Import 4K XAVC S from Sony a6300 to Premiere Elements and iMovie

If you are wondering the easiest way to edit Sony a6300 XAVC S footage in Premiere Elements and iMovie, you are in the right place. This article will present you the Sony a6300 to Premiere Elements and iMovie best workflow.



Sony announced an addition to their impressive lineup of professional compact camcorders with the Sony a6300. This is the latest Sony to feature a 1.0" type sensor, which is proving to outperform many 3-chip competitors. With it, you can capture videos in XAVC S, AVCHD or MP4 Recording formats. This article will give some tips for importing and editing XAVC S files from Sony a6300 to Premiere Elements and iMovie.

XAVC S is a new format introduced by Sony that always brings users high definition vidos. However, the XAVC S format is not good for Mac editing, it takes long time to render, and we can't edit Sony a6300 XAVC S files smoothly in Premiere Elements and iMovie or other NLEs.

With a professional XAVC S converter - Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac, you can get rid of the trouble easily. This software is able to convert XAVC S files from Sony a6300 to Premiere Elements and iMovie fully compatible format and keep original quality at the mean while. It can export H.264 MOV for Premiere Elements, Apple InterMedaite Codec(AIC) for iMovie and more NLE systems for native editing. Download the software and follow the guide to finish the conversion task. For those who need to work XAVC S files on Windows, please get Acrok HD Video Converter.

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How to Import Sony a6300 XAVC S to Premiere Elements and iMovie

Step 1. Install the Mac XAVC S Converter program and run it. Drag the XAVC S files to the software. Or you can also click "Add" button on the top of the main interface to import video to the program.



Step 2. Hit the Format box to select the specially designed video codec for editing XAVC S in Premiere Elements and iMovie.



a. To edit Sony NX100 XAVC S video in Adobe Premiere lements, "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas MOV AVC (*.mov)" is the optimal choice.

b. You just need to go to "iMoie and Final Cut Express -> iMovie (AIC)(*.mov)" as the best video format for editing XAVC S in iMovie with good video quality.

c: For Final Cut Pro user, if you want to edit Sony a6300 4K video in FCP X, you need to convert Sony a6300 XAVC S to Apple ProRes 422 MOV.

Step 3. Adjust the video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings buttion on the main interface.

Step 4. Click the arrow button to start transcoding Sony a6300 XAVC S to a decent format you want on Mac OS X.

After the conversion finished, you can easily transfer your XAVC S footages from Sony a6300 to Adobe Premiere Elements or iMovie for further editing without any issue.

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