Sony a6400 FCP - How to edit Sony a6400 4K XAVC S in FCP X/7/6?

In this article, we will not highlight the features of Sony a6400, but the Sony a6400 XAVC S to FCP X, FCP 7 and FCP 6 workflow. If you have the intention to import and edit Sony a6400 XAVC S in Final Cut e Pro, just read on. The new camera has some very worthwhile upgrades over its predecessor in this area. It can still record 4K video at 3,840 x 2,160 pixel resolution with full-pixel readout and no pixel binning. One subtraction is that the MP4 file format is gone, with only XAVC S and AVCHD options on offer in the A6400.

Edit Sony a6400 MP4 and MTS in Premiere Pro CC/FCP X/iMovie

The Sony A6400 is a rather ordinary-looking mirrorless camera, but it is shaking up the camera industry. No, it doesn't have a 10-billion-megapixel sensor - in fact, it has the same 24 megapixels as the A6300 that preceded it.

According to Apple's official site, the new version 10.2.0 of Final Cut Pro can natively support XAVC S 4K and HD. I've tried the trial version of FCP X , same result- can't get Sony a6400 XAVC S viewed in FCP X timeline. As for FCP 7 and FCP 6, they doesn't support XAVC S video importing at all. To make the a6400 XAVC S files compatible with FCP X, FCP 7 and FCP 6 perfectly, the easy workaround is to transcode the XAVC S to FCP more editing-friendly codec like Apple ProRes. Along with some help from third-party software like Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, you can achieve your goal effortlessly.

Overall, the program is the best XAVC S converter under Mac OS X(macOS Mojave,macOS High Sierra, macOS Sierra included). With it, you can effortlessly transcode Sony a6400 XAVC S to ProRes 422 or ProRes 4444, which will create a Final Cut Pro friendly file format keeping the original quality. Besides FCP, this software can also export DNxHD for Avid, MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, AIC for iMovie and more NLE systems for native editing. For Windows users, you can turn to Acrok Video Converter Ultimate. Just get the right version according to your computer's OS and follow the step-by-step guide below to convert the a6400 XAVC S videos to FCP X/7/6easily.

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Converting Sony a6400 XAVC S for Editing in FCP X, FCP 7 and FCP 6

Step 1: Download, install and run the XAVC S Converter for Mac; click "Add files" icon to load your source XAVC S videos from Sony a6400.

Sony a6400 to Premiere Pro CC, iMovie and FCP X workflow

Step 2: The program has three already optimized the video settings for Final Cut Pro. You can select Apple ProRes 422 MOV or ProRes 4444 MOV from "Final Cut Pro" as the output format. Here we recommend you choose Apple ProRes 422 MOV. The output videos will keep the original quality of the video and seamlessly fit FCP X, FCP 7 and FCP 6.

Convert Sony a6400 video to ProRes 422 MOV for FCP X

Tip: The default setting works well. Of course, if you want to customize video and audio encoding settings, just click the "Settings" button to customize these settings. You can adjust the output video/audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc. to customize the output files to get the best quality you want.

Step 3: Click the "Convert" icon under the preview window, and the Mac 4K video converter will start converting Sony a6400 XAVC S to ProRes codec video on Mac.
When the conversion is finished, you can click "Open" button to get the generated MOV files effortlessly. Afterwards, you can launch your editing program to import converted XAVC S clips into FCP X/7/6 for further editing.

Tip: Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is the best and most wonderful Blu-ray ripping software, which can help users rip Blu-ray movie to videos like MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV and even the high definition HD MP4, HD MKV, etc. with fast speed and excellent quality. Thus, users can enjoy Blu-ray movie on their portable devices freely including iPhone, iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, iPod; Nokia, Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC, Huawei, Xiaomi tablets, smmartphonesm, smart tvs and so forth. Apart from that, with this amazing program, you are able to extract audio files from Blu-ray and convert them to audio formats you love, such as FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA and so on.

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