XMiL Workflow Tools are for Mac OS 10.4 and higher. Most of the tools work on or generate Final Cut Pro XML files. All tools are free to download and will run in a limited mode without a purchased license. Click the icons to go to the product page. Click the descriptions to see a quick product brief with a screen shot on this page. To see a short demo video click the TV set.

Tools Briefs

XMiL Exporter works on clips contained in an XML export from Final Cut Pro. It generates text files for import into database applications. Those text files can also contain information on markers placed on the clips in Final Cut Pro. In addition, still frames can be exported from the clip's QuickTime files based on markers and the QuickTimes' Finder-level poster frames can be set. More info on XMiL Exporter is here.

XMiL Placer is for people who work on visual effects-heavy shows, who have to put a lot of iterations of visual effects shots into the cut on an ongoing basis. Placer takes the tedium out of cutting in the new effects shots manually. It analyzes an XML file of the sequence exported from Final Cut Pro, and places the new clips in the sequence, lined up with their base clips. Read more about XMiL Placer here.

A short video demonstration of XMiL Placer is available here.

More about XMiL Placer is here.

Drag your AIFF, WAVE or MP3 files to the XMiL Songster icon, and it will create an XML document that includes the metadata from the files' ID3 tags. It shoots that XML right into Final Cut Pro and the clips will appear automatically in a new untitled project.

A short video demonstration of XMiL Songster is available here.

Do you use lots of audio files in your project - music or sound effects? Are you tired of typing meta-information into the Final Cut Pro bin column that are in iTunes anyway? XMiL Songster is for you. Read more about it here.

XMiL SongsterALE is for Avid users. It's very similar to XMiL Songster, but the result is an Avid Log Exchange file (not an XML file). Drag your AIFF, WAVE or MP3 files to the XMiL SongsterALE icon, and it will create an ALE document that includes the metadata from the files' ID3 tags. After the log file has been imported into the Avid, the sound files can be batch-imported, including all metadata in custom columns.

More about XMiL SongsterALE is here.

XMiL Sequencer converts an XML file exported from a Final Cut Pro timeline and turns it into an Avid Log Exchange (ALE) file. This file can then be imported into an Avid nonlinear editing system, turning the segments used in the FCP timeline into Avid master clips.

Output a video tape from Final Cut Pro and digitize the clips in the Avid to edit. Metadata from the original QuickTimes, such as source time code, comes across in the ALE file from XMiL Sequencer. This provides the capability to trace back to the original QuickTimes, and, in turn, to their original source files, such as DPX files or Red Cine files from the Red camera. Alternatively, finish the show using the Final Cut Pro output tapes. Read more about XMiL Sequencer here.

A short video demonstration of XMiL Sequencer is available here.

XMiL Copier simply copies files from one folder to another, watching for new files to appear in the origin folder. It's useful for over-night exports of big files that you want in two different locations when you come in the next morning. XMiL Copier works with applications like Final Cut Pro, Avid or After Effects, and it can put copies of the exported files on an external drive for delivery to someone else. Read more about XMiL Copier here.

If you have any questions, suggestions or requests for applications around Final Cut Pro and XML, please send an email to info@xmil.biz.