How do I send an edit to my editor?
By Mohamed Mokbel, founder · Last updated:
Choose Export to your editor and download the ZIP. Send it with your original footage, and your editor imports the project file and relinks the media.
At a glance
- The ZIP holds
- FCPXML, EDL, OpenTimelineIO, SRT, a cut list, a loss report and a README
- Not in it
- Your video
- Cuts
- Exact to the frame at 30 fps
- Checked in
- DaVinci Resolve 21
Source: Cutora AI product facts. Last updated .
How do I send it?
- Finish the cuts in Cutora.
- Choose Export to your editor and download the ZIP.
- Send your editor the ZIP and your original footage files. The video is not inside the ZIP.
- Your editor unzips it, makes a folder called media next to the files and puts the footage in it with the same file names.
- They import the project file their editor reads. The README says which one to pick.
- If the editor asks where the media is, they relink it.
What do you control?
- You can also send the exported MP4 as a reference for how the finished video looks.
- The EDL carries the cuts only. The cut list in plain text lets anyone check the result by eye.
- The loss report names what your edit loses in the ZIP.
Where next?
FAQ
Does the ZIP contain my video?
No. It holds text files only. Your editor puts your own footage in a media folder, with the same file names.
Which editor can open it?
The ZIP holds standard project files. We checked the import in DaVinci Resolve 21.
Do zooms, cards and captions come across?
Captions come as a plain SRT file. Zooms, cards, highlights and effect sounds stay in the exported MP4.
Does the ZIP count as an export?
Yes. On the trial, a downloaded ZIP counts as one of the ten exports.