Sequence
Check settings
Severities to reportTurn a severity off to leave it out of the verdict, the timeline, the issue list and the exports.
Verdict
This is the sample sequence. It was built to trip all 24 checks, so almost every clip is flagged. A real cut usually has far fewer.
Timeline
Click a clip to see its issues. Cmd/Ctrl + scroll to zoom, scroll to move.Issues
Nothing to hand off yet
Load a sequence on the Check tab first.
Report details
Printed at the top of the PDF. Blank fields print as lines to fill in by hand.Export
Include
In Resolve, after importing the XML: right-click the timeline in the Media Pool › Timelines › Import › Timeline Markers from EDL.
Report preview
Getting the XML out of Premiere
- Duplicate the sequence, and work on the copy.
- Optional: remove color effects (right-click › Remove Attributes) and turn off graphics tracks.
- Select the sequence in the Project panel.
- File › Export › Final Cut Pro XML, then save it next to your project.
- Drop that .xml on the Check tab.
Pre-flight reads Final Cut Pro 7 XML (the format Premiere exports). It doesn't read .prproj, FCPXML, AAF or EDL yet.
Reading the counts
Issues are individual problems. Clips are the shots that carry them. A speed-ramped shot with a color effect is 1 clip with 2 Rebuild issues. On the timeline each clip takes the color of its worst issue, and a small pip for every severity it carries, so a red clip with a yellow pip also counts under Check.
Some issues belong to the whole sequence (audio in the XML, too many video tracks, start timecode). Those show above the timeline and have no clip.
Every check, and what to do about it
Markers in Resolve
- Import the XML into Resolve and relink the media.
- In the Media Pool, right-click the timeline › Timelines › Import › Timeline Markers from EDL.
- Choose the markers .edl from the Hand-off tab. Red = Rebuild, yellow = Check, blue = Info. Your notes are in each marker's text.