Sony A7 III FCP - Import and edit Sony A7 III 4K XAVC S in FCP

Want to get Sony A7 III video to FCP workflow? This guide will teach you how to import Sony A7 III 4K XAVC S video file to Final Cut Pro for editing without issue.

Import and rdit Sony A7 III 4K footage in FCP X/Premiere Pro CC

Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear video editing application published by Apple Inc. as part of their Pro Apps family of software programs. With an incredible range of digital film cameras available, Final Cut Pro includes more native camera file support so you can grade directly from the camera files to get the best results.

It seems many people have problems with Sony 4K XAVC S files from Canon. I've seen playback and crashing issues several times with other customers, as well as experiencing them myself. These files just need to be handled a bit differently than most video files. You may find the key problem easily. The Sony XAVC S footage, which is also saved in .mp4 container, is not listed as a supported media. And you may encounter problems when ingesting Sony A7 III videos to FCP X for editing like this:

I am trying to import Sony A7 III 4K recordings into FCP 7. When prompted I point to the media folder but FCP 7 does not see any of the XAVC S clips. I'm working on macOS Sierra. Final Cut Pro accept XAVC S videos? How do I solve the problem?"

To achieve this goal smoothly, the easy workaround is to transcode Sony A7 III shootings to someting which can be easily adapted to fit for the video processing in FCP. If you are also interested in how to get Sony A7 III 4K XAVC S files into FCP preferred video, just download a trial version of the XAVC S Video Converter and follow the guide below to transcode Sony A7 III 4K XAVC to ProRes codec.

Guide: How to Convert Sony A7 III video for importing to FCP

Step 1: Download the trial version of the best 4K Video Converter, click the "Add Files" on the main interface to import the Sony A7 III footage.

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Step 2: Click "Format" bar to choose "Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as the output format.

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Step 3: Tap "Convert" button to start transcoding Sony A7III XAVC S to ProRes MOV video. After conversion, you could edit the converted videos in Final Cut Pro with Apple ProRes MOV without problem.

Tip 1: You can click "Settings" if you'd like to customize audio and video parameters before conversion like video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, bit rate, channels.

Tip 2: Sony A7 II Video Converter provides powerful editing functions so that you can personalize and retouch your 4K XAVC S video files before converting them. Click the "Edit" button and then select a specific function to open the video editing window. here are main seven functions available: Trim, Crop, Text Watermark, Image/Video Watermark, Effect, 3D, Audio Editor, and Subtitle.

Edit Sony A7 III video via 4K Video Converter

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