Working with Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM footage in FCP X

What's the best workflow between Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM footage and Final Cut Pro X? If you can't work with Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM media in FCP X properly, you may wish to read this tutorial. It displays an easy way to convert Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM .mxf clips to ProRes 422 codec for use in Final Cut Pro X with optimum performance.

You need to install additional software to import Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM media into Final Cut Pro X. If you use Final Cut Pro X version 10.2 or later, you need to verify that Pro Video Formats is installed on your system before importing Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM media. If you use Final Cut Pro X version 10.1.4 or earlier, you need to verify that Pro Video Formats and the Sony XAVC/XDCAM Plug-in for Apple are installed on your system. If this doesn't work, we would recommend transcoding Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM footage to FCP X preferred ProRes codec before editing. This will require a third party Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM to ProRes Converter for FCP X.

Here's what you need

Video Converter (It is available for Mac, simply download the proper version depending on your computer.)

---

How to transcode Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM footage to ProRes for FCP X editing?

To transcode Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM MXF video files to ProRes, do as below: Step 1: Click "Add File" to load Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM MXF files that you want to convert into this program.

Step 2: Click "Profile" to select "Final Cut Pro" > "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format. Apple ProRes is FCP X's favorite editing codec, which FCP X will recognize and handle well.

Tips: If necessary, you can click "Settings" button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also "enable 3D Settings" to add 3D effect to your source media.

Step 3: Click "Convert" to start Canon PowerShot SX620 HS XDCAM files to ProRes conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, click "Open Folder" to get the generated Apple ProRes files for editing in FCP X with optimum performance.