General Discussion - [Solutions] Importing/Editing C300 footage in Avid, FCP (X) vivian78 - Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:17 pm Post subject: [Solutions] Importing/Editing C300 footage in Avid, FCP (X)
Canon C300 importing tips for Final Cut Pro (x), Avid, iMovie, Premiere
Summary: In this tutorial, you will learn how to import MXF footage from Canon C300 to Final Cut Pro (X), Avid, iMovie, Premiere for further editing without problems.
With every new Camera, comes many new questions about workflow. The term 'workflow' can be fairly broad, but today I am looking at importing Canon C300 footage into various non-linear editing systems. Due to format compatibility issues, Canon C300 owners are always having troubles importing C300 MXF footage to Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro (X), iMovie, Premiere and more for native editing. Yes Canon offers plug-ins e.g. XF utility to help users import camera video clips, but only with very limited success. To make things much easier, below is great tutorial for you, guaranteed to edit C300 MXF files with your video editor smoothly.
To achieve your goal flawlessly, the best method here is to transcode Canon MXF files to FCP/Avid/iMovie/Premiere native editable format along with some help from a third-party tool. After that you can open C300 footage in your video editor for further editing. Keep reading for a brief how-to below.
The quick tutorial is using an easy-to-use yet professional app called Pavtube Canon MXF Converter for Mac (available for windows) which can handle Canon C300 MXF files without any problem. The program can not only transcode Canon C300, XF100, XF105 and XF305 recorded MXF files for using in Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro (X), iMovie, Premiere without rendering, but also provide simple video editing functions for you.
Step 1. Download and run the best Mac Canon MXF Converter to your PC or Mac, and then import your MXF files from C300 to the software.
Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format for FCP 6/7 or FCP X;
For Avid Media Composer, choose "Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD 1080p (*.mov)";
For iMovie, choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)";
For Adobe Premiere, just choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv)".
You can click settings button to customize the output settings. Such as resolution and bitrate. Edit function is also available in this best C300 MXF Converter for Mac.
Step 3. Click "Convert" button to start transcoding Canon C300 mxf files for Avid/Final Cut Pro/Premiere/iMovie. After the conversion, you can smoothly import and edit MXF files on Mac with Canon C300 in FCP, Avid, iMovie or Premiere as you want.
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