today:

• Spatial transforms, Premiere and Resolve read filters differently, so we leave them out instead of shipping something that looks wrong in one of them
• Color grade
• Markers, ratings, color labels
• Fades inside the XML

You'll redo transforms and grade on that side. Quick, since the cuts are already locked.

Resolve, specifically

Resolve doesn't auto-pair the SRT with the XML. Two steps:

1. File → Import → Timeline, point at the .xml
2. File → Import Subtitle, point at the .srt

Premiere does pair them when they share a basename and live in the same folder.

A note on disabled clips

Same rule as everywhere else. Anything toggled off in the script panel is dimmed and skipped silently. No draft state, no "are you sure" prompt. If you see fewer cuts in the XML than you expected, that's the first thing to check.

The XML is a handoff, not a finishing format. Get the cuts in, do the look on the other side.