Best Editing Workflow of Canon XC10 XF-AVC MXF in FCP X El Capitan

Working with Canon XC10 XF-AVC in FCP X

Having just bought the XC10 camera I'm now confused as to how to import / work with the Canon XF-AVC files in FCPX. I've downloaded the Canon XFUtility of XF-AVC but this does not seem to enable me to import or transcode the files for use in FCPX . Do I need to transcode the files using third party software?

Canon XC10

Can FCP X work with Canon XC10 XF-AVC codec?

After searching on the Internet, we get the answer from Apple's official website. Final Cut Pro X 10.2.3 supports Canon XF and XF-AVC media when you install additional software from Canon:
1. Use the Updates pane of the Mac App Store to install the latest Pro Video Formats software and to update to Final Cut Pro X version 10.2.3.
2. Download and install the Canon Plug-in 3.1 for Final Cut Pro X from the Canon support website.

Best way to Import Canon XC10 MXF to FCP X

If you have problem to load XC10 XF-AVC MXF into the program with Canon Plug-in and wish to find a fast and fluid workflow of MXF files with FCP X, you can transcode XC10 MXF to FCP X native compatible editing codec - Apple Prores, which is designed by Apple for high-quality and high performance editing in FCP X. Here, you can easily generate different types of Apple Prores codec with our best Mac MXF Converter - Pavtube HD Converter for Mac. You can choose the most suitable one by following the standards below:

If you computer is old or slow, or you just want to do some rough editing, you can select to output "Apple Prores Proxy)(*.mov)"or "Apple Prores (LT)(*.mov)"format to save more space and bandwidth. However, if your computer are powerful enough to handle multicam and high-resolution video and you are going to do many effects editing work with FCP X, you'd better choose to output "Apple Prores 422(*.mov)"or "Apple Prores 422(HQ)(*.mov)"for better performance.

Trim/Merge/Split/Crop MXF files

Before loading the files into iMovie, you can do some basic video editing work with the program's built-in video editing tools. You can trim the video to cut off your unwanted parts, rearrange the video in the right order and merge all the separate video into one single file, split large mxf video into small parts by file size, count or number or crop MXF file to remove the black bars around the video.

How to Transcode and Edit Canon XC10 4K MXF with FCP X?

Step 1: Add MXF files to the program.
Download and install the program on your Mac computer, on the main interface, click the video or folder icon on the top tool bar to load MXF files into the program.

Step 2: Choose output file format.
From "Format" drop-down option, choose iMovie best video editing codec from "iMovie and Final Cut Ex..." > "Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov) to output.

Step 3: Edit Canon XC10 4K MXF files.
Select an item to activate the "Edit" menu, on the "Video Editor" Window, you can play and preview the original video and output effects. Also you can flip video, trim, add special effect, reset, and adjust volume.

Step 4: Start the conversion process.
After all the setting is over, go back to the main interface and hit right-bottom "Convert" button to start to convert XC10 4K MXF video to FCP X best compatible AIC format.

When the conversion is completed, launch iMovie on your Mac computer to import XC10 MXF to FCP X for smooth editing workflow.

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