Fujifilm GFX 100S 4K MOV to Premiere Pro workflow

Are you want to buy a smaller and lighter camera? Now the wish has finally been fulfilled in the GFX 100S, which is a GFX 100 with the same 102 Mp image chip we already know well, only in a much smaller and lighter camera body. Here you get the same extreme resolution, image dynamics and color depth, from 14- or 16-bit raw files, and video recording in 4K quality. 102MP Raw files in 14 or 16 bit with a choice of lossy, lossless or no compression, DCI or UHD 4K video at up to 30p and up to 400Mbps, with the option to output uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 or a 12-bit Raw stream over HDMI.

GFX 100S can capture 4K UHD videos and HD videos in MOV format, this format can maintain the high quality for you. Maybe you have recorded some 4K H.265/HEVC MOV videos with Fujifilm GFX 100S camera, do you want to import the 4K MOV footage to Premiere Pro CC for editing natively? Please follow this article, we will share the best way to edit 4K H.265/HEVC in Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5 smoothly.

Nowadays more and more camcorders and cameras have the ability to capture 4K videos, and users have higher quality requirement to 4K and 1080p videos, Fujifilm GFX 100S is an excellent camcorder that can capture 4K HDR videos. The GFX 100S is so powerful, it features Proxy Recording, Slow and Quick Motion, S-Gamut and S-Log Picture Profiles, Focus Tracking, Manual Lens Ring, Built-In ND Filters, Dual Memory Card Slots, 4K HDMI Output, etc. these features make GFX 100S stand out among cameras, if you want a camcorder that can record high quality videos, GFX 100S will meet with your need.

How to edit Fujifilm GFX 100S 4K MOV files with Premiere Pro natively?

“Hi there, I am new to video recording field, I just bought the Fujifilm GFX 100S from the store and recorded some 4K samples in the past day, now I am trying to load these recordings into Premiere Pro CC for editing, but I found the GFX 100S recorded 4K MOV files are not well supported by Adobe editing software, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong with my method? Any suggestion is appreciated, thank you in advance!”

As more and more users get the Fujifilm GFX 100S and recorded 4K videos, more questions are asked, the question showed above is asked by GFX 100S user, he encountered the Fujifilm GFX 100S Premiere Pro editing problem, this problem is a hot problem that reported by many users. Why Fujifilm GFX 100S 4K MOV files can’t be supported by Premiere Pro natively? It is caused by the video codec that Sony FDR-AX700 uses, from Sony FDR-AX700 user manual or official page, you will know that Sony FDR-AX700 records 4K MP4 videos in XAVC S codec, this codec is not natively supported codec of Premiere Pro and other editing programs, so when you load Fujifilm GFX 100S 4K H.265/HEVC MOV videos to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5, you encountered the importing and editing issue.

Fujifilm GFX 100S 4K MOV to Premiere Pro workflow

To edit Fujifilm GFX 100S H.265/HEVC .mov files in Premiere Pro natively, the best workflow is to convert H.265/HEVC to H.264 or MPEG-2 codec, because the H.265and MPEG-2 codec is the native supported editing codec of Adobe editing software, once you convert 4K H.265 files from GFX 100S to Premiere Pro native editing formats, you will be able to edit your clips smoothly, and there will be no editing issues anymore. To convert 4K H.265/HEVC, you are recommended to use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, this is the top Windows and Mac H.265 video converter, it will help you to convert all the Fujifilm GFX 100S videos to Premiere Pro native editing formats. 4K UHD videos, full HD videos, Blu-ray disc movies and DVD disc movies are all supported to import and convert. Below are easy steps that you can follow, and you will be able to convert Fujifilm GFX 100S recording for Premiere Pro with just few clicks.

Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is the perfect companion for your Fujifilm, Sony, Canon, Panasonic and JVC cameras. With it, you can effortlessly transcode/rewrap MOV, MP4, MXF, MTS format to various professinal encoders – Apple Intermediate Codec, ProRes and DNxHD, DVCPRO, HDV, MPEG-2 – ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Vegas Pro, DaVinci Resolve and more. Besides, this great utility can also help you do accurate trim, crop, merge, and edit your video files before conversion.

Step 1. Download and install Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Windows or Mac on your computer, and launch this Fujifilm video converter on your computer.

Step 2. After you launched this 4K video converter, click “Add Files” on the top left corner on the main interface, and then you can load the Fujifilm GFX 100S videos that you want to convert, batch loading and converting is supported by this best H.265/HEVC video converter.

Step 3. Select Premiere Pro CC natively supported codec and format for output. Click format bar on the main interface, and then you will see there are many optimized output formats in this 4k video converter, you can choose the output format according to your need. To convert 4K MOV files from Fujifilm GFX 100S to Premiere Pro native editing formats, just choose “Editing Software -> Premiere Pro AVC (*.mov)”, this is the best format for Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5. Of course, you can select MPEG-2 MPG as output format too.

Step 4. If you want to adjust the output videos’ parameters, after you selected the output format, you can change the output parameters by clicking the “Settings” button, you will be able to adjust the resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec, etc. if you don’t need to change them, you can skip this step.

Step 5. Click convert button to start Fujifilm GFX 100S video conversion process.

The best 4K video converter will convert your H.265/HEVC files with top speed and quality, it won’t take too much time if your videos are not so many, when the Fujifilm GFX 100S video conversion is finished, click “Open” button to get the converted videos, and then you can load these converted clips into Premiere Pro CC, CS6 and CS5 and edit smoothly.

Now you may have known the Fujifilm GFX 100S 4K MOV to Premiere Pro workflow, just download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate program from the link and try as you want, hope this software can help you.