How to smoothly import/edit C300 MXF files in FCP X without rendering

How to smoothly import/edit C300 MXF files in FCP X without rendering


The EOS C300 is Canon’s first foray into digital cinema. It utilize MPEG-2, 4:2:2, 50Mbps codec with MXF(OP-1a) recording format. 4:2:2 colour sampling provides twice the vertical colour resolution of 4:2:0 enabling better gradation, finer detail, and smoother diagonals as well as helping to eliminate the threat of jagged edges, fringing and unwanted artefacts during chroma keying.

Someone want to import Canon C300 MXF files into Final Cut Pro for editing,but FCP doesn’t support importing MXF files directly.and As far as we know, the perfectly supported codec for FCP is Apple ProRes, so you need to convert C300 1080i MXF files to ProRes before you ingest the 1080i mxf files to FCP.
So we need a professional MXF to FCP Converter for Mac to convert Canon C300 mxf to FCP .mov and then import it into fcp directly. Here we recommend a tool name Canon C300 MXF to FCP Converter for Mac which can convert Canon C300 mxf to FCP .mov within several simple clicks and with fast speed and high quality.



Here it mainly shows you how to transcode Canon C300 MXF to Apple ProRes 422 Codec for Final Cut Pro X so that you can smoothly import/edit C300 MXF files in FCP X without rendering.
Step 1: Download and install the Mac MXF Converter for FCP 7 on your computer, and then launch the program to add 1080P MTS/M2TS files to it.



Step 2: Choose output format
Choose Final Cut Pro as output formatYou can set “Final Cut Pro” as your output format directly, which will automatically set the resolution, bit rate and frame rate of the output file for you.



Step 3: Click Convert button; it will transcode Canon C300 MXF to Apple ProRes for FCP 7 immediately. Follow the conversion process in the “Convert” interface.

Step 4: After conversion you can click the “Open” button to locate converted files and load the ProRes MOV files to FCP X. Now you are able to edit the mxf footages in FCP X freely without any rendering.