Just several weeks ago Canon released its new XF series camcorder the XF705, this professional camcorder has many new features and powerful hardware, many fans have waited this professional camcorder for long time, now more and more users or studios have got this excellent camcorder. In order to help you edit Canon XF705 4K MXF in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 smoothly, we would like to share the best Canon XF705 Premiere Pro importing and editing workflow, please read it.

Since Canon XF705 camcorder released, many users have decided to purchase this new camcorder to capture high quality 4K videos. The Canon XF705 has many advanced features, for example, it applies the xf-hevc video format newly developed by canon based on h.265 hevc coding technology, which can record HDR video on a SD card with high versatility while achieving high compression ratio and high image quality. Due to the high quality video files recorded, XF705 can provide a more efficient workflow from shooting to editing. It is one of the best professional camcorders to purchase at current time.

How to edit Canon XF705 4K MXF in Premiere Pro natively?

“Hi guys, I got a Canon XF705 camcorder which capture 4K videos in the MXF video format, I have recorded some 4K UHD footages in the past days, in order to make the videos better, I want to import and edit Canon XF705 4K MXF in Premiere Pro CC, but when I loaded 4K MXF files from Canon XF705 to Premiere Pro CC, I found the recordings are not supported by Premiere Pro, is there something wrong with my method? Can you help me to solve the issue? Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!”

Canon XF705 4K MXF videos are produced by the XF series camcorder, the MXF format is the professional format for the digital recording of high-definition video, and this format is adapted by many high-end camcorders. The Canon XF705 4K MXF video file has extension of mxf, due to the special codec and format of the MXF videos, most video players and editing programs can’t support Canon XF705 4K MXF directly on Windows and Mac.

In this case, Canon XF705 4K MXF is incompatible with most popular players and editing programs like Premiere Pro CC, Premiere Pro CS6/CS5, etc. so if you want to load 4K MXF files from Canon XF705 to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 for editing smoothly, you will meet with importing and editing issues. How to solve Canon XF705 Premiere Pro importing and editing issues? To edit Canon XF705 4K MXF files in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 natively, the best solution is to convert Canon XF705 4K MXF to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 supported video formats.

Best Canon XF705 to Premiere Pro 4K video converter

To convert Canon XF705 MXF to Premiere Pro native supported format, you are recommended to use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, this is the ideal Canon XF705 4K MXF converter to help you finish the MXF conversion. With it, you can convert Canon XF705 4K MXF on Windows 7/8 and Windows 10 without any troubles, Mac version are also available to use. Besides, it comes with built-in MXF video editor that lets you personalize your Canon XF705 4K MXF videos so that you can convert the clips you want. Just get the 4k video converter and follow the steps below to get the Canon XF705 to Premiere Pro work done.

Canon XF705 Premiere Pro Conversion and Editing workflow

Step 1. Download and install Acrok Video Converter Ultimate Windows version or Mac version on your computer, launch this MXF converter you will see the brief main interface.

Step 2. Launch the best Canon XF705 4K MXF file converter. Then on the main interface of the 4k video converter, click “Add Files” to import the Canon XF705 4K MXF videos you want to convert. Alternatively, you can directly drag Canon XF705 videos to the software for conversion. If you want to merge several 4K MXF files into one, just select them from the file list and select the “Merge all files into one” option on the “Edit” window.

Step 3. Choose Premiere Pro supported format from the drop down list of output format column. Here you can choose “Editing Software -> Adobe Premiere Pro” as the export format to meet your needs, Premiere Pro WMV format is recommended on Windows, and Premiere Pro MOV format is recommended on Mac.

Step 4. Editing feature is very easy to use in this Canon XF705 Premiere Pro converter. Click “Edit” button on the main interface, you will be able to use the trim, crop, add watermark or adjust effect feature, these editing features are convenient to use.

Step 5. This is the final step, when all the settings are done, you can click the Convert button to start converting Canon XF705 4K MXF to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5.

When the conversion is finished, click open button to get the converted Canon XF705 video files, and then you can import the converted recordings into Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 for editing with native formats, there will be no importing or editing issues anymore, you can edit Canon XF705 4K video in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 as you want.