iChat - Import Nikon D800E H.264 MOV recordings to FCP X on Mac vivian78 - Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:33 am Post subject: Import Nikon D800E H.264 MOV recordings to FCP X on Mac
D800E to ProRes-Convert Nikon D800E MOV to ProRes 422 MOV for FCP X
Summary: Follow the guide to easily transcode your Nikon D800E 1080p H.264 MOV to ProRes 422 MOV format with Mac Nikon to FCP X converter, then you can import Nikon D800E MOV to Final Cut Pro X without rendering for smoothly editing on Mac Mountain Lion 10.8.
Nikon D800 and D800E are hot products since they released, they are great competitor to canon 5D MARK III, Nikon D800E is a great DSLR which offers vivid images, and at the same time, you can use it to record 1080P high-definition videos, so when you travel, you just need to take D800E and leave your camcorder at home.
After you recorded many HD videos, you may want to import D800E 1080P H.264 footage to FCP X for editing before sharing the videos to your friends and family. As we know, Nikon D800E recorded videos are in H.264 MOV format, this format is not well for editing in FCP X on Mac, you will encounter many problems, such as the video/audio synchronization problems, and you can't edit them smoothly in FCP X on Mac OS Mountain Lion 10.8.
FCP X best supported video format is Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format, as FCP X doesn't support Nikon D800E 1080P H.264 MOV footages well. The best method to solve this problem is to convert Nikon D800E 1080P H.264 MOV to ProRes 422 for editing in Final Cut Pro X, you can follow the steps below:
1.Download Pavtube Nikon to FCP X Converter for Mac - the professional HD Video Converter for Mac can help you convert D800E 1080P H.264 MOV files to ProRes 422 MOV format for Final Cut Pro X, more output formats are also supported.
2.Install and launch this Mac Nikon to FCP X Converter. Import Nikon D800E 1080P H.264 MOV footage to the converter. There are three optional ways to import the recorded footages to this program.
* Click the "File > Add Video/Audio" menu to load MOV files.
* Hit the "" button to import files.
* Drag the target files from the computer to this app.
3.Click format bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).
4.You can click "settings" to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.
" button to import files.
