Color not updating once back in Final Cut

I've ben able to get by with Color correcting in FCS by using the built in filters in FCP.
Now I have some secondaries to work on so I've sent to Color and got everything looking the way I want.
I render all, then send to FCS. It comes over and it doesn't look as if anything has been done.
I've tried several times with no difference.
What am I doing wrong?
FCS 6, MacPro 1,1
Thanks Mark

Yes, They are fine, so I've edited those directly into the time line.
I just thought the corrected versions would show up in the timeline. I guess I was in error.
It's kind of a pain in @$$ to re-edit afterwards.

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Hi. I'm just learning to use Color and I have a little problem with it. I have a XDCAM EX 1080i50 Final Cut sequence which I've sent to Color. After doing all the color corrections I told Color to send it back to Final Cut (after rendering of course) but the video is not interlaced anymore and it looks really bad progressive video. I don't really need progressive video because this goes to tv.
I have noticed that there is an option in Colors Setup to Deinterlace Renders and Previews but it is turned off and I have even tried to put interlace FX but it doesn't help either.
So how could I get Interlaced video out from Color?
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Mikko

Hi JP / Mikko,
I found a workaround for the de-interlace issue when you have lots of different scales/distorts/etc that you don't want to either bake in or remove and reapply.
- Prep sequence and send to Color (or export/import EDL) as usual (no need to remove scales/distorts/rotations as you may have done before).
- Leave P&S settings untouched and do your grade
- Save a "with P&S" archive of your project within Color
- Reset geometries on a clip, copy to all, save, close, reopen, scan through the sequence in the geometry room to confirm that none of the clips have a red border (rather than white), render grades.
- Then reload your "with P&S" archive within Color and send your sequence back to FCP (or export and import XML). On reloading the archive, Color will warn you that it will remove your renders, but this doesn't seem to be the case (maybe it refers to DPX or still sequence projects ... if you're scared you could always back them up or "hide" them and move them back)
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I selected "File > Export", named my file and selected "After Export > Send files to Final Cut Pro sequence."
Now in Final Cut an error appears that says "The document “Name.xml” could not be opened. Final Cut Pro cannot open files in the “Final Cut Pro XML File” format."
Am I crazy or is something wrong happening here? I can get the exported audio files to appear in my sequence if I select "File > Import > XML" in Final Cut, but after this whole process Final Cut seems to be functioning unreliably (after closing Final Cut and re-opening, I even once got a similar error that said "Final Cut cannot open files in the Final Cut Pro Project File format", which is obviously crazy).
Am I doing something wrong? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

hi,
i have the same situation. expirienced in fcp, new in soundtrack pro.
similar message. did you find an solution ?

Sending Audio Files back to Final Cut pro, nothing.

Simple issue:
I send from Final Cut Pro To Sound track pro some audio files along with the clip.
I edit it in Sound track Pro, and save (just like in the tutorial) then I quit.
I go back to Final Cut Pro and what do you know, the file that I sent HAS NOT BEEN EDITED!
Some one help.

I tried the same thing earlier in the year, and when the sound came back into FCP, it was corrupted!
Since then, I don't know if this is a good option, but it seems to work fine:
Once I have finished my editing in FCP, I export the soundtrack into an AIFF. I edit the AIFF via STP, and when finished, import it back into FCP.
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Hello there,
I shall explain my problem.
I am working with three different programs. Finla cut 7, photoshop, and after effects.
I have taken a jpeg still from final cut to work in photoshop.
In phtoshop I have layered a project to work in after effects to make an animation.
The animation is then exported back from after effects into final cut.
When I do this I realise that the dimensions of the animation differs from the original sequence from where the still was taken.
I work with PAL.
The still from the sequence is 768 x 576. I create a still using 'export- Using quick time conversion'. I do not understand why the image obtained does not have the format 720x576 as it says the film sequences have in final cut pro settings.
When I edit it in photoshop, I create an image that has the 'film-video' setting but the image still does not match the frame. I have noticed there was the setting PAL1/DV square pixel but it still does not match the original format after editing in after effect.
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Hello mylenium,
Thank you very much for the link.
I now manage to have the same image size when working in final cut.
I hope you do not mind me asking another question. I seem to lose a little bit of resolution. Could this be because i transfer an image worked onto photoshop to after effect and then back to final cut?
I have changed the file dimension before importing it into after effect (from 768x576 to 720x576) and i export the after effect file using quick time in the setting, thus reimporting a .mov file into final cut.
Thx
Best
laure

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Click and dragging the files from the applications folder to an external harddrive seems to simple to be correct.
Are their additional folders or actions that are required to back up these software?
I'm having problems and was instructed to back up all files ASAP before taking my iMac (mid 2010) to the Apple store for treatment.
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josh

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Most apps from the Mac App Store are simple drag & drop installation. DId FCPX or M5 just download to your Mac or was there an installer app involved? If they just donwloaded, then dragging them to backup media should be enough. If there was an installer, then you should backup the installer. But these apps aren't going to disappear from the Mac App Store in the short time that your Mac is in a repair shop. You can also download them again fromthe Purchased pane after you have signed into your account.

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Edgil

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Well if apple put's this on there site! Mac OS X Lion Available in July from Mac App Store...why not also comming in june final cut pro x..

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as a SUPER novice user so far I'm having a lot of trouble dealing with imovie. I think the major problem is that the files are so huge that they become almost impossble to work with. A 50 minute clip i brought in took up about 40gigs. and when I tried to merge clips from one imovie file to another or import more clips the import just takes FOREVER.
tried to output the 45min segment to .mov and it took 6 hours then failed because I ran out of disc space on my 100gig laptop.
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Also I think if you import in final cut express you actually get a .mov file where with imovie you just get a giant iMovie file which can't be opened with quicktime pro etc.
anyway, HD quality is amazing but I think most point and shooters will be very frustrated this christmas.

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Can not import MXF files into Final Cut Pro

I am full of anger and frustration!!! I purchased final cut pro only to find out that it WILL NOT import MXF files. How insane is that? ADOBE - NO PROBLEM. Then I had to go back to YOUR STORE and buy two different file converter applications before I found one that worked. Now FINAL CUT PRO will only import the audio segment of converted files after converting to PRORES in PAVTUBE. Are you BUCKING kidding me? This work flow BLOWS. Why the FELL does this have to be sooooo hard! I am gone to creative cow and other forums to try to find out why I am sooo stupid that I can't get this simple process sorted out. YOU BUCKING MONEY MACHINE! How many more aps will I have to buy before I can edit CANON XF100 files in Final Cut Pro. BUCK politics! You should make your software with plugins that would allow you to edit without this kind of added step. JUST LIKE ADOBE. I want refunds for my final cut pro purchase. This is BUCKING rediculous. What a waste of time!

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