Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Easy way to edit Canon C300 Mark II 4K XF-AVC/H.264 MXF files in FCP X

The Canon EOS C300 Mark II is a new 4K video camera allowing filmmakers and broadcast producers to realise their creative vision in stunning cinematic detail. Canon's new range of XF-AVC H.264 codecs, designed to be compatible with industry standard Non-Linear Edit systems, makes integrating both 4K and 2K/Full HD footage into workflows effortless, while maintaining the highest image quality.The range features XF-AVC intra for 4K, andXF-AVC Long GOP and Proxy options for 2K/Full HD recording,both of which utilise H.264 codec, offering post production flexibility and ease of use.

Recording file format:XF-AVC (Material eXchangeFormat (MXF)) Recording Standard:Video Compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 File Format:XF-AVC (MXF)

Well, MXF is much difficult for FCP X/7/6 to recognize and support. So, how to make Canon EOS C300 Mark IIXF-AVC MXF and FCP X/7/6 compatible without problems?

A fast and fluid workflow for editing Canon C300 MK II XF-AVC MXF in Final Cut Pro is to encode Canon XF-AVC codec to Apple ProRes codec with a powerful third party program. Here UFUware HD Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended to you which is professional on dealing with XF-AVC MXF to ProRes for editing in FCP X easily and efficiently. Besides FCP, it also offers other optimized codec for non-linear editing programs, such as AIC for iMovie, DNxHD for Avid, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere, WMV for Windows Movie Maker, .etc. Now, download the converter on Mac and follow the guide below to start conversion.

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How to convert Canon EOS C300 Mark II 4K MXF to Apple ProRes codec on Mac?



Step 1: Load 4K XF-AVC/H.264 MXF footage

Launch the UFUWare HD Video Converter as the best Canon C300 Mark II to FCP X Converter, click "Add File" button to import your Canon C300 Mark II recorded MXF footages to it. Batch conversion is supported.

Canon C300 Mark II to FCP X Converter

Step 2: Select output format

Click on the "Profile" bar and get the dropdown menu, then move your pointer to choose "Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format, it's native format for FCP X editing.

Convert Canon C300 Mark II 4K MXF to Apple ProRes

Tip: If you want to set some parameters for the output profile, you could click the "Settings" button to set the output bitrate, encode, frame rate, resolution, sample rate, channels, etc.

Step 3: Convert Canon C300 Mark II 4K MXF to Apple ProRes MOV

Tap "Convert" button to start converting Canon C300 Mark II 4K XF-AVC/H.264 MXF to Apple ProRes .mov for FCP X/7/6 editing on Mac.

Once the Canon C300 Mark II 4K MXF to ProRes conversion completes, you can click "Open Folder" to get the generated ProRes .mov videos which can be directly imported to FCP X. Now you can edit the 4K XF-AVC/H.264 MXF clips from Canon C300 Mark II in Final Cut Pro X/7/6 without any problem.

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