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Overview

• What is PluralEyes 3.5?
• How PluralEyes Works
• What's New

Using PluralEyes

• The Main Interface
• The Menu Items
• Glossary of Terms

Working in Projects

• Using a PluralEyes Project
• How to Organize a Project
• Working with Media Bins
• Working with Media Clips

Importing the Clips

• Prepare Files for the Sync
• Import Media
• Import Project from NLE
• Work with Spanned Clips
• Temporary Files
• Fixing Import Errors

Syncing the Clips

• Sync the Media Files
• "Do It For Me" Workflow
• The Sync Menu

Fine Tuning the Sync

• Adjust the Sync Results
• Check by Playing Tracks
• Touch Up the Sync
• Troubleshoot the Sync

Exporting the Sync

• Overview of Exporting
• Export as Media Files
• Export to Final Cut Pro
• Export to Final Cut Pro X
• Export to Premiere Pro
• Export via Connector
• Export to Media Composer
• Export to Vegas Pro

Importing Projects from NLEs

As an alternative to importing media files directly, you can import your media into an editor, then import a project from that application into PluralEyes. You will get a new PluralEyes project with the tracks and clips from the imported project and/or sequence.

Preserves metadata. In general, metadata from your original project will be preserved when you export the synced timeline from PluralEyes and re-import it into the original application. For instance, if your camera saves ISO metadata, that info will move between the Premiere Pro project and the PluralEyes project. This has nothing to do with the sync since PluralEyes doesn't encode, but we think it's a helpful feature.

This page discusses importing a project from Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, Media Composer, and Vegas Pro.

 

 

Importing from Final Cut Pro 7

There are two ways to import from Final Cut Pro.

Use the following steps:

1. Create a sequence in Final Cut Pro containing the clips you want to sync. Put clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate track.
2. Click File> Save As to save your project.
3. In PluralEyes, click File> New Project from Final Cut Pro.
4. Select the project and sequence, and then click OK.

OR use these steps:

1. Click File> Export> XML to export the project as an XML file.
2. In PluralEyes, click File> New Project from Final Cut Pro.
3. Click Browse, and select the file you exported from Final Cut Pro.
4. Select the sequence, then click OK.

Video Tutorial: Click here to watch a Getting Started tutorial about PluralEyes 3.5 and Final Cut Pro.

 

 

Importing from Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 and later

Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 has added some additional options for exporting.

1. Create a project in Final Cut Pro X containing the clips you want to sync. Put clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate lane.
2. In Final Cut Pro X, highlight the project or the Event containing the project to be synced
3. Click File > Export XML to export the project as an FCP X XML file
4. In PluralEyes, click File > New Project from Final Cut Pro X
5. Click Browse, and select the file you exported from Final Cut Pro X. Click OK.

Video Tutorial: Click here to watch a Getting Started tutorial about PluralEyes 3.5 and Final Cut Pro X.

 

 

Importing from Final Cut Pro X before version 10.1.2

1. Create a project in Final Cut Pro X containing the clips you want to sync. Put clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate lane.
2. In Final Cut Pro X, make sure that your project is selected, not your event. You cannot be in Timeline View.
3. Click File > Export XML to export the project as an FCP X XML file
4. In PluralEyes, click File > New Project from Final Cut Pro X
5. Click Browse, and select the file you exported from Final Cut Pro X. Click OK.

Video Tutorial: Click here to watch a Getting Started tutorial about PluralEyes 3.5 and Final Cut Pro X.

 

 

Importing from Adobe Premiere Pro

1. In Premiere Pro, create a project containing the clips that you want to sync. Make sure to put the clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate track.
2. Click File> Export> Final Cut Pro XML to export the project as an XML file.
   
   
   
   
3. In PluralEyes, click File> New Project from Premiere Pro.
4. Click Browse, and select the file you exported or saved from Premiere Pro.
5. Select the sequence, then click OK.

Video Tutorial: Click here to watch a Getting Started tutorial about PluralEyes 3.5 and Premiere Pro.

 

 

Importing from Adobe Premiere Pro with Connector

Alternately, you can import from Premiere Pro using the PluralEyes Connector. When you import with the Connector, you also have to export with the Connector. This set of steps requires you to have installed the Connector.

1. In Premiere Pro, create a sequence containing the clips you want to sync. Make sure to put the clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate track.
2. Click Window > Extensions > PluralEyes 3.5.
   NOTE: If you have PluralEyes 3 installed, you will also see Extension > PluralEyes 3. That is the Connector for PluralEyes 3.
   
   
   
   
3. The Connector will automatically open and ask you to save your project.
4. The project and sequence will open automatically in PluralEyes 3.5.

Video Tutorial: Click here to watch a Getting Started tutorial about PluralEyes 3.5 and Premiere Pro.

 

 

Importing from Media Composer

1. Create a sequence in Media Composer containing the clips you want to sync. Make sure to put the clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate track.
2. Choose File> Export As... Name your project and click the Options button to open the Video/Audio Details.
   
3. For AAF sequences, in Video/Data Details and Audio Details settings, choose Link to (Don’t Export) Media for the Export Method.
   
   
   
   
   
4. If your media is linked via AMA, make sure to select the AAF Edit Protocol option in Export Settings.
   
   
   
   
5. In PluralEyes, choose File> New Project from Media Composer...
6. Select the AAF Sequence you exported from Media Composer. Click OK.

Technical Note: When you’re working with Media Composer, video thumbnails are not displayed in PluralEyes 3.5 when using certain file formats, like MXF. Don’t worry! PluralEyes will successfully sync your audio and export your timeline. When you open your project in Media Composer, your footage will appear as normal in your timeline. Read all compatibility info

Video Tutorial: Click here to watch a Getting Started tutorial about PluralEyes 3.5 and Media Composer.

 

 

Importing from Vegas Pro

PluralEyes works a little differently with Vegas Pro than the other editing applications. To work with Vegas, you always start the project in Vegas; send the timeline data to PluralEyes 3.5; do the sync in PluralEyes; then send the sync data back to Vegas in a similarly fluid command. It's a round-trip process.

Here is the import process. To read the full import/export process, go to Exporting to Vegas Pro.

1. Create a sequence in Vegas Pro containing the clips you want to sync. Make sure to put the clips from each camera or audio recorder on a separate track.
   
2. In your Vegas timeline, select the tracks that you want to sync.
   
3. In Vegas, click Tools> Extensions> PluralEyes 3.5. Alternately, you can use Options> Customize menu to add a PluralEyes 3.5 button to the Main Toolbar.
   
   
   
   
4. PluralEyes 3.5 will open. Depending on the length of your Vegas project and the number of clips, it may take a moment for PluralEyes to gather your files and launch the PluralEyes 3.5 interface. Your Vegas timeline has now been imported.