Convert H.264 MOV from FinePix-hs 30, Nikon D51/D31 to ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro

Nikon Digital SLRs combine the latest in technology with ease of use to produce incredible digital images and videos. Many of you may have one DSLR camera like Nikon D90, D31, D51 and so on. As a director or video editor, you may want to edit the videos in professional edit program such as Final Cut Pro after recording your ideas or moments into HD videos with Nikon D-SLR. Then you will come to various problems considering importing or editing H.264 videos into FCP preferred formats. As you may know that Nikon MOV videos shot by D31, D51 etc. are a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a optimized editing format.

As a strong competitor of Nikon DSLR camcorder, Fuji FinePix-hs 30 has great performance on video quality but it also falls into the problem of H.264 encoded MOV as FCP is very picky on video codec.

To edit FinePix-hs 30, Nikon D51 and D31 H.264 footage in FCP, the best solution is to convert H.264 MOV to ProRes MOV codec which is preferred by Final Cut Pro.

In order to convert H.264 MOV from Fuji and Nikon to FCP compatible format without too much quality loss as well as quickly, an all-in-one Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended, as a powerful Mac H.264 MOV to FCP Converter to which suits most HD camcorders of Sony, Nikon and Fuji. Now just download it and follow the steps below to get this program work smoothly to import H.264 MOV to Final Cut Pro.

PS. You can purchase the Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac or download a trial to make sure it works before making decision.

FYI: If you are a Windows user, pls refer to here to lean how to work with this program on PC.

Convert H.264 MOV from FinePix HS30 and Nikon D51/D31 to FCP

Step 1. Install and lauch the Pavtube H.264 MOV to FCP Converter for Mac,click "add videos" to load individual videos, otherwise you can click "add from folder" to load the whole folder.

Step 2. Click "Format" preset and choose "Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as best video format for Final Cut Pro.

Usually the normal ProRes 422 codec will output good video quality for normal use; If you want to get better video quality, the ProRes 422 HQ is suggested.

* PS: To learn how to get started with this program, pls click here for more details.

Step 3. Click "Convert" and let it go, it will show you time left for reference. This best Mac H.264 MOV to FCP converter also supports batch conversion and will help you to shut down the computer so that you could leave with no need to keep an eye on it.

Tips: You can click "Settings" to choose high quality and bitrate in order to output clearer videos.

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