What’s the best Panasonic HC-WXF1 FCP X editing workflow? How can I edit HC-WXF1 4K MP4 footage in FCP X without rendering? If you are looking for the best method to load and edit Panasonic HC-WXF1 files with FCP X, you’d better follow this article, we will share the easiest way to edit HC-WXF1 4K MP4 footage in FCP X with native supported format.
Panasonic HC-WXF1 is a new camcorder that released not long ago, now some users have got this amazing camcorder. Panasonic HC-WXF1 is an ideal device for 4K video recording, it uses 1/2.5″ Back-Illuminated MOS Sensor and 24x Leica Optical Zoom, 32x 4K & 48x HD Intelligent Zoom, Three OIS Stabilizer Systems, 5.1-Channel Wind-Shielded Zoom Mic, Viewfinder & 3″ LCD Display; the most important is it has Twin Camera & Wireless Multi-Cam Options, so you can record more advanced videos with the help of this feature. With Panasonic HC-WXF1, you are able to capture 4K UHD Video at 24 & 30 fps, and then you will get high definition videos.
Panasonic HC-WXF1 Recording Format:
3840 x 2160p at 30 fps (MP4)
3840 x 2160 at 24 fps (MP4)
1920 x 1080p at 60 fps (MP4)
1920 x 1080p at 24 fps (MP4)
1280 x 720p at 30 fps (MP4)
1920 x 1080p at 60 fps (AVCHD)
1920 x 1080i at 60 fps (AVCHD)
How to edit HC-WXF1 4K MP4 footage in FCP X without rendering?
“Hello, can anyone help me to get Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K MP4 files to FCP X and edit without rendering? I recorded some videos with Panasonic HC-WXF1, the videos are in 4K MP4 format, when I tried to load 4K MP4 footages from Panasonic HC-WXF1 to FCP X on my MacBook, the Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K MP4 footages are not edited smoothly, and it takes a long time to render, can anyone share a better Panasonic HC-WXF1 FCP X editing workflow? Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!”
Have you encountered the issue just like it showed above when you try to edit Panasonic HC-WXF1 files with FCP X? Maybe you have recorded a lot of 4K UHD videos with Panasonic HC-WXF1, and you may need to import 4K MP4 files from Panasonic HC-WXF1 to FCP X and edit the footages. Before you edit Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K MP4 files with FCP X on Mac, you’d better convert Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K MP4 files to FCP X native supported Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format, and then you will get rid of the importing and editing issues, and you can edit HC-WXF1 4K MP4 footage in FCP X without rendering.
Convert Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K MP4 to FCP X Apple ProRes
Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac is the recommended software to convert files from Panasonic HC-WXF1 to FCP X, this is top 4K video converter on the world, it can convert 4K H.264/H.265 MP4 files, 4K XAVC MXF files, 4K XAVC S files, etc. to any formats you need, what’s more, it can also other HD videos for popular video formats. Both Windows version and Mac version are available to use, now just download the best 4K video converter and use it to convert Convert Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K MP4 to FCP X Apple ProRes codec for editing natively.
Step 1. Install Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac on your computer and launch it, if you want to use this software on Windows 10 or Windows 7, please install the Windows version.
Step 2. After you launched this Panasonic HC-WXF1 4K video converter, please import files into it. Connect Panasonic HC-WXF1 to your computer for transferring the footage to Acrok, you can click “Add Files” button or directly drag and drop videos into Acrok for conversion.
Step 3. Choose output file format. As we need to convert 4K MP4 files from Panasonic HC-WXF1 to FCP X Apple ProRes codec MOV format, from “Format” bar drop-down list, choose “Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422(*.mov)” as the output format for editing in Final Cut Pro X, you will get high quality video with this profile; besides this profile, you can also choose “Apple ProRes 422(LT)(*.mov)” to get smaller size video.
Step 4. Customization is available to use in this Panasonic HC-WXF1 to Final Cut Pro X converter, you can click “Settings” button and adjust the resolution, frame rate, codec or other things, just change them according to your need. If you don’t need to change the settings you can skip this step.
Step 4: Start the Panasonic HC-WXF1 to FCP X conversion process.
Just click the “Convert” button on the main interface to start to convert 4K MP4 footage to FCP X native supported Apple ProRes codec. When the conversion is completed, feel free to import Panasonic HC-WXF1 videos to FCP X for editing freely.
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