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Transfer MXF to Final Cut Pro on Mac

Final Cut Pro does not deal with AVCHD (mts/m2ts) and MXF footages from some digital camcorder/camera natively, so that some users who are using Canon XF305/XF3, Panasonic HPX300, Sony XDCAM with Mac OS X may feel tricky to put MXF video to FCP for editing. Thankfully the easy-to-manage and professional MXF Converter for Mac software is developed, the ideal solution to assistant users to convert AVCHD files and MXF video to QuickTime or transcode MXF footages to Apple RroRes 422 for putting MXF files to Final Cut Rro.

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How tо put MXF video to Final Cut Pro

Preparation: Free Download and install the MXF Converter for Mac program, ready for the MXF to FCP process.

Step 1: Add mxf recordings

Run the program, thеn click “Add File” pin tо load one or more MXF files from scratch disk or cam HDD.

If you wanna join the mxf files together, just highlight the mxf videos and then tick the checkbox “Merge into one file”.

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Step 2: Configure Output Settings

Under "Format" option, choose 'Final Cut Pro' >> 'Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)' format in dropdown list. As you can see, this powerful importing MXF to FCP software has lots of optimized output formats settings for users, you can choose whatever you want.

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Note: If you wanna do some simple video editings like Trim the video length, Crop Video width&height, Rotate/Flip the recorded video or deinterlace the 1080i files in advance, just click edit icon to make it.

Step 3: Convert MXF files Apple RroRes 422 for putting MXF files to Final Cut Rro on Mac Lion

When all the settings done, Click thе “Convert” button tо start the MXF to Apple RroRes 422 MOV conversion. During the process, you can set your PC to automatically shutdown because it will take a long time to finish the conversion due to huge file size.