How to Edit Sony/Canon MXF videos in FCP, iMovie, FCE

This tutorial will teach you how to convert and import Sony/Canon MXF videos to FCP, iMovie, FCE for editing simply.

Although HD video in MXF format is possible with the Sony/Canon camcorders in addition to stills which accurates autofocus during movie shooting and during Live View, it is difficult for FCP, iMovie, FCE or other NLEs to support directly. Wanna import Sony/Canon MXF videos to FCP, iMovie, FCE for editing smoothly? Read on.

MXF is a final delivery lossy video format which is not suitable for editing in non-destructive video editing software like FCP, iMovie, FCE. Though some NLEs are updated to support MXF format, users still meet importing issue in NLEs. Thus, on most occasions, you need to encode MXF to FCP, iMovie, FCE friendly format if you want to get a fluent editing process. At this moment, a powerful Video Converter tool-Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac is highly recommended to help you achieve the goal.

In general, this ideal MXF Video Converter is professional on dealing with Sony/Canon MXFvideos to a wide range of video editing software and media devices, including Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere and Avid Media Composer .etc with optimized codecs like ProRes, AIC, MPEG-2, DNxHD, etc as you need without any quality loss. Now, download the software on Mac (Yosemite included) and follow the guide to start conversion.

How to Transcode Sony/Canon MXF files to FCP, iMovie, FCE

STEP 1: Download, install and run the MXF Converter Mac and transfer your MP4 clips to the program for converting by clicking “Add” button. Or you can directly drag&drop the files into the program.

STEP 2: Go to “Format” column and choose format for FCP, iMovie, FCE.

a. For editing MXF in FCP, select Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as the output format.

b. iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) is the best output format for Canon T6s to FCE/iMovie editing workflow.

Tip: If necessary, you can adjust the video and audio parameters including the Bitrate of Video&Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button.

STEP 3: click “Convert” button to start the MXF to FCP, iMovie, FCE conversion on Mac OS X.

Once the conversion finished, you can get the generated files under “Open” panel and transfer them into FCP/iMovie/FCE without any issue.