The hatred for Apple’s new Final Cut Pro X is deep and well documented for a wide variety of reasons.  One of the more frequently mentioned ones is that it can’t import existing projects, essentially eliminating all your existing work and projects.  Well, a new version (10.0.3) dropped today, and there’s a new tool from FCP guru Philip Hodgetts called 7tox that can finally import them.

7toX for Final Cut Pro brings your Final Cut Pro 7 projects forward to Final Cut Pro X so you can use Apple’s powerful new professional editing tools to update or finish your older projects. The lightweight application is simple to use, with drag-and-drop support and progress information. 7toX translates important metadata from your Final Cut Pro 7 Project — including bins, clips and sequences — to a new Event in Final Cut Pro X (version 10.0.3) with the highest fidelity of any translation application for Final Cut Pro. In addition, the application provides clear, detailed reporting after every transfer.

He admits it’s not perfect, there’s just too many changes in FCPX to ever make a 100% conversion.  However, it’s pretty close and probably about as good as it’s going to get.

The app is available now in the 7toX for Final Cut Pro - Assisted Editingfor a mere $10.

via 7toX for Final Cut Pro