Calibrated Software MXF Import v3 - Manual (Page 57)

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Final Cut Pro X v10.1.2
Getting Started
1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6 or greater
2. Avid QuickTime Codecs are required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files. IMPORTANT: Please read
the ‘DNxHD Options’ section in this User Guide for setting up either RGB SMPTE (16-235) or RGB Full (0-255)
Color Ranges for DNxHD MXF files.
3. When working with very, very large Indexed MXF files, Indexing should be enabled for a more efficient workflow.
Please see Chapter: Indexing for further details.
4. IMPORTANT: This version of software (v3.0 or greater) will require a new Software License and an
upgrade fee if you had purchased a Software License for a previous version.
5. When importing MXF files into FCP X (either manually or thru a FCP X XML made by Calibrated{Q} Import
Assist), please make sure that the ‘Copy files to Final Cut Events Folder’ is NOT checked in the FCP X
Preferences and FCP X Media Import Options Window. If this option is checked then the MXF file(s) will be
copied into the FCP X Events folder which will remove the MXF file from its folder structure. This action may result
in a loss of metadata (if metadata is stored in an ancillary XML file) or a loss of audio (if audio is stored in a
separate file from video).
6. [OPTIONAL] When importing MXF files into FCP X (either manually or thru a FCP X XML made by Calibrated{Q}
Import Assist), you may want to make UNCHECK the ‘Create Optimized Media’ in the FCP X Preferences
and FCP X Media Import Options Window. Importing MXF files that are XDCAM, HDV, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD,
DV50, DV25, or ProRes should not be affected whether this option is or is not checked; however when importing
DNxHD MXF, MPEG-4 MXF, or other video compressions then FCP X will convert the footage into ProRes MOV
files. Therefore, if you would like to natively import and edit those types of MXF files in FCP X then you would
want to UNCHECK the
‘Create Optimized Media’ option.
7. IMPORTANT - After licensing the software: You will have to remove (i.e. ‘Move To Trash’) the MXF file from
your FCP X Event and Sequence, and then re-import the MXF file into the FCP X Event and Sequence for the full
duration of the MXF file to be ‘seen’ by FCP X after licensing. Alternately, there is a new option in Calibrated{Q}
Import Assist to update the Modification Date of a MXF file (this will update the Modification Date used by the file
system NOT the Modification Date in any MXF metadata). Updating the Modification Date of a MXF file will make
FCP X re-analyze the MXF file and the full duration of the MXF file should know be seen in the FCP X Event;
however any MXF files in a FCP X Sequence will have to be manually stretched out by the user to their full
duration in the FCP X Sequence.
8. It is highly important to always backup your footage first and to never move the MXF files out of their original
folder structure on disc.
Import into FCP X
(Before importing MXF files into FCP X, please be sure to read the ‘Getting Started’ section above – especially numbers 4
& 5)
To import MXF files into Final Cut Pro X:
(a) For most MXF files, you can import the MXF file s just like you would MOV files by using the ‘Import Media’
window in FCP X, and then selecting the MXF files you want to import.
(b) To natively import MXF files that are support by FCP X ‘Log and Transfer’ (such as Panasonic P2 MXF files
or Sony MXF files), it is necessary to create a FCP X XML using Calibrated{Q} Import Assist, and then import