Import using the Simon Says Mac App

This article describes how you can best use the Simon Says Mac App to import your media, whether locally in Finder/on your hard drive or in your video editing application such as Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.

Install Simon Says Share Destination for FCP

Learn how to install Simon Says share destination for FCP to reliably get AI-generated transcript ranges for clips and captions/titles for projects/timelines.

Download the MacOS app/FCP X Extension

Download the Simon Says app for Macs and FCP, either from the Mac App Store or from the links on this page, to quickly import and auto-transcribe and translate clips/projects/audio/video in FCP and Finder.

Why a Simon Says Mac app / FCP X Extension?

Speed up the process of transcription/translation --> get you back to more important work

Can I translate my subtitles within the FCP Extension?

Translate in 50+ languages and drag back captions to your project.

Supported Imports (FCP X Ext/Mac app)

The Simon Says Mac app / FCP Extension supports a broad range of audio/video formats/codecs, FCP clips/projects, and Resolve clips/timelines.

Steps to install/uninstall our FCP X Extension / MacOS app

Steps to install the FCP X Extension/MacOS app

How-to: getting started with the FCP X Extension (video)

Walk-through demo (1 min) of the Simon Says Extension for FCP X

Optimizing your FCP X Ranges XML

Speaker names, favorites, and notes transpose into the Ranges XML which makes editing so much faster.

Best Practices for importing Multicam and Sync clips with the SS FCP X Extension

Best Practices for importing Multicam and Sync clips with the SS FCP X Extension

Export burnt-in subtitles/captions from Final Cut Pro

Export your FCP projects with subtitles that are aways visible

How-To: Caption & Title FCP Projects

To successfully receive FCP Captions/Titles, we suggest import a "clean" FCP Project to the Simon Says FCPX Extension

How to receive video proxies on Simon Says website from the Mac app

Turn off (or on) video proxy transcoding in the Mac app/FCPX extension

Features of the Simon Says Mac app (a visual guide)

Flatten FCP Projects

The guaranteed way to caption/title FCP projects

Visual Subtitle Editor in Mac App/FCPX Extension

How to use the VSE in Simon Says Map app or FCPX extension

Share Destination to get ranges for FCPX clips

Learn how to use Simon Says share destination for FCP to get AI-generated transcript ranges for clips (in up to 100 languages!).

Share Destination to caption and title FCPX projects

Learn how to use Simon Says share destination for FCP to get AI-generated captions, subtitles, titles, and translations for FCP projects/timelines/sequences (in up to 100 languages).

How to get captions if you accidentally imported a clip from FCPX

Export an SRT subtitle file and then import that to FCPX

Importing with timecode

Transcode issues in FCPX Extension

If your MXF file or other media is failing to transcode, install Pro Video Formats from Apple