Edit Blackmagic Design URSA Camera 4K files on Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 smoothly

Summary: Want to import and edit Blackmagic Design URSA 4K footage in Premiere Pro without problems? Read on and check out the best solution below!

Blackmagic Design URSA Camera, the world's first high end digital film camera designed to revolutionize workflow on set. This camera conatins a massive 10 inch fold out on set monitor, a new user upgradeable 4.6K Super 35 image sensor with a massive 15 stops of dynamic range, 12G-SDI for handling the ergonomics of large film crews as well as single person use. It gives you two recording modes: Apple ProRes 422 HQ and losslessly compressed CinemaDNG RAW.

However, something turns to be frustrated when you importing Blackmagic Ursa 4K footage into Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 for further editing. On one hand, ProRes in a MOV file format from Blackmagic URSA is beyond the compatibility of Adobe Premiere Pro. What’s more, handling 4K video in Adobe Premiere Pro (CS4/CS5/CS6/CC) is extremely hardware intensive. To solve those problems, you're advised to compress and convert Blackmagic 4K files to MPEG-2, which ensures the maximum efficiency and quality when working with Premiere Pro.

Here I'll take Brorsoft 4K Video Converter for Mac as example to walk you through the conversion of 4K to MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro. Applying it, you are able to convert Blackmagic 4K files to Adobe Premiere more compatible format MPEG-2 without quality loss. Plus, this 4K video app can also encode any 4K videos including XAVC/XAVC S, 4K MP4, 4K MOV, etc to FCP, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, etc.

Step 1. Download, install and run the BlackMagic 4K Converter Mac and click "Add Videos" icon to load your source videos from Blackmagic URSA.



Step 2. Choose ProRes as output format

2. Click on the “Format” bar and choose a best editable format. For editing Blackmagic 4K in Adobe Premiere, choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas --> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output

format.



Step 3. Adjust video, audio settings

3. Set proper video/ audio parameters. Click the “Settings” button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and fame rate. You can keep original 4K resolution or adjust video size to 2K or 1080 full HD as you need.



Step 4. Start conversion

After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the 4K video to MPEG-2 conversion on Mac OS X. Once the conversion process shows in 100%, click Open to get the output videos. Create a project and start editing 4K video in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 with light speed.

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Editing GoPro Hero4 4K video in Premiere Pro smoothly

Summary: This article aims for showing a quick and easy workaround to import and edit GoPro Hereo4 4K videos in Premiere Pro with smooth workflow.

GoPro HERO4, the most advanced GoPros yet, takes Emmy Award-winning GoPro performance to a whole new level. The camera's processor is twice as powerful as its predecessor's, allowing you to record at up to 4K resolution at 30 frames per second. It can also capture 1080p at 120fps, which can make for some very smooth video when shooting fast-moving scenes, as well as cool slow-motion clips. Beyond doubts, GoPro Hereo4 Black would be doomed to the best choice for videographers who are found in outdoor activities.

After recording some stunning 4K footage via GoPro Herp4, you might want to edit them before sharing with your family and friends, while things would be a little more complicated when you work with the GoPro 4K files in Adobe Premiere Pro (CC included): Some problems such as not showing the video but audio only, unsupported file type when playing and editing GoPro Hero4 video in Adobe, especially in 4K.

According to our multiple testing, we found two basic reason behind here. As we all know, GoPro Here4 records video in .mp4, which seems Adobe Premiere Pro(including the recent Premier Pro CS6) does not like the way. In addition, it's not an easy job to handle with 4K files well for Premiere Pro. To solve all described problems, the easy and quick workaround is to transcode GoPro Hero4 (4K) MP4 files to Premiere Pro editing-friendly formats (MPG/WMV/MOV in 1080p are highly recommended) as primary delivery format.

To complete this task perfectly, here I strongly recommend you adopt Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. By running it, there's no need to set the codec by yourself: the Mac program has a optimized preset (MPEG-2) for Adobe Premiere Pro (Premiere Pro CC included). Besides Premiere, this program can also export DNxHD for Avid, Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro, Apple Intermediate Codec for iMovie and more NLE systems for editing. If you are Windows users, Video Converter is the alternative choice. Simply download the program and follow the step-by-step guide to ingest GoPro HD footage to Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6 for smoothly playback and editing.

Download GoPro Camera Video Converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

How to transcode GoPro MP4 files for Adobe Premiere Pro

Step 1: Load Gopro Camera video files

Install and launch Brorsoft Video Converter on your Mac and load source MP4 clips to it. You can import MP4 clips to the program through "Add Video" button or "Add from folder" button.



Step 2: Choose Premiere Pro preferred format

Click "Format" pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.



Tip - Profile Settings: In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click "Settings" button and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3: Start converting GoPro MP4 to Premiere friendly video format

Click "Convert" button to start transcoding Gopro HD MP4 video to MPG/MOV/WMV for importing to Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6. When the conversion task is finished, click "Open" button to get the exported files.

Step 4: Import converted MP4 files into Premiere Pro

You're now ready to get the result files into Adobe Premiere Pro to do further editing. Launch Premiere Pro on your Mac, choose "File > Import to import any file. If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, press Command+I to open the standard Import dialog.

How to Import MTS to Final Cut Pro for further editing

Summary: This article mainly shows you how to convert MTS to ProRes MOV, so that you can edit MTS files in Final Cut Pro with a smooth workflow.

MTS is commonly found in avchd video clips recorded from camcorders of Panasonic, Sony, JVC, and Canon. Right click the AVCHD file, you can find footage are divided into several .mts or m2ts clips for preserving. These MTS/ M2TS files are natively supported by Final Cut Pro. But usually, you may come across various problems when you import M2TS/MTS to Final Cut Pro for editing. Why it happened?

