Edit in Avid finish in Premiere Pro/AE?

[Brad Hawkins]

Does anyone know of a working method for this workflow?

So far I've tried exporting EDLs from Avid, but I run into problems on the import in Premiere Pro. If I export from Avid with the modified 16 character EDL Premiere Pro imports an empty timeline, on the other hand if I export a standard CMX_3600 EDL I get a timeline, but all the clips have the unusable 8 character names (the last 8 characters are chopped off), which are not helpful when trying to re-link with the original R3D files.

Maybe EDLs are the wrong way to go? Honestly I don't care how it works as long as I can cut in Avid and use CS4 as my finishing suite.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Bruce Allen]

Premiere Pro can import a FCP .XML timeline.

So maybe Avid -> FCP -> Premiere Pro?

A bit convoluted I know... but I have done high-quality Avid -> FCP conversions with Automatic Duck before.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Brad Hawkins]

Originally Posted by Bruce Allen

Premiere Pro can import a FCP .XML timeline.

So maybe Avid -> FCP -> Premiere Pro?

A bit convoluted I know... but I have done high-quality Avid -> FCP conversions with Automatic Duck before.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

I thought about that route, but because I've never used Automatic Duck (and they don't offer a trial) I was hoping to find another solution.

I don't really mind that its a bit convoluted, everything is at least a little convoluted with the current Red Workflow (at the low end that is). As long as its frame accurate and repeatable I'll be happy. :)

If you get a chance to test it out with Automatic Duck please let me know what you find.

Thanks!