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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Nikon D800E to FCP Importing Tips-Smoothly edit Nikon D800 h.264 videos in Final Cut Pro


The D800E is designed to stimulate cinematographers to explore different moods and perspectives by enabling Full HD and HD video recording in two frame formats; Nikon FX- and DX-based movie formats in just one camera. By using the B frame data compression method, you can record 1080p Full HD video at 30p in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format with unmatched moving image integrity for up to 29 min. 59 seconds of recording in a single clip.

"Just shot some footage with the Nikon D800E, I haven’t shot or edited HD before now, so need some help setting up the project, understanding about transcoding, exporting etc. This is also my first time shooting with a DSLR camera. The footage itself looks great. Problem is editing a sequence in FCP. I've read different things online regarding importing the D800E directly into FCP. Do I need to transcode the D800E files using ProRes or something else? And if so, how?"



This question is asked by a Nikon user, if you have used nikon D800E camera recorded many 1080P footages, you may want to import Nikon D800E video to FCP X/6/7 for editing. If you have got the D800E and often use it to record 1080P video, you may have the need to edit D800E MOV in Final Cut Pro on Mac, but FCP X best supported video format is Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format, so FCP X doesn't support Nikon D800E MOV footages well. The best method to solve this problem is to convert D800E MOV footage to ProRes for editing in Final Cut Pro X, you can follow the steps below to transcode D800E MOV to FCP X for editing.

1. Download Pavtube Mac Nikon h.264 MOV Converter. This professional HD Video Converter can help you convert D800E MOV files to ProRes 422 MOV format for Final Cut Pro, more output formats are also supported.

2. Install and launch this D800E MOV Converter. Import Nikon D800E footage to the converter.


3. Click format bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).


4. You can click "settings" to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.


5. Click convert button to start.

With this D800E MOV to Apple ProRes 422 converter, you can easily change D800E files to FCP X for editing, this software runs fast, so you can convert your D800E footages to FCP in less time.
Tips:

Before you try to do the conversion, if you are also a FCP X user, please make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.

This Mac Nikon MOV Video Converter can alson convert videos to iMovie, Premiere Pro,FCE and Avid with good quality.

And you can get more info about how to import video to FCP (x) on pavtube website.

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