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Edit Panasonic HC-X1500 4K videos in FCP X and Premiere Pro CC
Have trouble of importing Panasonic HC-X1500 4K MP4 and MOV videos into FCP X and Premiere Pro CC for further editing? Don’t worry, this article will show you the quick workaround to help you fix these annoying issues.
Professional shooting everywhere: HC-X1500 packs advanced functions in a well-balanced body to excel both in functionality and mobility. A new ultrathin fan disperses the heat to allow the construction of the industry’s smallest and lightest 4K/60p-camcorder and a very low power consumption. If you’re shooting behind the scenes (BTS) in HD and would like to add 4K to your repertoire, the Panasonic HC-X1500 UHD 4K/Full HD Director’s Camcorder can help balance your needs, or allow you to jump straight to 4K. The camera records in .mp4, .mov, and AVCHD codecs and features HEVC compression.
Questions:
However, when users have a project with the 4K MP4 and MOV recordings from Panasonic HC-X1500 loaded in Final Cut Pro X or Premiere Pro CC, they would meet various troubles like the following:
“I can’t import any Panasonic HC-X1500 MP4 file into FCP X 10.3. I’m using Final Cut Pro X and trying to import an MP4-File of 16 GB into it. I read already a lot of posts in different forums but didn’t find the right tool to do the job.”
“I’m running Adobe Premiere CC 2018 (12.0.1) on Mac. And I shoot some .mov files via HC-X1500 and while importing 4K .mov into Premiere CC, I always got the error message. I don’t understand why? Give some suggestions?”
About the recordings:
Recording Format: MOV, MP4, AVCHD
Video Compression Method: MOV/MP4: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile; H.265/MPEG-H HEVC Main10 Profile;
AVCHD: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile
After searching for solutions to load/import Panasonic HC-X1500 4K footage to Final Cut Pro X or Premiere Pro CC, some guys will present a solution to install plugin, but it doesn’t always helpful. Fortunately, there is an alternative way to fix the issue- use a 3rd-party software to transcode Panasonic HC-X1500 video to a more edit-friendly video format for FCP X and Premiere Pro CC respectively. Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is the app I’m using now which is highly recommended by some professional forums.
Free download Panasonic HC-X1500 Video Converter
With running it, you can effortlessly transcode Panasonic HC-X1500 H.264/MPEG-4/HEVC footage to various advanced codecs like ProRes, H.264, MPEG-2, DNxHD, Apple Intermediate Codec, etc to ensure the maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Final Cut Pro (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6), Premiere Pro (CC, CS6, CS5), DaVinci Resolve, Avid MEdia Composer, iMovie and more. Besides, the Mac 4K Video Converter is also designed with some simple editing functions, including trimming, cropping, splitting, deinterlacing, watermark, etc. If you are a Windows user, turn to Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for help. Now just get the program and follow the step-by-step guide below to convert and import Panasonic HC-X1500 4K clips to your editing software for editing smoothly.
Convert Panasonic HC-X1500 video to ProRes codec for FCP X
1. Once launch the program, click “Add File” button to load your source MOV, MP4, AVCHD clips into this best 4K Video Converter. You are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time.
2. Click on”Format”bar and from the dropdown menu to select “Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as target format. This format is specially designed for using in FCP X.
3. For editing Panasonic HC-X1500 4K footage in FCP X with the best quality.
Go to the Profile Settings interface by clicking “Settings” button to optimize the output file quality according to your needs.
4. Click “Edit”, you can trim, crop the loaded .mov, .mp4, .mts files. For getting 3D videos, you can add 3D effect onto these videos easily.
5. When above steps finished, you can click “Convert” button to start converting Panasonic HC-X1500 recordings to ProRes codec on Mac OS X for editing in FCP X with a super fast speed.
After the conversion, back to the H.265 to FCP X Converter main interface, you can simply click “Open” button to get the generated files and then import Panasonic HC-X1500 MOV, MP4 and AVCHD into FCP X to do further editing.
Convert Panasonic HC-X1500 video to MPEG-2 codec for Premiere Pro CC
1. Once launch the program, click “Add File” button to load your source MOV, MP4, AVCHD clips into this H.265 to Premiere Pro CC Converter. You are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time.
2. Click on”Format”bar and from the dropdown menu to select “Editing Software > Adobe Premiere MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as target format. This format is specially designed for using in Premiere Pro CC.
3. For editing Panasonic HC-X1500 4K footage in Premiere Pro CC with the best quality.
Go to the Profile Settings interface by clicking “Settings” button to optimize the output file quality according to your needs.
4. Click “Edit”, you can trim, crop the loaded Panasonic HC-X1500 files. For getting 3D videos, you can add 3D effect onto these videos easily.
5. When above steps finished, you can click “Convert” button to start converting Panasonic HC-X1500 recordings to MPEG-2 codec for editing in Premiere Pro CC with a super fast speed.
After the conversion, you can simply click “Open” button to get the generated files and then import Panasonic HC-X1500 MOV, MP4 and AVCHD into Premiere Pro CC to do further editing.
