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Final Cut Pro X Tips and Tricks #6

Admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:49:27 +0000

06-01 Sequence/Timeline markers (like FCP7).

You can have Sequence markers for the entire timeline by placing them in a clip the length of your timeline. Here I’ve placed markers in a slug in a storyline. I use a slug because a slug is transparent in an upper storyline in FCPX. You can use any clip to hold your timeline master markers if you disable it. Even a disabled title clip will work. To add markers, move your skimmer in the master marker storyline clip where you want the marker to be and hit the M key. Once markers are added you can jump to any timeline marker location by clicking on the marker in the timeline index.

To “Delete All Markers” just delete the markers storyline. You can also “Delete Selected Markers” by selecting all Timeline clips and visiting the menu Mark > Markers > Delete Markers in Selection or use the keyboard selection Ctrl – Shift – M.

06-02 Highlight with a Shape Mask.

Shape Masks are actually two masks in one, inside the mask and outside the mask. Here I’m using a jpg with text for highlighting In my timeline. Select your clip in the timeline and in the video tab of the Inspector click the add Shape Mask button. This will add a default circle Shape Mask. Change the Shape Mask into a rectangle by dragging the rectangle control point to the left. The outer circle controls the feathering of the Mask Shape.

Move the Mask Shape by dragging on its center move handle to the area that you want highlighted. Then change the Shape Mask height by dragging the top and bottom green button controls and its width by dragging the left and right green button controls to size it to fit this first highlight area.

Click the Correction 1 Show Correction right arrow button to go to the Color Adjustment panel.

(1) Click on the Exposure tab. (2) Click the Outside Mask control at the bottom of the panel. (3) Drag the global control down to darken outside of the Shape Mask to achieve the desired highlighting effect as shown below.

06-03 Animate a Highlight with Shape Mask keyframes.

In the inspector, click the Shape Mask 1 keyframe button (1) to set a keyframe at your first highlight position. In the timeline, move the playhead the length of time you want your first area highlighted. In the Inspector, add a second keyframe to lock in this time length.

Move the timeline playhead one second (or other length of time) forward. This will be the highlight travel time from area one to area two. In the Viewer move your Shape Mask by dragging on its center control point (2) to position it over the next highlight area. A new position keyframe will automatically be added to the Shape Mask. Repeat moving the timeline playhead, setting keyframes and adjusting the Shape Mask position for all additional areas that you want highlighted. The highlight will now pause and then move when played back in the timeline.

06-04 Use a slug as your main storyline clip for some projects.

If you need the freedom to move attached clips or secondary storylines around without being restricted by what they are attached to, you can use this technique. The attached clips are effectively connected to the entire timeline.

If you are cutting a music video, you could also use your master audio track as your main storyline clip to achieve the same effect.

06-05 1/10th pixel adjustments for position parameters in the Inspector.

Hold down the Option key while dragging up/down on the position values to get 1/10th pixel adjustments. Without the Option key held down, dragging up and down will move the position in whole pixels. To move 10 pixels at a time, hold down the Shift key.

06-06 To edit a Compound clip’s settings.

select the compound clip in the Event browser, go to the info panel of the Inspector (1) and at the bottom of the Info panel click on the little gear icon drop-down menu (2). From the drop-down menu choose Edit Compound Clip Settings.

Here you can modify the Name, Starting Timecode, Video Properties, Audio Properties and Render Format of your Compound clip.

06-07 Preview a Project before opening it.

The skimmer is a great tool for reviewing clips in the Timeline and Event browser but you can also can preview an entire Project complete with edits, transitions, titles, effects and listen to audio before you open it. If you have multiple versions of a Project and want to open a certain one, this is the way to check which one to open. Select your Project in the Project Library and skim your mouse pointer over it for an instant preview. You can also play the Project from the skimmer position by pressing the spacebar. Of course skimming (S key) has to be turned on for this to work.

Final Cut Pro X in 2013

Admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:56:33 +0000

What might we expect for Final Cut Pro X in the year 2013?

FCP X will be two years old in June. I think we will see Final Cut Pro X version 10.1 in 2013.

Here are some of my reasons.

1) I think a two year full point upgrade cycle for FCP X in 2013 is more likely than a three year upgrade cycle in 2014. If that proves to be true, Final Cut Pro X could be updated to version 10.1 sometime around the second half of 2013, maybe with a sneak peak in the Spring around NAB.

