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XMEML
aka Premiere XML · Final Cut XML
Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro's XML interchange format — carries every clip, every cut, every effect, and every label between editing systems.
XMEML is the richer, video-aware successor to EDL. It carries clip metadata, transitions, audio levels, colour labels, and bin structure — not just cut points — so a Premiere editor opens a timeline that already has rough audio levels, scene labels, and effect placeholders. StoryboardCanvas Animate exports a Premiere-compatible XMEML so the cut your editor builds inherits the animatic's structure rather than reverse-engineering it from a flat PDF.
In StoryboardCanvas
See XMEML live in /animate
Every xmeml we generate stays linked to the rest of the project — change a scene heading and the xmeml updates automatically. No re-import. No copy-paste. One project file from script to wrap.
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EDL
A text file listing every clip used in an edit — source tape, in-point, out-point, and timeline position — so an editor can recreate a cut in another system.
OTIO
Pixar's open-source timeline interchange format — vendor-neutral, Python-native, designed to move sequences between every modern editing and VFX system.
Animatic
A timed sequence of storyboard frames cut against dialogue, scratch music, and sound effects — the closest thing to seeing the film before you shoot it.