Are you looking for the easiest way to import videos recorded by Sony A6500 to FCP X? In this article you will get the best Sony A6500 to FCP X importing and editing workflow, you will be able to transcode Sony A6500 AVCHD MTS files, MP4 files or XAVC S files to FCP X native supported Apple ProRes 422 codec for editing natively.
A6500 is the latest mirrorless digital camera from Sony, there are many users have waited this new camera for several months, now many users have bought Sony A6500 to replace their old cameras, this new camera is fast, stable and versatile, it uses 24.2MP APS-C Exmor CMOS Sensor, BIONZ X Image Processor and XGA Tru-Finder 2.36m-Dot OLED EVF, so this camera can offer you clean image quality. What’s more, you can use Sony A6500 to record 4K videos and full HD 1080p videos with top quality, the recording formats can be XAVC S MP4, AVCHD MTS and MP4, with Sony A6500 camera you can easily capture high quality videos.
How to import and edit Sony A6500 files with FCP X natively?
After got the Sony A6500 camera many users choose to use it to record 4K videos or full HD 1080p videos, but most of them have encountered the importing and editing issues when they want to edit Sony A6500 files with FCP X on Mac, they found it is not so easy to import Sony A6500 files to FCP X for editing smoothly, and they want to find the best workflow to edit Sony A6500 files with FCP X, if you have encountered this kind of issue and want to edit Sony A6500 files with Final Cut Pro X natively, you’d better follow the content below, we will share the best Sony A6500 to FCP X importing and editing workflow with you.
From Sony A6500 user manual or its product page you will learn that Sony A6500 can record videos in XAVC S MP4, AVCHD MTS or MP4 formats, but when you load these videos into Final Cut Pro X for editing on Mac, you will find that FCP X can’t support Sony A6500 videos smoothly, what’s the reason? It is because Sony A6500 recorded videos are not in FCP X native supported video codec and format. From Apple Final Cut Pro X product page you will know that FCP X native supported format is Apple ProRes codec MOV format, only videos in Apple ProRes codec can be well natively supported. In this case, the best Sony A6500 to FCP X importing and editing workflow is to convert videos from Sony A6500 to FCP X Apple ProRes 422/4444 codec MOV format, and then you can edit Sony A6500 videos in FCP X with native supported format.
Convert videos from Sony A6500 to FCP X Apple ProRes
Step 1. Download Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac, this powerful software can convert Sony A6500 recorded XAVC S MP4 files, AVCHD MTS files, H.264/MPEG-4 MP4 files or other HD videos to FCP X native supported Apple ProRes 422 or Apple ProRes 4444 codec MOV format, there are many Mac users have selected it to convert videos for Final Cut Pro X on Mac. This Apple ProRes converter also has Windows version, you can also try the Windows version if you need to convert Sony A6500 files on Windows PC, both Mac version and Windows version are available to use.
Step 2. Install and launch this Sony A6500 to FCP X converter, you will see the main interface, click “Add files” button on the top left corner you will be able to import Sony A6500 videos, you can also directly drag and drop videos into this Apple ProRes converter for conversion.
Step 3. After you loaded the videos, please select output format you need. If you want to edit Sony A6500 files with FCP X natively, just choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), this is native editing format for FCP X, you just need to convert Sony A6500 to FCP X Apple ProRes codec MOV format, and then you can edit Sony A6500 videos smoothly.
Step 4. This Sony A6500 to FCP X converter also has powerful customization feature, before you convert videos from Sony A6500 to FCP X Apple ProRes, you can click “Settings” button on the main interface to adjust the resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec, etc. according to your need. If you don’t need to adjust the parameters you can skip this step.
Step 5. Click convert button to start Sony A6500 to FCP X conversion process.
Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac will convert Sony A6500 files to FCP X Apple ProRes with top quality and speed, video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed. When your videos are converted, you can import converted Sony A6500 videos to Final Cut Pro X for editing with native Apple ProRes codec, and you don’t need to render anymore. Just take a try!
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