2) There are only two more incremental numerical updates left for Final Cut Pro X 10.0, – 08 and 09. We had five FCPX updates in 2012. After the next two updates, 08 and 09, it’s on to number 10.1.

3) Apple doesn’t have the luxury of a leisurely release schedule for FCPX. It has to stay aggressive and at the forefront of modern NLE applications. Avid and Premiere are formidable competitors.

Some people question having to pay the full price of $299 for Final Cut Pro X in the App store for version 10.1. Previous upgrades for one version of Final Cut Pro to the next full point upgrade were discounted from the full price. Currently there is no way to get a discounted price on an upgrade for an app you previously bought from the App Store.

To be fair to current customers, some of the App store developers offer a discount when they introduce a new full point upgrade in the App Store. For example, Screenflow went from version 3 to version 4 and had a discount of about 50% for a few days. And 1Password has announced the new App store version, V4, will be free to existing V3 customers. Their new V4 iOS version is on sale for over 50% off.

I see no reason why Apple can’t introduce Final Cut Pro X version 10.1 with the same kind of discount for a week or so. Or Apple can change the App store rules to include an upgrade path for existing customers of a given app. This is something App Store developers and customers have been requesting for quite a while.

But even if Apple doesn’t provide a discount or upgrade path, I don’t have a problem paying $299 every two years, or $150 per year, for a full point upgrade version of Final Cut Pro X. An individual can install one copy of Final Cut Pro X “…on each of the Mac Computer(s) that you own or control” according to current App Store Terms and Conditions. So if you own or control more than one Mac, you can install FCPX on each machine and only pay for the FCPX app once.

What kind of new features can we expect to see in Final Cut Pro X version 10.1? There are three categories.

The first category would be to add back missing features that FCP7 had (audio mixer, multiple scopes windows open at the same time, custom recallable window layouts). I expect the FCPX team will continue to return missing features that are much better versions than previous incarnations (like they did with multicam, persistent selections and Share).

The second category would be to add features that FCP never had but are an industry standard – A Scrolling Timeline:

where the Timeline scrolls behind a stationary Playhead. I have a hard time believing that a new 64 bit application built from the ground up with modern foundations and leveraging all processors and unlimited memory still has a playhead that scrolls off the screen when it gets to the end of the Timeline. Motion 5 has one. Every NLE and DAW has one. Why not FCPX?
Watch the movie below to see it in action. This movie’s been viewed over 6,700 times.

And the third category would be unique FCP X features that no one has (like the introduction of the skimmer or the magnetic timeline) – where the puck is going, magic NLE features. Whatever the Final Cut Pro X team has up their sleeves, these are the features that will justify a full point upgrade.

2013 could prove to be quite an exciting time for FCPX users with future updates, new powerful iMacs already here and a new Mac Pro in “later” 2013. As a professional user and proponent of Final Cut Pro X, I maintain a master list of Final Cut Pro X feature requests here. Let’s see how many Final Cut Pro X requests Apple crosses of the list in 2013.

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10 Quick Final Cut Pro X Tips

Admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:44:39 +0000

Whether you’re new to Final Cut Pro X or an experienced editor looking to sharpen your skills, don’t miss this video tutorial covering 10 quick FCP X tips.

We’ve previously featured YouTube user Matt’s Macintosh for his great “Sky Color Correction” tutorial in Final Cut Pro X. Now he’s released another FCP X Video Tutorial that’s a must-see for any Final Cut Pro X editor: TEN 10 SECOND FCP X TIPS.

In this video Matt shows you his favorite Final Cut Pro X tips including:

1. Copy and paste effects and attributes from one clip to another.
2. Shortcut for view entire Final Cut Pro X timeline.
3. Modify and customize Final Cut Pro X shortcuts.
4. Color correct footage in FCPX that appears outside a mask.
5. Using the share menu to export multiple still image formats.
6. Duplicate works similar to “Save as” in legacy versions of FCP.
7. Use duplicate to save space on your hard drive.
8. Change audio from mono to dual mono.
9. Where to look for FCP X plugins and effects?
10. Where do custom Final Cut Pro X templates and effects live on your system?

Take 2.5 minutes and learn these very useful FCP X tips! Visit Matt’s Macintosh YouTube channel for more great videos on Final Cut Pro X editing, video production and Apple related topics.

