Q: I have a lovely new Canon XF100 and it generate MXF Files. However when i tried to import these HD MXF videos to FCP X for editing, the iSight runs when i click the camcorder button on FCP X. After searching and consulting,I noticed that there is Canon XF plugin for FCP7, but Canon XF plugin doesn't work for FCP X.
Do you meet the similiar trouble? Canon's XF100 HD Professional Camcorder take advantage of the latest HD technology with Full HD 1920x1080 resolution, up to a 50Mbps bit rate and 4:2:2 color sampling. But why do you meet trouble when import Canon XF100 files to FCP X for editing to get better effect and how to edit on Mac Lion?
In fact FCP X can’t recognize the MXF files, so you need to convert Canon XF100 files to FCP X surpported video format with a Mac Canon XF100 MXF to FCP X Converter. Bellow is the best way for you.
Step 1: Import Canon XF100 MXF files to the best Mac Canon XF100 MXF to FCP X Converter.
Transfer the MXF video from Canon XF100 MXF camcorder to your Mac computer hard drive via USB cable. Launch Brosoft MXF Converter for Mac as the best Canon XF100 MXF to FCP X Converter. Click the button “File” to add Canon XF100 MXF files (or directly drag and drop your Canon XF100 MXF files) to the Canon XF100 MXF to FCP X Converter. If it is necessary, you can double click the each file to have a preview.
Tip: If you want to merge Canon XF100 MXF files for FCP X, just need to check the “Merge into one” box.
Step 2: Select an output format for FCP X and set the output folder.
Click on the “Format” and get the dropdown menu, then move you pointer to “Final Cut Pro”. Under the sublist, several formats are all compatible with FCP X. Here we recommend the “Apple PreRes 422(HQ) (*mov)” which make you add Canon XF100 MXF files to FCP X with best video quality . Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.
Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters.
Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
Note: Keep the video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best quality for editing in FCP X. If the 60i/30fps is your original frame rate, you’d better set the video frame rate as 30fps; if you shoot with 50i/25fps, you’d better set the 25fps as the frame rate. If you want to have a smaller file size but keep the good quality, you can change the video size to 1440*1080.
