Edit Panasonic Lumix GX8 4K MP4 and AVCHD in Premiere Pro, Avid, FCP

Edit Panasonic Lumix GX8 4K MP4 and AVCHD in Premiere Pro, Avid, FCP
In this article, you will learn the best way to import and edit Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 4K MP4 files in Premiere Pro, Avid and FCP X without any issue on Mac OS X. Just follow it.

Edit Panasonic DMC-GX8 4K MP4 in Premiere Pro, Avid, FCP

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 | Records UHD 4K video in MP4 format
Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GX8 is its latest enthusiast-targeted Micro Four Thirds model. It takes many of its features from the GX7 that it surely replaces but builds them into a much more substantial body. The camera incorporates the 4K video capabilities and the Panasonic-specific 4K burst-shooting modes that it introduced with the G7. The LUMIX GX8 records stunningly smooth, high-resolution QFHD 4K video in 3840x2160 at 30p (60Hz) or 24p in MP4 unlimited in addition to the full-HD 1,920 x 1,080 60p (60 Hz) videos in AVCHD Progressive or MP4 (MPEG-4 / H.264) format with practical full-time AF.

However, We usually saw Adobe Premiere Pro (CC, CS6, CS5), Final Cut Pro (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6) and Avid Media Composer (Avid MC 4/5/6/7) users encounter importing issues when attempting to import and edit Panasonic DMC-GX8 4K footage.

Q1: I Want to buy Lumix DMC-GX8. It can shoot video with AVCHD but wanted to check the better encoder MPEG-4. I’m working with Premiere Pro CC and it does not recognize the 4K file. How to solve this problem? How to import MTS videeo into Premiere Pro on Mac?

Q2: I want to import Lumix DMC-GX8 footage to FCP 7. My question is it possible to work 4K MPEG-4 videos in FCP 7 natively and how to do?

Normally, we would like to adopt Final Cut Pro to edit some 4K MP4 footage from Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8, Lumix FZ300, Lumix FZ1000 etc. in order to get better videos or more wonderful video files. Well, Final Cut Pro 7 might not support MPEG-4 format. In this case, to smoothly edit Lumix DMC-GX8 4K MP4 in Final Cut Pro 7, the easy workaround is to convert MPEG-4 to ProRes MOV which is the best codecs with best results when working with FCP 7. For Adobe Premiere Pro users, you need to convert Lumix GX8 4K and 1080P video to H.264 MOV format on Mac or Windows. For Avid Media Composer users, DNxHD MOV is your best choice. Which software can do these jobs? Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac will give you a hand.

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Converting Lumix DMC-GX8 video for your editing software

The quick workaround is to use the easy-to-use yet professional app Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac which can be used as a MPEG-4/AVCHD to ProRes Converter under OS X(including Yosemite and Mavericks). With it, you can effortlessly transcode MPEG-4 files to ProRes 422 encoded MOV for Final Cut Pro 7 and it works well and converts flawlessly. Meanwhile, the Mac Video Conversion tool can create files compatible with various non-linear editing systems like Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, FCE, FCP X, iMovie and and more. Below is how.

1: Load videos
You can directly drag and drop the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 footage to the program, or click “Add” or “Add From Folder” to locate the 4K or 1080P clips into the converter.

Convert Panasonic DMC-FZ300 footage for FCP X/7/6

2. Choose output format
Press “Format” option and navigate the mouse cursor to choose “ Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best codec for FCP 7 on Mac. Choose Editing Software > Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas MOV (AVC) (*.mov) as output format for Premeire Pro users. If you want to edit Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 video in Avid, you need to shoose Avid DNxHD Video (*.mov).

Convert Panasonic DMC-FZ300 XAVC to ProRes format for Final Cut Pro

Tips: You can click “settings” button in the main interface to customize the output video’s parameters, such as resolution, frame rate, etc.

3. Start Panasonic DMC-GX8 video conversion
Click the big “Convert” button at the bottom right corner, this Mac HD converter will start to transcode Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 4K MP4 or 1080P AVCHD video for you! Once the conversion completes, you are free to use Panasonic DMC-GX8 recordings freely!

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