Edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K MOV and MP4 video in FCP X

How can I edit my Panasonic HC-X1000 4K MOV videos in Final Cut Pro X? Last week, my daughter used Panasonic HC-X1000 shoot some 4K MOV videos in their school sports. She wanted to import them into FCP X for some editing. However, she asked me for help that she can’t edit 4K MOV footage in FCP X. I do not know either. Please help us in how to edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K MOV or MP4 videos in Final Cut Pro X directly, thanks!

The new Panasonic HC-X1000 is a conventional camcorder design but with 4K recording at up to 60fps at 150Mbps or alternatively HD recording at up to 200 Mbps in ALL-I mode. In addition, the camcorder packs a wide variety of professional features and functions and a 20x optical zoom lens into an extremely compact body, enabling the most nimble and mobile shooting as the scene unfolds. It can record in different file formats with MP4, MOV and AVCHD all offered depending on the resolution and frame rate.

For video compression, MOV and MP4 uses the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 standard, supporting a variety of standard, high definition, and stereoscopic (3D) video resolutions.  MOV and MP4 format are supported by some video-editing software like Adobo Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, Adobe Premiere Elements… But these editing software can’t handle 4K footage well. However most people like to edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K recordings in Final Cut Pro (FCP 6, FCP 7, FCPX). From the FCP official website, we know that FCP doesn’t support 4K MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 for editing directly. So when you tried to import some 4K files from Panasonic HC-X1000 to FCP, you will find it’s a hard work. To solve those problems, the quick workaround is to transcode Panasonic HC-X1000 footage to FCP X natively supported formats. Here, you have come into the right place, Acrok HD video converter is a best video converter for you. This 4K to FCP Converter can help you convert Panasonic HC-X1000 MOV and MP4 to Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6). Read the detailed conversion steps as followed, then you would find it piece of cake to edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K video in FPC X.

Download the Acrok HD Video Converter from the website, install and run it.

How to encode Panasonic HC-X1000 4K AVCHD to editable video formats for Final cut pro X?

Step1: Load the Panasonic HC-X1000 4K files
Open the 4K video converter for Mac, then click “Add files” to load the MP4, MOv or MTS footage, or you can drag the files into converter directly.

Tip: If you want to combine Panasonic HC-X1000 4K AVCHD video clips into one file, you can click the “Settings” button then check “Merge into one” box.

Step2: Choose the best output format for FCP X
To import and edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K video in FCP X without any problem. Our software provide the best option for you. Click the “Format” option and choose Final Cut Pro >Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format.

Step3: Transcode Panasonic HC-X1000 video to ProRes
Once the above steps are finished, you can click the “Convert” button, then the conversion from Panasonic HC-X1000 MOV, MP4 or MTS to ProRes for FCP X starts immediately.

Step4: Import the encoded video into FCP X
Click “Open” option, then import the encoded Panasonic HC-X1000 recordings into Final Cut Pro X to do further editing.