FCP X Guides: Import SD/HD/4K Video to Final Cut Pro X

Final Cut Pro X uses QuickTime technology; almost any QuickTime-compatible file format can be imported and exported. This allows you to import files created in video editing, motion graphics, and photo editing applications. QuickTime compatible file formats include AIFF, MP3, MPEG, WAVE, JPEG, TIFF, etc. A QuickTime movie file uses a .mov file extension. And it is also compatible with MP4, M4V, and QT formats. And as we can see, Final Cut Pro X does not support the video formats mentioned in the title, which are AVI, WMV, RM, MKV, and MPG. Then how to edit those videos in Final Cut Pro X? We could use Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac to convert the files to compatible formats. Whether you’re new to Final Cut Pro X or just looking to pick up some tips, you can get up to speed quickly by viewing this tutorials. Here are all of handy tips/tricks/FAQ to turbocharge your FCP X entertainment experience.

 

Final Cut Pro X media formats and workflow:

 

Best Editing Formats for Final Cut Pro X

Ingest and Import AVCHD to Final Cut Pro

Import footages/videos/projects into Final Cut Pro X

FCP X: Native vs. Optimize vs. Proxy Media

As more and more video camera manufacturers abandon tape-based conventional recording, smaller, more powerful video cameras have evolved, recording increasingly vast amounts of data. With FCP X, Apple shifts its flagship video editor’s emphasis to tapeless, metadata-based shooting and production techniques that accommodate this emerging data-centric workflow. People use digital recording devices to take notes and dictate letters, memos,videos and other correspondence to assistants for transcribing. The development of digital recording recorders has been significantly influenced by the previous generations of dictating equipment from IBM, Dictaphone and other manufacturers. But today’s electronic digital recorders have moved far beyond mere dictation into the world of high-quality recording. When you start to edit your recording files on FCPX,However, there are still some incompatible formats that cannot be imported to FCPX, such like some 4K videos or high definition XAVC videos, etc. So here're some guides for importing camera files into FCPX.

 

2K/4K Camera Footage to FCP (X/7/6) Solutions

 

Canon 5D Mark IV 4K MOV to FCP X

Canon XC10 XF-AVC MXF to FCP X

Canon C300 MXF to FCP X

Sony PMW-F55/F5 XAVC files to FCPro X

Sony PXW-X70 XAVC (.mxf) files to FCP X

Sony PXW-Z100 XAVC Videos Compatible with FCP X 

Sony NEX-VG900 AVCHD files to FCP X 

Sony FDR-AXP33 XAVC S MP4 to ProRes MOV for FCP X

Panasonic HC-VX870 AVCHD MTS to FCP X

DJI Mavic Pro 4K video to FCP X

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K Videos to FCP X/7/6

 

SD/HD Camera Footage to FCP (X/7/6) Solutions

 

Canon 100D 1080p MOV to FCP X | Canon XF305 MXF to FCP X

Canon XA20 MTS/MP4 to FCP | Canon Rebel t3i (EOS 600D) Footages to FCP X

Canon 6D Footages to FCP X | Canon EOS 700D/Rebel T5i footages to FCP X

Sony PMW-400 XAVC to FCP X | Sony Alpha NEX Cameras MTS to FCP X

Sony HDR CX170 Footages to FCP X | Sony XDCAM camcorder Footages to FCP X

Nikon D7000 MOV Recordings to FCP | Humax recording 1080p videos to FCP

Panasonic TM900 MTS Videos to FCP X | Panasonic MXF Footages to FCPX

Canon/Nikon/Sony/Panasonic/Pentax/Olympus/Fujifilm SLR camera video to FCP X 

 

If you happen to own some incompatible file formats such as VOB, FLV, MKV, H.265/HEVC, OGG, VC-1/WMV, VP8, VP9, MVC, Real Video, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, etc, you can easily load them into FCP X with the best editing workflow by Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac , which can professionally generate FCP X best in different file types according to your own needs. Here're some information for you to convert these unsupported formats well.

 

Videos to FCP (X/7/6) Solutions

 

Edit 4K Video in FCP X | Edit HD Videos in FCP 7 | Edit H.264 in FCP | Edit H.265/HEVC in FCP X

Edit TS Video in FCP X | Edit M2T video in FCP X | Edit DVD in FCP | Edit VOB Files in Final Cut Pro (X/7/6)

| Edit MP4 in FCP X | Edit MOV in FCP X | Edit AVI in FCP X | Edit MPG in Final Cut Pro X | Edit Youtube Videos in FCP X

Edit ISO image in FCP X | Edit Blu-ray in FCP | Edit MKV in Final Cut ProX | Edit FLV in Final Cut Pro (X/7/6)

 

The FCPX supported export the following formats as Apple ProRes (all versions),AVC-Intra Class 50/100/200.,DV (including DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50),DVCPRO HD,H.264.,HDV,MPEG IMX (D-10),Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2,etc. But when the output format doesn't support you freely play that cause you have to convert the output files to meet the demand. There are some information beside here.

 

Export FCP footage Solutions

 

Export FCP to HD Video | Post FCP Project on YouTube/Vimeo

Export FCP to MP4 | Export FCP to Avid | Burn FCP projects to DVD

 

Other FCP (X/7/6) Tips

 

The Correct Way to Ingest and Import AVCHD to Final Cut Pro 7

Import and edit HD videos in Final Cut Pro smoothly

 

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How to Import Samsung NX500 4K H.265 to FCP X for editing on Mac?

