EDL/paper edit question

Hi
Is there a way of automatically making a simple paper edit (in and out points, reel name) into a basic sequence, when the rushes have already been captured. i.e. it would be easy to capture the material with a batch list but the material has already been captured.
I know I could do this with an edl, but I find writing an edl complicated and time consuming. But maybe I'm wrong and there is a simple way of writing an edl.
Any suggestions very welcome
Thanks

Well it would be a nice feature, and I don't see any reason why it's not there.
Because FCP isn't the best at media management...and that is really what is required here. It doesn't manage media in the way you think...it doesn't look at the TC inside the clip. It looks at the clip name and duration...maybe the start and end TC, but never the timcode inside the clip. I'm not sure this would even work on an Avid, King of Media Management.
I mean it's the same function as a batch list - extracting timecode from a reel number.
That's not what a batch list does. A batch list says "Ask for this reel number, then capture footage from here to here." Capturing and CONNECTING are VERY different.
Yes, it would be nice.
Shane
Author, "GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO"
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