We may think of iPhoto as just a tool for photos but iPhoto has also added the ability to import, view and trim videos, then share them online. This means that not only can you import the entire contents of your camera, you can also edit that video content in iPhoto. As we all know, many camcorders, such as the Canon XC10 4K Camcorder, are able to capture 2MP stills and 3840 x 2160 resolution, high bit-rate 4K video footage. And the 4K video is recorded with H.264 compression and packed in the widely supported MXF container. Wanna to import these 4K MXF files to iPhoto for editing? Please keep on reading.
As we all know, the MXF format is a container that is encoded with a variety of video and audio formats. It is the commonest format that all popular camcorders record in. The MXF format was designed for professional videographers use which include timecode and metadata support so the files can be edited in a number of video or audio applications.
However, some people have had issues when importing 4K MXF files into iPhoto. That's because the MXF video format can't be natively supported by many professional video editing softwares including iPhoto. What's more, it also would be a little hard to handle 4K video with iPhoto. In such occasion, still want to edit (4K) MXF files in iPhoto? Is there any way to successfully import (4K) MXF files to iPhoto? Don't worry, all things will become easier if you get a professional MXF to iPhoto converter software.
The best MXF to iPhoto Converter
Pavtube MXF MultiMixer is a professional MXF to iPhoto Converter, which is capable of converting MXF to any popular formats to meet different needs, because of supporting a large range of video formats, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MPEG, WMV, FLV, SWF, F4V, MOV, VOB, etc. Besides converting MXF to iPhoto, this app also helps transcode MXF to editable formats for other editing programs, such as Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and Sony Vegas.
While converting MXF video format, you can also adjust parameters such as video size, bitrate, and frame rate for your MXF video files to get better visual and audio effect. What's more, this MXF to iPhoto converter also provide simple video editing functions for you, such as spliting MXF video into several clips according to clip quantity, duration time and file size. Thanks to its batch conversion ability, you are allowed to import several MXF video files and output them into the same video format in batch to save much time and energy.
Now, just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.
If you are Mac user, please click here to get Pavtube iMixMXF.
Convert 4K MXF to QuickTime MOV for iPhoto editing
Step 1. Load MXF files to the converter
Install and run the MXF to iPhoto Converter on your computer, and then import 4K MXF file to the converter by clicking the "Add File" button. There is another button "Import from Folder" beside "Add File", this button helps detect and import all MXF files under the folder you specified.
Step 2: Choose the right video format for iPhoto
Click the "Format" bar and get the dropdown menu, then move your pointer to choose "Common Video > MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)" as the output format. QuickTime MOV is the best supported format for iPhoto.
Step 3: Make editing before converting MXF. (Optional)
Click "Edit" icon on the tool bar, in the Video Editor Window, you can play and preview the original MXF video and output effects. On the buttons bar, you can trim, crop, add special effect, add watermark, insert subtitles and more.
Tips:
Click "Settings" button to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.
By ticking the Merge into one file option behind Settings button, you can merge the several MXF files into one single file.
By clicking the Split button 
on file list, or from Edit menu, you can launch the Video Split window. Ticking Enable to enable it, and then you can split the MXF file by file count, time length, or file size.
Step 4: Begin converting MXF file.
When everything gets ready, simply hit lower right Convert button to begin changing videos from MXF to iPhoto supported MOV file.
After the 4K MXF to QuickTime MOV conversion is completed, you can click "Open Output Folder" button to locate the generated QuickTime .mov files. Then transfer the converted files to iPhoto for editing smoothly with ease.
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