user6685: I'd like to grade a Final Cut Pro X project with Davinci Resolve. Unfortunately my Final Cut experience is very limited and I don't understand how to get a consolidated project, linked to the original footage files in order to create a clean xml file for Davinci Resolve. 
When I try to consolidate a project (File > Consolidate), Final Cut creates additional, encoded and conformed files with a weird naming scheme - unfortunately this is not what I expect. 
Is there a way to keep the source footage links and create a 'clean edit' which is assembled from the source material instead?

user3592: What I'd do:

Duplicate the project for a backup.
"Collapse" the timeline from the bottom up:  Lasso all of the clips
immediately above the primary storyline (to make a Premiere
analogy, if the primary storyline is V1, then select all of the
clips on V2), right click, and select "overwrite to primary
storyline."
Repeat step 2 until there are no clips above the primary storyline.
File->Export XML
Import this xml file into Resolve
Color clips
Render individual source files
Replace FCPX clips with new ones

I don't have my DaVinci Dongle on me, or I'd elaborate on that side.

6685: <p>I'd like to grade a Final Cut Pro X project with Davinci Resolve. Unfortunately my Final Cut experience is very limited and I don't understand how to get a consolidated project, linked to the <strong>original footage files</strong> in order to create a clean xml file for Davinci Resolve. </p>

<p>When I try to consolidate a project (<em>File > Consolidate</em>), Final Cut creates additional, encoded and conformed files with a weird naming scheme - unfortunately this is not what I expect. </p>

<p>Is there a way to keep the source footage links and create a 'clean edit' which is assembled from the source material instead?</p>
 3592: <p>What I'd do:</p>

<ol>
<li>Duplicate the project for a backup.</li>
<li>"Collapse" the timeline from the bottom up:  Lasso all of the clips
immediately above the primary storyline (to make a Premiere
analogy, if the primary storyline is V1, then select all of the
clips on V2), right click, and select "overwrite to primary
storyline."</li>
<li>Repeat step 2 until there are no clips above the primary storyline.</li>
<li>File->Export XML</li>
<li>Import this xml file into Resolve</li>
<li>Color clips</li>
<li>Render individual source files</li>
<li>Replace FCPX clips with new ones</li>
</ol>

<p>I don't have my DaVinci Dongle on me, or I'd elaborate on that side.</p>
