Importing Sony a7S XAVC S footage into iMovie, FCP, FCE

Summary: Follow the guide below and you will know how to import Sony a7S XAVC S to Final Cut Pro/iMovie/FCE without rendering or any other problems on Mac OS X(Mavericks and Mountain Lion included).



Sony is proud to introduce the A7s. It’s an amazing camera for both video and still photographers! The high-bit-rate XAVC S format is provided for serious videographers. Available for the first time in an α camera, it enables Full HD image recording at 50 Mbps for extremely high-quality expression and minimal noise. While, if you want to edit the XAVC S videos from Sony a7S, you may find the high quality XAVC S files are not recognized by most editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, FCE, etc. So, how to import Sony XAVC S clips from Sony a7S to iMovie, FCP, FCE correctly?

The basic reason why we can’t work XVAC S videos on Mac easily is that XAVC S codec is a new one, and is not widely supported. In order to make the XAVC S videos from Sony A7s compatible with iMovie/FCE/FCP, a workable way is to convert Sony a7S XAVC S to iMovie/FCP/FCE compatible format. Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is the solid tool to help users make the XAVC S transcoding on Mac OS X.

With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode XAVC S intra footage shot from Sony A7S for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Final Cut Pro 6/7, FCP X, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and more. And there is no need to worry about the quality loss.

Below is the simple guide about how to convert Sony A7s XAVC S footage into FCP, iMovie, FCE

STEP 1: You need to download, install and run the smart XAVC S Converter Mac and transfer your XAVC S recordings to the program from the Sony A7s. Join videos clips via checking the “Merge into one” box.



STEP 2: Click on the “Format” bar and choose a best editable format.

a. To edit Sony A7s XAVC S in FCP X/7/6, please select Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as the output format.



b. For iMovie or Final Cut Express, choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) as output format.



PS: You also can click “Settings” to set video frame rate, video size and Video Bitrate as you want.

STEP 3: As soon as all things are finished, please click “Convert” button to start the Sony XAVC S video conversion on Mac OS X.

Once the conversion is 100% completed, you can smoothly copy the converted files to FCP/Movie/FCE.

Additional Tips:

This powerful Mac XAVC S Converter not only can help you to convert XAVC S files, but also can help you convert AVCHD to Final Cut Pro, Adobe PP, Avid MC, iMovie compatible format that you recorded from Sony Alpha 7s. In other words, this video app can aid you to resolve all the importing incompatible issues on Mac OS X.

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