| How to Import Sony PXW-Z100 4K XAVC to Premiere Pro | |
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| jodietong1221 | Apr 23 2014, 02:17 AM Post #1 |
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Summary: After shooting videos with Sony PXW Z100, how to do the post editing to those XAVC videos on Adobe Premiere or other editors is really a headache for many users. No worry, here is the solution. ![]() A newest 4K camcorder PXW-Z100 from Sony has come to us. What impressed me most is that it uses Sony’s XAVC 4:2:2 10-bit intra frame recording format which is designed for 4K. Although Sony PXW-Z100 utilizes the same format as Sony PMW-F55/F5, with every new camera it still comes with different workflow. In this article, I will focus on Sony PXW-Z100(XAVC) and Adobe Premiere Pro workflow. You can read on to get some info you want. As the popularity of XAVC codec, more and more NLE's can natively supports HD &4K XAVC. It includes Adobe Premiere, Apple FCP-X, Avid Media Composer/Symphony, and Sony Vegas Pro 12. While, many importing issues still exist when users working with Sony PXW-Z100 XAVC vodeos in Adobe Premiere including PP CS6. That mainly because XAVC is not an ideal editing format, and 4K footage is not currently supported well. To avoid these problems, the easy workaround is to transcode PXW-Z100 XAVC footage to MPEG-2, which is natively supported by Adobe Premiere. To get the work done, you can take Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, which is one the best Sony XAVC video converter tool for you. The program comes with several optimized format for Adobe Premiere Pro as well FCP, iMovie, Avid Media Composer. It enables you to transcode Sony Z100 XAVC to MPEG-2 for using in Adobe directly without any rendering or codec problems. If you wanna edit XAVC video in Windows, please turn to Video Converter. Below is how. Tutorial: Converting Sony PXW-Z100 4K XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro 1. Launch the XAVC to Premiere Pro Converter and click "Add File" button to locate the XAVC file(s) you want to add. Tip: Check the “Merge into one file” box, you can join several video clips together if necessary. ![]() 2. Choose Premiere Pro preferred format. Click “Format” pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well. ![]() 3. Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. To have a smooth editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, you need create the files with the appropriate resolution and frame rate that matches your source footage. 4. Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish encoding XAVC from Sony PXW-Z100 to MPG for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5/CS6. After the conversion, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded XAVC files to your Premiere Pro CS5/CS6 to play and edit without any issue. More tricks: Editing Sony PMW-F55/F5 XAVC footage in Adobe Premiere Pro Convert Sony XAVC codec to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer How to import Sony XAVC to Final Cut Pro |
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| zaphodna | Apr 24 2014, 03:00 AM Post #2 |
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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.![]() 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. ![]() 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. ![]() 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. Related posts: Sony FDR-AX1 Workflow in Final Cut Pro Editing Sony F55/F5 XAVC clips in Final Cut Pro Sony XAVC codec to Avid Media Composer workflow |
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