Wednesday, March 26, 2014

[How to] Import/Edit Panasonic AG-HPX300 MXF video into FCP X on Mac

Want to import Panasonic HPX300 AVC-Intra100 MXF to FCP X? Since MXF is not a compatible format for editing systems on Mac, You need to encode AVC-Intra100 MXF to Apple ProRes 422 HQ, a favorable format for editing in FCP X.

MXF Converter for Mac, a great MXF video converter, fast and simply transcode MXF to compatible video formats in editing systems such as FCP X on Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard and etc.

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Now, Let’s take a look at the sample steps to convert and import Panasonic HPX300 AVC-Intra100 MXF to FCP X.

Simple Guide: How to Import Panasonic AG-HPX300 MXF video into FCP X via MXF Converter

Step1: Add video source
Add Panasonic HPX300 AVC-Intra100 MXF to AG-HPX300 Video Converter. Launch HD Video Converter for Mac as the best MXF to FCP X Converter and import your MXF files. Click “add video or drag and drop MXF to the file area directly.



Tips: If you have several AVC-Intra100 MTS files and need all your MXF clips into one MOV for post-production in FCP X, you can check “Merge into one file” and you will got one big MOV after converted.

Step2: select Apple ProRes 422 HQ as output format
Click the “Format” and choose the “Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 HQ(*.mov)” files as the output format for FCP X. Apple ProRes 422HQ codec offers the utmost possible quality for Panasonic HPX300 AVC-Intra100 MXF in FCP for further editing.

Step3: Set audio and video profile
The default of video Bitrate is medium quality, you have another two options- high quality and low quality to adjust video quality as necessary. You can also set frame rate, size, sample rate, etc. for specific needs.

Step 4: Start converting
Click “Convert” icon to start convert your Panasonic HPX300 AVC-Intra100 MXF. After conversion completed, you can preview the Apple ProRes 422HQ MOV video via the preview function of TransMXF Pro for Mac.

In addition to importing Panasonic HPX300 AVC-Intra100 MXF to FCP X, you can also ingest your MXF in iMovie, FCE, Avid on Mac.