Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1498)

Using Another Linear or Nonlinear System
If you plan to do final color correction, effects, and broadcast specifications on a
non–Final Cut Pro system, consider how you will deliver your sequence and media. You
need to pick a project interchange format that the online editing system recognizes. For
example, many Avid and ProTools systems recognize AAF and OMF files; other
post-production tools recognize the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format; and linear
tape-to-tape edit suites use EDL files. Media can be delivered on tape for recapturing into
a nonlinear system, or for editing onto the master tape in a tape-to-tape suite. In many
cases it is faster to recapture tapes than to transcode digital files from a
Final Cut Pro-compatible codec to a format the online system recognizes.
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