Edit Leica Q 1080P MP4 video in FCP X and FCP 7

How can I edit Leica Q 1080P MP4 video in Final Cut Pro? Last month, my foreign friends come to visit my family, I took them to play the city’s famous tourist attractions, I borrowed a Leica Q from my best friend for out viewfinder with colleague, to commemorate those unforgettable moments, I use Leica Q shoot some 1080p MP4 videos. Recently, I want to edit these MP4 files in FCP for further editing then share with my friends, but I found it is a trouble for me when I try to import my MP4 footage into FCP and I can’t edit MP4 recordings in FCP 7 smoothly. So who can help me to solve these problems?

Leica Camera AG launched a new feature classic focal length fixed focus lens, and a full-frame sensor with high sensitivity, high-speed compact digital camera Q series cameras on June 10, 2015. Leica Q (Typ 116) is with full-frame sensor, classic Summilux 28mm f / 1.7 lens, Maestro II high-speed processor, while has excellent focus speed and provide maximum continuous shooting speed of 10fps, it also can record 108060p video. Many professional photographers are expected to have this excellent camera, and they prefer to edit the HD videos in FCP (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6).

However, to our regrettable, editing Leica Q MP4 files in FCP directly is difficult to achieve currently, because FCP can’t recognize the AVCHD recordings from Leica Q. From FCP Official website, we can know FCP X is imcompatible with AVCHD format from Leica Q still far. That’s why Leica Q fails to import 1080P AVCHD files to FCP. So to ensure a smooth workflow, you need to transcode Leica Q 1080P MPEG-4 footage to FCP natively support codec. It is recommended Apple ProRes (422/4444) video as the best FCP editing format. Here, you have come into the right place, Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac can get the job done after converting. This Leica Q to FCP converter is an all-in-one HD video converter, editor and even video player compatible with Mac OS X Yosemite. To get rid of this trouble, you can follow the easiest and quickest way here. Please read on below guide patiently.

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How to convert Leica Q 1080P MP4 for Final Cut Pro?

Step 1: Load your Leica Q 1080P MP4 footage by click “Add files”. Directly drag videos into this Acrok HD Video Converter is available.

Step 2:  Click the “Format” bar and choose “Final Cut Pro” category, then choose “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format. If you like, you can choose “Apple ProRes 4444 (*mov)” as target format.

Tip: If you want to watch your 2D recordings on your player via 3D effect smoothly, you also click “Editing” icon to add 3D effect onto the loaded videos.

Step 3: Click the convert button, and the conversion from Leica Q 1080P MPEH-4 MP4 to ProRes MOV for FCP starts immediately. When the conversion is finished, click “Open” option to find the converted files. Then you can import encoded Leica recordings to Final cut pro for editing natively, please take a free try on this program, hope it can help you to edit easily.