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Review: Top 5 iMovie Alternatives for Mac Novice and Movie lovers

Admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:54:42 +0000

The Mac has long been the homestead for effective and easy video editing, graphic design, and video compressing for many professionals and novices alike. Maybe you want to throw together a few video clips. Maybe you have more time and want to fine-tune every edit. Or maybe you just want to flip through clips the way you flip through album covers in iTunes. To accomplish these tasks, you don’t really need invest on professional video editors like Final Cut Pro and Avid Studio. If you are at all interested in getting your creative juices flowing, video wise, iMovie works fine for novices. If, however, iMovie can’t import or handle your video in the way you want, there are lots of other smaller and still great apps available. Want to get your hands on some decent iMovie alternatives for satisfying all your video editing needs? Well, we’ve come up Top 5 iMovie alternatives that will take care of your tweaking requirements on Mac.

1. Media Magician for Mac

Media Magician for Mac is a user-friendly package for AVCHD transferring, compressing and entry-level video editing. It’s very handy to back up AVCHD (and other HD video recordings) to Mac HDD and export their own short film with just some simple editing, which is quite intuitive- any video from the media library can be dragged and dropped to the timeline where you cut video by frame-accurate, trash undesired frames, join multiple AVCHD clips together, set video effect including 3D Red-Blue/Red-Cyan effect, mute (or articulate) audio, rotate video, take snapshot, etc.

What set Media Magician apart from other video editing software is its massive import and export formats. Comparing with iMovie, this app accepts much more formats: MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MKV, MTS, M2TS, TOD, MOD, MOV, MXF, VOB, ect. Any video can be thrown in it for editing. In terms of export format, it’s also impressive, there are Lossless M2TS/MKV output is intended for seamless merge of multiple AVCHD clips; under Editor tab there are intermediate codecs such as Apple Intermediate codec, ProRes 422, Avid DNxHD so that professionals can further edit their artwork natively in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe AE, etc; the Online tab offers a time-saving way for users to upload their work to YouTube; also there’s a Device tab under which you can find hundreds of presets for almost all the devices that play video, from tablets and smartphones to HD media players and video game console. This really makes sense for average users who has no idea what codecs are or what format to use- just find your device in the list and choose the preset.

Price: $45

Requires: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), and Mountain Lion (10.8)

2. Adobe Premiere Elements

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 is the newest update to Adobe’s popular consumer video editing application. Premiere Elements is inexpensive, well designed, and easy to learn. Premiere Elements has both a storyboard and a more traditional timeline view. You can polish, add effects and export to YouTube, HD Video or to DVD.

Premiere Elements 10 also has the unique capability to export to Blu-Ray, although the Mac has yet to gain Blu-Ray burning capability. You can also keyframe by keyframe edit effects and transitions.

Price: $79.99

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6 or later

3. Mac iMedia Converter

You may want to edit a file or post a video file and that file is not compatible with your system. When you run across this problem you need to convert the file. The easiest way is to use a file converter like iMedia Converter.

iMedia Converter is easy to use and accepts many file formats. It also includes batch convert functionality. As an added value, iMedia Converter includes direct conversion and ripping from a Blu-ray disc or DVD!

Price: $52

Requires: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

4. Final Cut Pro X

Sometimes you just need a real pro tool for the job. When those times call, answer with Final Cut Pro X! Apple upped in 2011 the ante by releasing Final Cut Pro X for only $299.99. FCPX has gained speed improvements, ease of use improvements, and many of iMovie’s looks and features. Although I still use FCP 8, FCPX is awesome for many projects and will come in handy if you get real serious.

Final Cut Pro X has many features to covet. The best includes magnetic timeline, built-in audio editor, a new 64bit architecture, faster rendering, built in effects, and a simpler to use color grading effect. Being that the price is hundreds of dollars lower the FCStudio, I could not recommend it enough.

Price: $299.99

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later

5. Aurora3DAnimation

If you want to make your own 3D text or logo animation, normally you would have to use complex 3D graphics software and animate it yourself in After Effects. This is a tedious process that requires a huge skill set and thousands of dollars. With Aurora3DAnimation, you can easily create and animate 3D text and logos the exact way you want them without learning new skills. It could not be any easier!

Aurora3DAnimation offers beautifully designed templates, freehand control, light control, a built in graphic library, and excellent export capabilities. At only $49.99 you are not only saving hundreds of dollars, but many headaches!

