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Sony PXW-Z100 4K XAVC Workflow within Final Cut Pro
Topic Started: Apr 22 2014, 07:15 AM (6 Views)
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Summary: You may find that Final Cut Pro won't import XAVC files from Sony PXW-Z100 smoothly. What you can do to resolve the issues is to transcode Sony PXW-Z100 XAVC video to a more "edit" friendly codec Apple ProRes.

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Sony has expanded its line of professional 4K camcorders with the newly released PXW-Z100 4K handheld XDCAM camcorder. Utilizing Sony’s XAVC 4:2:2 10-bit intra frame recording format(the same as the PMW-F5 or F55), Sony PXW-Z100 can bring you real 4K 50p/60p video. While, there are a few issues when it comes to viewing, loading and editing Sony PXW-Z100 4K files in non-linear editing software like Final Cut Pro. Now some tips and tricks for Sony PXW-Z100 to Final Cut Pro best workflow are listed below.

As we mentioned above, the PXW-Z100 uses Sony’s XAVC recording format first employed in the PMW-F55 CineAlta 4K camera. MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression is used for HD (1920 x 1080), QFHD (3840 x 2016) and 4K (4096 x 2160) content. But the latest high definition XAVC video format introduced by Sony is still not supported well by Final Cut Pro so far, not only the 4K video. To edit Sony PXW-Z100 XAVC footage in Final Cut Pro 7 or FCP X/6 smoothly, a suggestion is to use Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac to transcode "XAVC" to "ProRes", which is a friendly format supported by FCP.

Overall, it is the best XAVC to ProRes converter for Mac users. It offers optimized presets Apple ProRes - ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Final Cut Pro. Now just download it and follow the steps below to finish the Sony XAVC to ProRes MOV conversion.

How to Convert PXW-Z100 XAVC to ProRes for editing in Final Cut Pro

1. Install the program on Mac and run it. Drag the XAVC files to the software. Or you can also click "Add" button on the top of the main interface to import video to the program. It supports batch conversion and joining multiple video clips into one file.

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2. Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format. This format is specially designed for FCP, so that you can edit your original Sony PXW-Z100 video in Final Cut Pro perfectly.

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3. Click the “Convert” icon under the preview window, and the Mac video converter will start converting PXW-Z100 XAVC to Prores MOV for FCP(X) on Mac.

After the conversion, click "Open" to locate the result videos and then launch Final Cut Pro, choose File > Import > Files…, and browse to where you save the converted XAVC clips to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add. Now you can start fun away with editing Sony PXW-Z100 video footage in Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7/6 without problems.

Additional Tips:
1. If you are also a FCP X user, before you try to do the conversion, don’t forget to make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.

2. This Sony PXW-Z100 to FCP Converter can also help you to encode XAVC video to iMovie, Adobe, FCE, Avid, etc. You just need to choose a proper video format like "iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)" in the second step. For Avid Media Composer, choose "Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" as output; For Adobe Premiere Pro, choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output.

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