Summary: In this tutorial, the easy way will be introduced to import/edit Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 P2 MXF files into Adobe Premiere Pro flawlessly on Mac. Read on to get the tips and tricks.
Panasonic AJ-HPX2000, a hot P2 HD camcorder, offers high image quality and performance for high-end video production. It is a multi-format HD production camera that records onto P2 cards. Using the same sensor as the popular VariCam and HDX900 cameras, the HPX2000 can shoot native 720p or switch to shoot 1080i with 24p, 25p & 30p capture. But so many users are facing a frustrating result when importing Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 MXF into Adobe Premiere Pro. The basic reason is that P2 MXF is not a fully supported format by Adobe Premiere Pro.
In order to edit your Panasonic P2 MXF footage from AJ-HPX2000 in Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly, you should transcode MXF format to MPEG-2 format, as it is the best codec for Premiere Pro editing. Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac is best choice to get the work done.
It lets you convert MXF to AIC, encode MXF to Apple ProRes, transcode MXF to MPEG-2, render MXF to DNxHD, and more. This is a smart tool specially designed for MXF users to preview and convert MXF recordings to your wanted video and audio formats, so as to smoothly add them into Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, FCE, FCP, Avid Media Composer and more other video editing software to do further editing. It naturally support converting MXF recordings shot by a Panasonic P2 camcorders and Canon XF camcorders on Mac OS X. If you are going to convert P2 MXF to Premiere Pro on Windows, please get MXF Converter. Just take a look at the brief guide below.
How to convert AJ-HPX2000 P2 .MXF to Premiere Pro
Step 1: Load P2 MXF footage
Free download the P2 MXF Converter Mac and then add your P2 MXF files into the program.
Step 2: Choose output 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.
Tip - Profile Settings:
In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click “Settings” button and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.
Step 3: Start P2 MXF video conversion
Click “Convert” button to start encoding Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 P2 MXF video to MPG/MOV/WMV for Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6/CC7. When the conversion task is finished, click “Open” button to get the exported files and then import the converted P2 MXF files into Adobe Premiere Pro to do further editing.
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Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:04 am by miniavatar