Price: $49.99

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6 or later; 64-bit processor

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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with slew of new features, now available for download

Admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:51:19 +0000

Amidst all the announcements made at the California Theatre earlier today, Apple very quietly pushed out a fresh version of its famed (and at times controversial) video editing software, Final Cut Pro. Inside v10.0.6 users can find an array of new additions and improvements that will most certainly be welcomed with open arms by the FCPX crowd, making this the most notable update since bundling in those multicam and broadcast monitoring features. Among these new traits are RED camera support for native REDCODE RAW editing, the ability to add freeze frames to the timeline with a simple keystroke, novel audio controls for use while tinkering with multicam clips and a revamped “Share” interface for exporting projects. The Final Cut Pro update can be downloaded now from the usual spot, and, of course, it comes at no extra cost for those who’ve already shelled out the $300. The full and hefty changelog can be found right after the break.

* Expand multichannel audio files directly in the timeline for precise editing of individual audio channels

* Unified import window for transferring media from both file-based cameras and folders of files

* Redesigned Share interface for exporting projects and range selections to one or more destinations

* RED camera support with native REDCODE RAW editing and optional background transcode to Apple ProRes

* MXF plug-in support that allows you to work natively with MXF files from import through delivery using third-party plug-ins

* Dual viewers, each with a video scope display, let you compare shots to match action and color

* Option to add chapter markers in the timeline for export to video files, DVD, and Blu-ray disc

* Range selection now preserves start and end points in the Event Browser and allows you to create multiple range selections on a single clip

* Paste attributes window lets you choose specific effects to copy between clips

* Flexible Clip Connections allow you to keep Connected Clips in place when slipping, sliding or moving clips in the Primary Storyline

* Add a freeze frame to your timeline with a single keystroke

* Drop shadow effect with intuitive onscreen controls to adjust position, edge falloff, angle, and more

* New controls for combining audio from multiple angles within a Multicam Clip

* Compound Clip creation in the timeline now saves the clip in the Event Browser for re-use in other projects

* XML 1.2 featuring metadata import and export for richer integration with third-party apps

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/apple-updates-final-cut-pro-x/

Perfect setup for a seamless transition to FCP X and OS X Lion

Admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:48:50 +0000

Forget all the rumors and speculation about Final Cut Pro X, Creative Cow Contributing Editor David Roth Weiss delivers nothing but facts as he guides you through the steps necessary to partition your Mac system drive with a cool multi-boot setup that will allow you to easily and efficiently switch back and forth between different versions of Final Cut Pro, FCPX, between different operating systems, or all of the above.

A Seamless Transition to OS X Lion and FCP X

Back in August of 2009, I posted “Snow Leopard 101: For Smart People Only,” just in time for Apple’s planned rollout of their latest version of OS X. For those who would listen, I offered advice that would help fellow Creative Cows make a seamless transition to the Snow Leopard operating system, so they could avoid any problems running Final Cut Pro.

Unfortunately, some people either failed to get the message or chose to ignore it, opting instead to install Snow Leopard on their working system drives over the top of their existing installations of FCP and the Leopard OS. As I’d expected, many of those encountered problems and later returned to the FCP Forum for help in an effort to sort through an entire range of issues with the OS, with FCP, or with both. Too bad they didn’t get the message; it would have saved them many hours of frustration. Well, now change is upon us yet again, and the long awaited and eagerly anticipated next generations of both Final Cut Pro and OS X are going to roll out soon. OS X Lion is scheduled for release on July 9th, and FCP X is due sometime later this month, in June 2011.

Don’t be surprised to discover that transitioning to FCP X and OS X Lion will not happen overnight; the initial software releases of both will undoubtedly have at least a few bugs and kinks that will need to be ironed out. And, there’s bound to be a waiting period while new drivers are written for RAID controllers and I/O devices. Of course, since FCP X is a radical departure from the Final Cut Pro we all know, the learning curve for most editors will probably be fairly steep while we familiarize ourselves with the features and figure out how to integrate it into both new and established workflows.

For all of the reasons above, the majority of us will want to be able to quickly and easily switch back and forth between FCP X and our current working versions of Final Cut Pro. To do that efficiently, you’ll want to create at least a dual-boot system drive, and I’ll show you how to set that up simply and elegantly. Once you’ve got that up and running, you’ll be able to fearlessly run two or more versions of Final Cut on your computer, with different operating systems if needed.

