Sony FDR-AX700 is one of the newest 4K compact camcorders on the market, it is loved by a lot of fans, have you bought Sony FDR-AX700 and recorded some 4K videos? In this article we will share the best workflow to edit Sony FDR-AX700 recorded videos with Avid Media Composer, just follow the content below and you can get rid of Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer importing and editing issues easily.
Main features of Sony FDR-AX700:
4K HDR Video Recording
1″-Type Stacked CMOS Sensor
XAVC S Recording Format
Proxy Recording
Slow and Quick Motion
S-Gamut and S-Log Picture Profiles
Timecode / User Bit
Wide Coverage
Adjustable Tracking Depth Range
Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer Issue
“I have recorded some 4K videos with Sony FDR-AX700 which I bought several days ago, now I need to import these 4K footages into Avid Media Composer for editing, when I load 4K videos from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer, I found Sony FDR-AX700 videos can’t be handled by Avid Media Composer smoothly, and my friend suggest me to convert Sony FDR-AX700 files to DNxHD codec, can you give some help?”
Sony FDR-AX700 is a hot 4K camcorder camera on the market, more and more users have bought this compact camcorder to record high quality 4K videos, if you need high quality 4K videos, Sony FDR-AX700 is your best choice, this new camcorder is easy-to-take and it can offer the 4K high quality of and videos you need. Some users have used Sony FDR-AX700 and recorded some 4K clips but when they want to import recorded 4K files from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer for editing, they got importing and editing problems, they find the Avid Media Composer can’t support Sony FDR-AX700 recorded 4K videos natively.
Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer Workflow
What caused the Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer importing and editing issue? It is because Sony FDR-AX700 recorded videos are not in Avid Media Composer native supported codec. From Apple Avid Media Composer product page you will know its native supported codec is DNxHD codec, only with this video codec can you edit videos with Avid Media Composer natively. Besides, the old version of Avid Media Composer will not support 4K videos, only the latest version can handle 4K clips. As 4K videos have higher requirements for computer hardware, if your videos are not in natively supported codec, you will not be able to edit the footages smoothly with Avid Media Composer. In this case, if you want to edit Sony FDR-AX700 files with Avid Media Composer, you will need to convert videos from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer DNxHD codec.
Convert XAVC S files from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer
In order to edit Sony FDR-AX700 XAVC S files with Avid Media Composer natively, you will need to convert XAVC S files from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer DNxHD codec, in this case we would like to introduce the best Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer converter for you, this program is Acrok Video Converter Ultimate (Windows | Mac), this 4K video converter can convert Sony FDR-AX700 XAVC S files to Avid Media Composer native supported DNxHD codec, now you can follow the steps below to convert 4K videos from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer DNxHD.
Step 1. Download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, install this Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer converter on your computer, it is the best mp4 video converter on the market, it can convert XAVC S 4K MP4 files and other 4K/1080p videos to any formats you need. This 4k video converter has Mac and Windows version, it can convert 4k videos on Mac or Windows.
Step 2. Click “Add Files” button on the top left corner you will be able to import 4K footages into this Sony FDR-AX700 XAVC S 4k video converter, you can load batch files at one time, you can also directly drag and drop Sony FDR-AX700 4K files into the converter for conversion.
Step 3. Select Avid Media Composer DNxHD codec for output. After you loaded the Sony FDR-AX700 XAVC S files, you can click format column to select the output format you need. To edit Sony FDR-AX700 XAVC S in Media Composer natively, you will need to convert Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer DNxHD codec, so you just need to select “Editing Software -> Avid DNxHD” as output format. There are rich output formats in this Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer converter, you can also choose the output format as you want.
Step 4. Customization is available to use in this Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer converter, by clicking settings button on the main interface, you can adjust the resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec and other parameters. Just change them as you want.
Step 5. Click convert button to start Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer conversion process.
Acrok 4K video converter will convert 4K XAVC S files from Sony FDR-AX700 to Avid Media Composer DNxHD with high quality and speed, when your videos are converted to DNxHD files, you can import them into Avid Media Composer and then edit natively, you don’t need to render anymore, just try it!
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