According to Samsung NX500 product website, besides many useful features, Samsung NX500 has one oustanding advantage, record true 4K video* for 4X the resolution and details of Full HD, with H.265( HEVC) support, capture extreme details using half the storage space typically used for HD recording. Since excellent video quality(4K) and action-friendly performance, many travelers or families like to import recorded videos from Samsung NX500 camera to edit them in editing software like very popular FCP X.

But sometimes you will fail to import these 4K H.265 videos to FCP X, always get some erro messages as “unsupported by FCP X”. That’s because currently FCP X doesn’t support for the new codec- H.265, which is the mainly codec of Samsung NX500.

Plus: FCP X supported format

Video Formats: Apple Animation codec, Apple Intermediate codec, Apple ProRes(all versions), AVC-intra, AVCHD (including AVCCAM, AVCHD Lite, and NXCAM), DV (including DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50), DVCPRO HD, H.264, HDV, iFrame, Motion JPEG(OpenDML only), MPEG IMX(D-10), REDCODE RAW (R3D), Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2, Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2, XAVC, XDCAM HD/EX/HD422, QuickTime formats.

Audio Formats: AAC, AIFF, BWF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Container format: 3GP, AVI, MP4, MXF, QuickTime

Still-image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, RAW, TGA, TIFF 

To make you import and edit Samsung NX500 4K H.265 videos in FCP X on Mac, you just need third party converter to encode H.265 to best suitable codec for FCP X(FCP 7/FCP 6) like above listed Apple ProRes 422 before editing. With the help of  iFastime Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, the NX500 4K H.265 to Apple ProRes MOV conversion task can be done easily.

With it, you can also convert Samsung NX500 4K H.265 videos to H.265 MP4/MKV, M3U8, MKV, MP4, AVI, VOB, MPEG, WMV, MOV, FLV, SWF, 3GP as well as AIC for iMovie/FCE, MPEG-2 for Premiere, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, etc. The steps are the same as Samsung NX500 4K H.265 videos to FCP X conversion, only change outformat in step 2.

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Below is the detailed guide on transcoding H.265 to Final Cut Pro X supported Apple ProRes for editing.

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How to convert NX500 4K H.265 video to Apple ProRes 422 for FCP X?

Step 1. Add H.265 files to the program

Launch the program and click “Add” button to import the Samsung NX500 4K H.265 files to the program. Batch conversion is supported.



Step 2. Choose FCP X compatible format

Select “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format for opening with FCP X. From the “Format” list, move to “Final Cut Pro” catalogue, and select “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as target format. Apple ProRes is the best suited editing codec for FCP X.



Tips:

If necessary, you can click “Settings”button and go to “Profiles Settings” panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.



Step 3. Start converting 4K H.265 to FCP X

You should be ready to start conversion at this point. Just click on the green arrow button that can be found on the menu. Wait for a while and the video converter will do the trick. You will soon have your H.265 video into a format that's recognizable and editable by Final Cut Pro X– the MOV format.

After conversion, you only need to import the converted video files to FCP X. Now edit your converted videos in FCP X at ease. It is so simple, so quick to use this powerful converter, why not try?

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How to import MKV to FCP X on Mac?

Do you have some videos in .mkv extension? Would you like to edit them in FCP X for sharing with your friends on YouTube or Facebook? Is this possible? 

Yes, but you should know sometimes Final Cut Pro can't import MKV directly due to MKV specific codec. In order to import MKV files to Final Cut Pro X, you can convert MKV to FCP more accepeted format like MOV. Take it easy, prior to this, I list FCP X supported formats for you:

Video Formats: Apple Animation codec, Apple Intermediate codec, Apple ProRes(all versions), AVC-intra, AVCHD (including AVCCAM, AVCHD Lite, and NXCAM), DV (including DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50), DVCPRO HD, H.264, HDV, iFrame, Motion JPEG(OpenDML only), MPEG IMX(D-10), REDCODE RAW (R3D), Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2, Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2, XAVC, XDCAM HD/EX/HD422, QuickTime formats.

Audio Formats: AAC, AIFF, BWF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Container format: 3GP, AVI, MP4, MXF, QuickTime

Still-image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, RAW, TGA, TIFF 

You can import any almost any above mentioned file formats, but for other formats like MKV, AVI, WMV, etc, you need a professional video converter to make some video conversion to ensure an unlimited video editing in FCP X successfully.

The process to convert MKV to MOV is fairly easy as long as you have such a tool like iFastime Video Converter Ultimate for Mac. Besides, this software also can convert any popular format such as MP4, AVI, H.265 video, XAVC, XAVCS, DVD, Blu-ray, etc to more non-linear editing systems such as Adobe Premiere Elements 13/12, Avid Media Composer, iPhoto, Kdenlive, Keynote and so on. Wha’s more, use it you can enhance and personalize your media files.

Before operation, free download this Final Cut Pro X converter here:

          
                                            

How to convert MKV to FCP X supported format for editing?

Step 1. Load MKV files to the program

Click the "Load File" to the top menu bar to import MP4 files to the program.You can choose several files into this program at the same time.


     
Step 2. Set Final Cut Pro X supported video format

Click “Format” > “Final Cut Pro” > “Apple ProRes 422(*.mov)”. You can select one as target format depending on your request in post production.



You can click “Settings” to custom Size, Brate, and so on ,depending on your needs.



Step 3. Sart converting MKV to Final Cut Pro X supported video format

Click the lower right corner of the green arrow to start the conversion format. When the conversion is done, you need to import converted videos to FCP X

What a powerful converter! Now you can edit your videos in Final Cut Pro X/7/6 freely, just have a try!

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