Configuring your dual-boot system drive
First, you’ll need either a new or clean Firewire or SATA hard drive of at least 500-Gigabytes for this procedure, and if you’re planning to install the Adobe Creative Suite as well, it wouldn’t hurt to start with a 1-Terabyte hard drive, which will allow you to create larger partitions than the ones I show you here.

CORRECTION: I’ve now tested and confirmed that USB drives are valid boot drives under the Snow Leopard operating system, however, Firewire and SATA hard drives are still preferred for all editing applications, because of their higher sustained throughput.

Connect the Firewire drive via either FW-400 or FW-800; or in the case of a SATA hard drive, install that in one of the spare drive bays in your MacPro. (Hard drives connecting via USB ports are not bootable and thus cannot be used as system drives for any Mac operating systems.) Then, follow the simple instructions in my video brief video tutorial. You’ll learn a lot of value information, and you’ll find that cloning and partitioning your hard drives on a Mac is easier than you think.

NOW, TEST YOUR HANDIWORK

After following the instructions in the tutorial, when you’re done cloning your current system drive to the first partition on your new hard drive, test it so you’ll feel confident that you’ve succeeded. It’ll give you a lot of confidence in your new computer skills.

To boot to the new partition #1 (Snow Leopard & FCS 3 in my example), or to boot to any bootable partition once you’ve installed an operating system there, simply restart your computer as normal, but hold down the Option key on your keyboard. When the monitor refreshes after the reboot, you’ll see that icons will appear that represent each of the available bootable drives or bootable partitions on your computer. Just double click on the one you want and your computer will boot to the operating system on that drive. It’s just that simple.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it helpful in setting up your Mac to run all the newest software from Apple.

The original from: http://library.creativecow.net/weiss_roth_david/FCP-10-MAC-Lion/1

Sony XDCAM and Final Cut Pro X Workflow: Importing Sony XDCAM media to FCP X on Mac

Admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:27:05 +0000

XDCAM

XDCAM, introduced by Sony in 2003, has four different products lines – the XDCAM SD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD422, which differ in encoder, frame size, container and recording media. Designed for heavy-duty field acquisition, Sony XDCAM camcorders provide the excellent picture quality, operability and reliability. Besides that, Sony XDCAM camcorders offer a wide range of innovative features that maximize the benefits of nonlinear disc media.

Sony XDCAM camcorders usually record MXF and MP4 format video, and it usually use MPEG2 codec, this codec is not good for editing in FCP X, and you will encounter importing and codec problems when you try to import Sony XDCAM footage to Final Cut Pro X.

Final Cut Pro X

FCP X (Final Cut Pro X) is the most popular video editing software on Mac, it can’t surpport Sony XDCAM HD High-Definition Camcorders PDW-F800, PDW-700, PDW-F355L etc. MXF files, you need a Sony XDCAM to FCP X Converter for Mac to help you convert/transcode Sony XDCAM MXF/MP4 files to FCP X (included FCP, FCP 6/7) compatible format Apple ProRes 422 MOV for editing on Mac.

Import Sony XDCAM media to FCP X issues

Q1. I just downloaded the trial version FinalCut X. I’ve tried to imort video both with XDCam browser, and straight from an external hard drive and gotten the same blank geen screen results. I really think I can work with this software if I could just find out what I am missing. Updated eveything when I downloaded the software. Can someone please help?

Q2. Hi I’m a TV cameraman and I need to export my edited job from FCP X back to my sony XDCAM F800 camera. I could do this on FCP 6 and 7 back it doesn’t seem to work on X does anybody how to do this or any plugins so I can export back to XDCAM.

Q3. How do I import PDW F800 .mxf files (from my hard drive) into Final Cut Pro? I have tried log & transfer, it doesn’t seem to work. Tried XDCAM transfer tool, doesn’t work either. Any solutions?

Q4. I’d like to import and edit .mxf video files in Final Cut Pro, what plug-in do I need to install? Log and Transfer doesn’t work because .mxf files are gray out not allowing me to select it.

Q5: I’ve been given some MXF files that were made by a Sony XDCAM camera. How do i import those files to FCP? I read a bit and I concluded to Calibrated. Is there another way, maybe a freeware utility?

As far as I know, FCP X best supported video format is “Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format”, so the best way to solve Sony XDCAM importing and codec problem is to convert Sony XDCAM media footage to ProRes for editing in Final Cut Pro X (or FCP, FCP 6/7).

