Reading an edit back into a paper cut

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.

Transcript-based editing means selecting interview clips by reading the words instead of scrubbing through audio. Here is why it dominates modern documentary post and how the workflow runs.

An archival log lists every clip of archive in a film with its program and source timecode, so a clearance team can establish who owns each shot. What goes on each line, why picture and sound are logged separately, and how to build one from a timeline.