Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FCP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FCP to another file type
To convert FCP projects to another format, you need Final Cut Pro or other Video software.
Convert a file to FCP
To convert other file formats to the "Video Editing Project File" file type, you need software like Final Cut Pro or a similar tool.
About FCP files
An .FCP file is primarily a Final Cut Pro video editing project file created by Apple. It contains timeline data, cut points, transitions, and audio levels. Other software uses the .FCP extension, such as FontCreator by High-Logic for font design, and engineering tools like GEO5. The main disadvantage of an .FCP video project is that it is a proprietary file, not a media file. It does not contain actual video or audio data, only pointers to local files on your drive. Therefore, it is useless to someone who does not have the original media files and the exact software. Final Cut Pro also requires a Mac, locking out Windows users. Furthermore, older .FCP files from Final Cut Pro 7 are fundamentally incompatible with modern Final Cut Pro X, which uses the .FCPX format. To share the final video, you must render the .FCP project into an MP4 or MOV file using the original software. For migrating timelines to Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, you must export an XML file. If you are dealing with a FontCreator project, you will want to export to TTF or OTF. Standard online converters fail with .FCP video projects because they look for video data that simply does not exist within the file. This file format is proprietary and difficult to process outside its native application. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported. convert.guru can identify the underlying structure, inspect the file, and show raw text or internal content. If our analysis detects an underlying format like XML or GZIP, viewing or partial conversion may still be possible.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your FCP file.
If you want to convert FCP file to XML, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL or PLY, you can use Final Cut Pro or similar software from the "Video Editing Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to FCP, try Final Cut Pro or another comparable tool in the "Video Editing Project" category.
The FCP Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FCP converter.