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A working sandbox. No sign-up, no project. Sample data only.
- A sequence that Avid, Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Resolve all open, with every quote written on as a marker.
- A CMX3600 EDL for the Avid room, with reel names that survive ten files called MixPre-007.
- Subtitles timed two ways: to the cut, or to each source file for laying over synced rushes.
- The whole assembly rendered as one audio file, so a director can listen to the cut on the drive home.
- A conform guide written for the assistant who opens the folder cold, with the relink steps for their system.
- The paper cut itself as Word, Excel, print or PDF, or created as a Google Doc in your Drive. Beat sheets and paper cuts go to a Miro board as cards.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xmeml>
<xmeml version="4">
<sequence id="sequence-1">
<name>Act 1</name>
<rate><timebase>25</timebase><ntsc>FALSE</ntsc></rate>
<duration>1925</duration>
<timecode>
<rate><timebase>25</timebase><ntsc>FALSE</ntsc></rate>
<string>00:00:00:00</string>
<frame>0</frame>
<displayformat>NDF</displayformat>
</timecode>
<media>
<video>
<format><samplecharacteristics>
<rate><timebase>25</timebase><ntsc>FALSE</ntsc></rate>
<width>1920</width><height>1080</height>
</samplecharacteristics></format>
<track>
<generatoritem id="generator-section-1">
<name>act: Act 1 · The Control Room</name>
<enabled>TRUE</enabled>
<duration>75</duration>
<rate><timebase>25</timebase><ntsc>FALSE</ntsc></rate>
<start>0</start>
<end>75</end>
<in>0</in>
<out>75</out>
<effect>
<name>Text</name>
<effectid>Text</effectid>
<effectcategory>Text</effectcategory>
<effecttype>generator</effecttype>
<mediatype>video</mediatype>
<parameter>
<parameterid>str</parameterid>
<name>Text</name>
<value>Act 1 · The Control Room</value>
</parameter>
</effect>
</generatoritem>
<generatoritem id="generator-section-4">
<name>beat: The Blackout</name>
<enabled>TRUE</enabled>
<duration>75</duration>
<rate><timebase>25</timebase><ntsc>FALSE</ntsc></rate>
<start>1000</start>
<end>1075</end>
<in>0</in>
<out>75</out>
<effect>
<name>Text</name>
<effectid>Text</effectid>
<effectcategory>Text</effectcategory>
<effecttype>generator</effecttype>
<mediatype>video</mediatype>
<parameter>
<parameterid>str</parameterid>
<name>Text</name>
… 555 more linesHow it works
Three steps from raw material to result.
Transcripts export at the file or session level as subtitles or documents. A paper cut exports as a package for the edit bay. Both carry the speaker labels you assigned.
Everything ships by default. Switch off what your room will not open, so a bundle dropped in a shared folder does not invite the wrong import. The cut itself is drawn in the middle of the dialog while you decide.
Speaker names, timecodes and media references travel with the package, and the conform guide covers the relink. If SyncYard knows how the shoot was synced, the camera angles come too.
One package, whatever the room
The sequence, an EDL, subtitles, markers, the spreadsheet, the assembly as one audio file, and a conform guide. Turn off what your room will not open.
Everything ships by default, because which file an editor reaches for is a property of their room and not of the cut. Switch off what your room will not open, so a shared folder does not invite the wrong import.
Frequently asked questions
Which editing systems read the sequence?
All of the major ones: Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve. The sequence is written as XML in the interchange form all four import. Each clip carries the original media reference and its in and out points, and the full quote of every bite is written on the sequence as a marker.
What is in the package?
The sequence, a CMX3600 EDL, subtitles, an Avid text locator list, the paper cut as a spreadsheet, the assembly rendered as a single audio file, and a conform guide. You can turn any of them off before exporting.
Why an audio file of the cut?
A paper cut can be read, and it can be played back a bite at a time in the app. What a director actually wants handed to them is the assembly end to end, as one file that opens on anything. Bites with no footage yet come through as silence of the right length, so the running time is honest.
My field recorder writes duplicate filenames. Will the conform survive that?
Yes. Each clip carries a tape name derived from its folder, and EDL reel names are built the same way, so ten files called MixPre-007 stay distinguishable through the conform. The full filename is written into the comment of every EDL event as well.
What does the SRT export include?
Numbered cues with start and end timecodes and the line text. You can have one file timed to the sequence, one file per source timed to that file, or both. There are settings for line-length wrapping and for whether speaker labels are used as a prefix.
Can I export translation only?
Yes. The export menu lets you pick source only, translation only, or both in a parallel layout. SRT and VTT support a translation-only export for foreign-language subtitle workflows.
Does the export preserve speaker labels?
Yes. Whatever name you have assigned in the project travels with the export, so an editor opening the sequence sees "Elena Marín" rather than "Speaker 3."
Can I send the paper cut to Google Docs or Miro?
Yes. The export menu creates a Google Doc in your Drive, and the Miro export copies the cut as a grid that Miro pastes as cards, one column per act. Beat sheets go to Miro the same way.
Will the clips come in online?
They come in online when the export knows where your media lives, which you set by pointing it at your media root. Otherwise they import offline and relink by filename, which is the same recovery any conform needs. The conform guide spells out the steps per system, including the one setting in Premiere's Link Media dialog that people miss.
Related capabilities
Further reading
Background guides and comparisons.
FCPXML carries edit decisions, clip references, timecodes, roles, and markers. It does not carry media. Here is how Premiere, Resolve, and Avid handle it differently, and where timecode offsets and missing audio come from.
SRT is more widely supported. VTT has styling hooks. Here is what each format contains, which downstream tools expect which, and where mismatches cause dropped cues.