Color 1.5.3 offline clips

Hi
This might be a really dumb question, but after I have rendered my graded clips in color and then create an XML (which I then opened in After Effects) Why is it when I go back to my color project file...
1) doesn't even exist anymore? I had to find an archive copy and open that
2) the archive copy when I open it, everything is offline. All the clips are red and there is no preview of anything.
I've tried reconforming but when I do that, Color comes up with a message saying that only FCP XML and EDLs can be reconformed. However when I first sent the file to Color it was definitely from FCP.
Is there some thing with Color that once I've rendered and exported out an EDL that everything becomes offline and I can't make anymore changes to it?
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!
cheers
Rach

OK...you are leaving out details. HOW did you get the footage into Color in the first place?
The proper workflow for Color is as follows:
- Edit in FCP
- SEND TO Color
- Grade and render
- SEND TO FCP
Another option...
- Export self contained QT file in the ProRes format from your NLE
- Export an EDL as well, so Color can chop up the single QT file into individual shots
- Import EDL into Color...point to referenced QT file
- Grade the footage...render.
- Send to FCP.
Color is meant to work with FCP.

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Thanks for writing.
>> How did you log right into a bin with media?
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Capt Roger wrote:
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Offline Clips aus einem Videostream mit Medien verbinden

Ich möchte aus einem langen Vido
stream vorhandene Offlineclips
mithilfe des vorhanden Timecodes mit den entsprechenden Teilmedien verbinden. Geht das überhaupt mit Premiere CS3 oder 4?
Der Hintergrund ist folgender:
Ich habe meine alten Hi-8 Bänder auf einer externen Festplatte gespeichert und möchte, ohne neu aufzeichnen zu müssen, das Videomaterial mit den Clips, die sich im Projekfenster befinden, verbinden.
Der Vorgang sollte folgendermaßen ablaufen:
1. Der z.B. 1-stündige Videoclip wurde mit entsprechendem Timecode auf der Festplatte aufgezeichnet.
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Gruß GH

Hallo Mylenium
Meine Frage ist leider noch nicht beantwortet.
Hier meine Idee:
Ich habe meine Hi-8 Bänder auf einer externen Festplatte gespeichert. Für jedes Band besitze ich eine Schnittliste. Nun soll folgendes gemacht werden, wenn es geht:
Die Offline-Clips sollen timecodegenau aus dem dazugehörenden Hi-8 Band ihre entsprechenden Medien heraussuchen. Ich möchte damit vermeiden, dass ich das gespeicherte Band erst wieder aus Premiere auf meinen DV-Recorder überspiele und dann via Batchaufnahme in mein Projekt zurückbringe muss. Ich will so Qualitätseinbußen durch mehrfaches überspielen vermeiden.
Gruß
GH

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