General Discussion - Transfer MXF to FCP X/iMovie/FCE/AVID with Mac Media Magicia jasonfrank - Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject: Transfer MXF to FCP X/iMovie/FCE/AVID with Mac Media Magicia
How to get Panasonic/Canon/Sony MXF work with FCP X/AVID/iMovie/FCE on Mac
Professional camcorders for video and broadcasting like Canon XF305 and Panasonic P2 HD cam shoot in MXF format. MXF is now submitted to SMPTE and is well on its way to helping media flow in the television/IT convergent world. End users will be able to better manage their media and to concentrate on their prime tasks of productivity and creativity. There are an increasing number of professional video editing tools that can work with MXF files natively including Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1 or above, and Sony Vegas. But many users have problems importing MXF footages to Mac non-linear video editing software such as Final Cut Pro, iMovie, FCE and Avid.
When loading .MXF files for post-production, many are finding the .mxf files gray out, not allowing users to select them. With Panasonic and Canon MXF cams, you need to load their drivers. But here's the workflow for most tapeless imports into FCP, iMovie, FCE, AVID and other video editors.
By using the Pavtube Media Magician for Mac to encode MXF video to popular video format or intermediate codecs that work with your video editor, importing MXF footage should never be a problem any longer. Here's how-to.
If you have already stored MXF clips on your HDD, you can choose to "Import Media Files" to browse and load the .mxf files from computer.
Step 2. Drag and drop MXF clips onto Timeline.
After source MXF clips are imported into the program, you can directly drag and drop the clips that you want to do frame accurate splitting onto timeline, add special effect, and volume up/down.
Step 3. Click the Output button on the top and switch it to output interface.
Step 4. Choose output format(s). You can create videos for editing with Final Cut Pro, iMovie, FCE, Avid Studio, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Adobe After Effects, and Apple Aperture. Just click on "Editor" and choose an intermediate codec for use. For example, when exporting MXF to Final Cut Pro, you can follow "Editor" > "Final Cut Pro" to choose "Apple ProRes 422" codec, and set advanced video and audio parameters at the bottom part.
