Edit Canon PowerShot G7 X MP4 Files in FCP X on Mac Yosemite

How can I import Canon PowerShot G7 X recorded MP4 videos to FCP X on Mac Yosemite and edit smoothly? From this article, you will know the best way to edit Canon G7 X MP4 files with FCP X, and you won’t have Canon G7 X to FCP X importing and editing problems anymore.

Canon G7 X is one of the most popular cameras on the market, it is unveiled not long ago but now it has a few of users. Canon G7 X has used very powerful hardware, it is equipped with the powerful DIGIC 6 image processor and a large 1″ 20.2-megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor, besides it also has a fast 4.2x f/1.8-2.8 optical zoom lens, so this excellent camera will help you to record high quality images easily.

I have found some feedback from the website. “I’m a Canon Camcorder lover, also a video-editing lover, currently the editing software I used is FCP X.” Most Mac users like editing video files on Final Cut Pro because of it is our ideal app to create our own masterpiece with its advanced and powerful editing features. But sometimes we may encounter problems as described below: “When we want to import Canon G7 X MP4 recordings to FCP X for editing on Yosemite, we will hit a snag in the form of contains unsupported media error.”

As we talked above, what’s the reason of problems when editing Canon G7 X files with FCP X? It’s because of the codec. From Canon G7 X’s user manual you will know that G7 X can record videos in H.264 codec MP4 format, and H.264 codec is well for playback but not good for editing, FCP X can’t handle H.264 files smoothly, so it is the H.264 codec caused the problem. If you want to edit videos smoothly with FCP X, you’d better convert videos to FCP X best supported video codec- Apple ProRes Codec.

So the best way to edit Canon G7 X MP4 files in FCP X on Yosemite is to convert G7 X H.264 MP4 files to Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format, and then you can edit Canon G7 X MP4 in FCP X smoothly. By the way, I guess you must have not known the best video formats for FCP, right? To convert Canon G7 X files to FCP X Apple ProRes codec, you will need to use a video converter which can output videos in Apple ProRes codec; here we want to introduce Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, the best Canon G7 X to FCP X converter for you.

                              

How to edit Canon G7 X MP4 in FCP X on Mac Yosemite?

Step 1: Click “Add video” button on the top side to open the file browser window and pick your Canon G7 X MP4 video files. You can also drag and drop files to the main interface.
Tips: You can add multiple files to the queue and convert them all at one time.



Step 2: Here, you need to choose what you want the output to be. Click “Format” drop-down list, and then select “Final Cut Pro>>Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format for editing in FCP X.



Tips: Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) and Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) (*.mov) have higher qualities. Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov) and Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) (*.mov) have smaller size.

Step 3: It’s optional to edit video files before converting. If you want to do some edit work, just hit the clip first, and then click “Edit selected task” button. As it’s shown to us, the edit function is sufficient for you to make your videos wonderful.

Step 4: Click “Convert” button on the bottom of the screen to start conversion process on Mac Yosemite. The amount of time it takes will vary based on your system’s hardware and the quality settings you selected.

Conclusion: Video and audio quality is guaranteed in this Canon G7 X converter. When the conversion is finished, you can load converted videos into FCP X and edit smoothly. Just try and it will help you!

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