What’s the best way to import Sony XDCAM video to Final Cut Pro X for editing without problems? You can follow the steps below “Sony XDCAM and Final Cut Pro X Workflow on Mac

Necessary tools: Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac

Step 1. Load MXF or MP4 files from Sony XDCAM camcorder to the professional Mac XDCAM to FCP X Converter.

Install and launch this Sony XDCAM to Final Cut Pro X Converter. Transfer the MXF or MP4 video from Sony XDCAM camcorder to your Mac computer hard drive via USB cable. Click the button “Add video” to add Sony XDCAM files (or directly drag and drop your Sony XDCAM files) to the Sony XDCAM to FCP X Converter for Mac. If it is necessary, you can double click the each file to have a preview.

Tip: If you want to merge Sony XDCAM MXF or MP4 files for Final Cut Pro X, just need to check the “Merge into one files” box.

Step 2: Select Apple ProRes 422 as native format for FCP X.
Click on the Format box and select “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” or “Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov)” format from dropdown-list. Due to the difference in the compresstion standard of AVCHD and ProRes 422, the converted files are significantly larger than the original ones. If you prefer smaller file size, please choose “Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)” instead.

Tips: The main difference between the five ProRes codecs for you:

Apple ProRes 422 – Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT);

Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) – Keep original video quality for editing in FCP;

Apple ProRes 422 (LT) – Get a smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422;

Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) – SD levels – 480i/p and 576i/p. Used in offline workflows;

Apple ProRes 4444 – Edit and finish 4:4:4 materialStep 3: Set to get better quality as you like.

Step 3: Edit Sony XDCAM MXF/MP4 footage with the best Sony XDCAM Converter for FCP X: trim MXF/MP4 file into small segments, cut black sides around video, apply special effects, audio replacement, etc. And click “Settings” button, then you will enter the following interface, on which you are allowed to customize size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel to your required ones. (Tip: this converter can helps you to downmix 5.1 channell to stereo for Final Cut Pro X editing)

Step 4: You can edit the Sony XDCAM MXF or MP4 video before conversion. By clicking “Edit” button, you can trim, crop the video, or add watermark and adjust effect to the videos which you will convert.

Step 5: Click “Convert” to start to transcode Sony XDCAM footage to ProRes 422 MOV on Mac OS X.

When the Sony XDCAM MXF/MP4 to ProRes MOV conversion is done, simply click “Open” button to transfer the generated files to FCP X for editing on Mac. Find this Sony XDCAM to FCP X Converter makes your editing work more easy and convenient? Now you can effortlessly and losslessly convert and import Sony XDCAM MXF/MP4 footage into FCP X without rending time.

XDCAM to ProRes Convertersupports MXF or MP4 video files from all Sony XDCAM camcorders including below models.

PDW510, XDCAM Camcorder (DVCAM)

PDW530, XDCAM Camcorder (MPEG IMX/DVCAM)

PDW700, Sony Professional XDCAM? HD Camcorder

PDW F335L, XDCAM HD Camcorder

PDW F355L, XDCAM HD Camcorder

PDW F800, Sony Professional XDCAM? HD422 Camcorder

PMW100, One 1/2.9″ Exmor CMOS XDCAM HD422 Handy CamcorderPMW320K, XDCAM EX 1/2″-type Shoulder-mount Camcorder with Lens PackagePMW320KCE, PMW-320K with the CBK-CE01 50pin Interface pre-installed

PMW320LCE, PMW-320L with the CBK-CE01 50pin Interface pre-installed

PMW350K, XDCAM EX 2/3″-type Shoulder-mount Camcorder with Lens Package

PMW350KCE, PMW-350K with the CBK-CE01 50pin Interface Pre-Installed
PMW350L, XDCAM EX 2/3″-type Shoulder-mount Camcorder without Lens

PMW350LCE, PMW-350L with the CBK-CE01 50pin Interface Pre-Installed

PMW500/HD02, XDCAM HD422 2/3″ CCD Shoulder-mount Memory Camcorder

PMWEX1R, XDCAM EX Full HD Memory Camcorder

PMWEX3, XDCAM EX semi-shoulder mount camcorder

PMWF3L/RGB, Super 35mm XDCAM EX Camera w/o lens

PMWTD300, Solid-state Memory 3D Shoulder Camcorder

You can also find more tips and tricks on FCP or MXF in FCP column and MXF column, hope these guides can help you use Sony XDCAM video easily.

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