Frame.io comments to markers client notes on your Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut or Avid timeline.
This tool turns exported Frame.io comments into markers for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer, each on the right frame, with the commenter's name and the replies. Paste the CSV, FIOJSON, EDL or text, pick the frame rate and also download a to-do list to print.
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Premiere: File > Import opens a sequence with the markers, at the same rate and start. Put the reviewed video at its start.
DaVinci: in the Media Pool, right-click the timeline > Timelines > Import > Timeline Markers from EDL.
Final Cut: File > Import > XML creates a project with the markers. Connect the reviewed video above, at the start.
Avid: Tools > Markers, right-click > Import Markers and pick the .txt. The sequence needs a V1 track.
Comments
| # | Timecode | Author | Comment | Status |
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How to bring Frame.io comments to your timeline
- 01
Export the comments
In the video's comments panel, use the three-dot menu and export as CSV. Clear filters first, or only the visible comments are exported.
- 02
Paste or drop it here
We detect the format. Check the reviewed video's frame rate and, if your timeline does not start at the editor's default, type its start timecode.
- 03
Download and import
Pick Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut or Avid. For the team, download the to-do list as CSV or the printable version.
How to export comments from Frame.io
In the current version of Frame.io, comments are exported from the video's comments panel: the three-dot menu exports CSV, XML, plain text or FIOJSON, the format Final Cut uses. The export follows the search, the filters and the sort order on screen, so clear the filters first if you want every comment. In the legacy version, the comments bar menu downloads the CSV and files ready for Final Cut, Avid and DaVinci.
The tool reads the CSV from both versions, FIOJSON, the comment EDL for DaVinci, the Avid marker XML, a Premiere XML with markers and text with one timecode per comment. In a CSV, we find the columns by name: who commented, the comment, the frame, the timecode or time in seconds, the duration, the status and the replies.
Commenter,Comment,Reply,Complete,Frame,Timecode
"""Marina""","""Music too loud, can we lower it?""",no,no,610,00:00:25:10
"""Diego""","""Lowered 3 dB in v3""",yes,no,610,00:00:25:10Timecode, frame or seconds: which one counts
Comments mark a point counted from the first frame of the reviewed video. When the export has the frame number, we use it, since it is exact at any rate. Without it, we read the timecode at the chosen rate and, last, the time in seconds. If the CSV has both frame and timecode, we work out the base rate and fix a wrong frame rate choice.
An editor's timeline rarely starts at zero. DaVinci and Avid start at 01:00:00:00, Premiere and Final Cut at 00:00:00:00. When the start field is empty, we use the video's own start, if the export has the source timecode, or each editor's default. If your timeline starts somewhere else, type its start timecode and every file uses it.
- Drop frame at 29.97 and 59.94: tick the option to read and write with a semicolon.
- Comments without a time, the general ones, only go to the to-do list.
- Comments on the same frame share one marker in DaVinci and Avid, which keep one per frame.
Markers for Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut and Avid
Each editor gets the format it can import. Premiere Pro opens an XML with a sequence at the same rate and start, one marker per comment, with the author as the name and the text with replies as the comment. DaVinci Resolve imports the marker EDL, colored by status or by person. Final Cut Pro imports an FCPXML with to-do markers, red while open and green when done. Avid Media Composer imports the tab separated marker list.
Commas, quotes, line breaks and accents go through untouched in the XML files. In the EDL and the Avid list, which hold one line per marker, line breaks become slashes and emoji are removed, because those two formats show emoji as garbage characters.
| Editor | File | How to import |
|---|---|---|
| Premiere Pro | .xml | File > Import |
| DaVinci Resolve | .edl | Timelines > Import > Timeline Markers from EDL |
| Final Cut Pro | .fcpxml | File > Import > XML |
| Avid Media Composer | .txt | Tools > Markers > Import Markers |
A to-do list for the team and the client
Besides the markers, the tool builds the change list with number, timeline timecode, author, comment, replies and status. The CSV opens in Excel and Google Sheets with the right accents. The printable version comes out in A4 landscape with completed items in green, ready to save as PDF and send to the client with the next cut.
This is an independent converter for editors who receive client notes. Frame.io is an Adobe trademark and appears here only to say which files the tool reads; we are not affiliated with Frame.io or Adobe.
More than a comment converter. We find in the video what the client asked for.
Frequently asked questions
How do I import Frame.io comments into Premiere Pro?
Export the comments as CSV, paste them here and download the Premiere file. With File > Import it becomes a sequence with one marker per comment, at the same rate and start timecode. Put the reviewed video at the start of that sequence and the markers land on the right frames.
How do I bring the comments into DaVinci Resolve?
Download the .edl, right-click the timeline in the Media Pool and choose Timelines > Import > Timeline Markers from EDL. Make sure the timeline starts at the same timecode as the file, 01:00:00:00 by default.
Do Final Cut markers show what is already done?
Yes. By default they become to-do markers: red for open comments and green for completed ones. Mark them done in Final Cut and follow progress in the timeline index.
Why do my markers land in the wrong place?
It is almost always the frame rate or the timeline start. Use the rate of the video that was reviewed and type your timeline's start timecode, for example 01:00:00:00. If the reviewed video was a section of the timeline, add that section's start to the start timecode.
Do comments with commas, line breaks or emoji work?
They do. We read quoted CSV with multi-line comments. In Premiere and Final Cut the text goes through as is; in DaVinci and Avid line breaks become slashes and emoji are removed, because those formats don't display emoji properly.
Is this tool affiliated with Frame.io?
No. It is an independent converter that reads the files Frame.io exports. Frame.io is an Adobe trademark and the name appears here only to say which files the tool works with.
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