One of the things that makes Final Cut so powerful is its use of XML. However, many editors never take the time to learn what could end up saving them under deadline. It’s not as fun, maybe, as actually working with video, but it can be a great time saver. In this tutorial, Matt Lyon at Creative Cow, shows you how to clean up your project after improperly importing assets using XML.

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XML is one of the crazy flexible aspects of Final Cut Pro. It allows you to do so many things that Final Cut itself just doesn’t do. Third party developers (and you, for that matter) have access to the raw project file, meaning they can take that and manipulate it to, say, rotate all the clips, or send it to other programs, or pull out your titles for use elsewhere. It’s daunting, yes, but once you get the hang of what’s there, you can really push FCP to a new level. Philip Hodgetts has a tutorial over at KenStone.net on all things XML.

Read the tutorial here.