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Because picture lock is never really locked...

Change List X

Finally, you reached picture lock and send the project off so the sound department can start work. Which they do. Except a week or two later, there’s just “a few minor changes when the director took another pass”…

And that’s where a Change List comes in. Because “Final” is never “Final” and “Locked” is regularly “Unlocked” again.

Change List X analyses two Final Cut Pro X Projects and produces a change list comparing the Primary Storylines of the two versions of the edit.

The report lists the changes that need to be made to the initial cut to match the new edits, step by step
The report can be created as a PDF, tab-separated text file, or both
Report times can be shown as either Timecode, Feet+Frames or Frame Count
Change List X can also create a change pull list (for new footage added to the timeline) and a change discard list (for footage that needs to be removed from the timeline)

What is a Change List and who uses them?

Change List X