In fact, Final Cut Pro X and FCP 7 makes it easy to work with the latest AVCHD file-based devices, but only several kinds of camcorders like Sony XDCAM HD are involved in the list. So when you are experiencing difficulties with ingesting AVCHD .mts or .m2ts files into Final Cut Pro, you may obtain an unlisted cam. Besides, the highly-compressed AVCHD content is not so friendly for editing software. Then, how to get Final Cut Pro working perfectly with AVCHD MTS footage? A best way is to convert MTS files to ProRes .mov, something ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with FCP.

In order to finish this task, you're highly advised to adopt the the easy-to-use yet professional app called Brorosft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac which can be used as a AVCHD MTS to FCP Converter under Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8, etc. It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode MTS to Apple ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HD, ProRes 422 LT, ProRes 4444 for FCP, MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, DNxHD .mov for Avid MC, etc., and it works well and converts flawlessly. Below is how.

Free Download the AVCHD Converter Mac:

( Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Step 1: Install and run the Mac MTS to FCP Converter, you can click "Add Video" button (or "Add from folder") to load AVCHD MTS source files.



Step 2: Click on "Format" bar and set a FCP friendly format in dropdown-list. You are advised to "Follow Final Cut Pro" template and "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" format.



Step 3: Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters if necessary. Video size, bitrate and fame rate are flexible and can be adjusted as you like. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing.



Step 4: Click "Convert" to start converting the MTS/M2TS to Apple ProRes 422 codec. After conversion just click the "Open" button to locate converted video files for FCP post-production seamlessly.

Step 5: Launch Final Cut Pro 7/FCP 6, choose File >> Import >> Files..., and browse to where you save the converted AVCHD clips to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add.

Easy way to Transfer Sony FDR-X1000V 4K to FCP/Premiere

Summary: Encounter trouble while importing Sony FDR-X1000V 4K XAVC S files to FCP or Premiere Pro for editing? This article will teach you how to open Sony FDR-X1000V 4K XAVC S files in FCP or Premiere Pro smoothly.



The Sony X1000V is by far Sony's best attempt at an action cam. A big performance plus on the X1000V is the ability to record 4K at a whopping 100 Mb/s which improves image motion and overall quality. With its Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity, you can go just about anywhere, prove you are there in glorious 4K quality and share your experiences with your online friends wherever they are in the world.

Maybe you have recorded some footage and wondering how to import Sony FDR-X1000V XAVC S videos to FCP, Premiere Pro or other editing software for editing natively on Mac. As we know, Sony FDR-X1000V recordings are in XAVC S or MP4 format and XAVC S, a long GOP inter-frame codec, does not appear to be supported by most NLEs including FCP or Premiere Pro. So you may encounter importing problems, or can’t edit Sony FDR-X1000V 4K footage in FCP or Premiere Pro smoothly, besides, it will take a long time to render. In order to fix all these problems, you'd better convert XAVC S from Sony FDR-X1000V to Adobe PP/FCP friendly codec initially.

Based on our multiple testing and other users’ feedback, here I highly recommend you try the Brorsoft XAVC S Video Converter for Mac which is able to convert XAVC S files from Sony FDR-X1000V to FCP, Premiere fully compatible format and keep original quality at the mean while. It can also export ProRes for Final Cut Pro, Apple InterMedaite Codec(AIC) for iMovie/FCE, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer and more NLE systems for native editing. Download the software and follow the guide to finish the conversion task. If you’re using a Windows, please turn to its equivalent Windows version- Video Converter, which can help you solve the XAVC S incompatibility issues on Windows(10).

Download the XAVC S Video Converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

How to Import Sony X1000V XAVC S to FCP/Premiere for editing

Step 1: Load XAVC S footage

Launch the XAVC S to Premiere Pro Converter and click “Add File” button to locate the Sony FDR-X1000V XAVC S files you want to add. Or you can drag & drop the files into software window list directly.



Step 2. Hit the Format box to select the specially designed video codec for editing in Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro.

a. For importing Sony FDR-X1000V XAVC S to Final Cut Pro X/7, you can choose “Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov)” as output format.



b. To edit Sony FDR-X1000V XAVC S video in Premiere Pro, Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.



Step 3. Adjust the video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP and Premiere Pro editing.

Step 4. Click the arrow button to start transcoding Sony FDR-X1000V 4K XAVC S to .MOV(ProRes for FCP, MPEG-2 for Premiere) on Mac OS X.

After the conversion finished, you can easily transfer your 4K footage from Sony FDR-X1000V to FCP, Premiere for further editing without any problem.

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Import Panasonic HC-X920 1080 60p/50p AVCHD to Premiere/Avid

Summary: Have some 1080/50p 60p AVCHD from Panasonic HC-X920 but encounter issues when importing to Premiere or Avid? In this article, we'll quickly walk you through the most effective way for working Panasonic HC-X920 footage with Premiere/Avid.



Ever have experienced Panasonic HC-X920, the top-of-the-line High Definition Camcorder? With it, you can record Full HD .mts clips at 1080/60p or 50p mode. While enjoying the stunning HD image quality, many folks complain that they have encountered kinds of issues when importing AVCHD 1080 60p/50p videos to some prevalent editors, including Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and so on for further editing as below:

"I want to edit the 1080 60p recordings from Panasonic HC-920 in Avid MC 5. But I couldn’t successfully importing the videos to MC with AMA. Any idea?"

"I have recently bought a Panasonic HD camcorder HC-X920 and got some 1080/50p AVCHD files. When I try to import clips into My Premiere CC, I get a message; "this mpeg is not supported." is there anyone here know how can I work it out?"

As a matter of fact, 1080 60p/50p is a non-standard frame rate, which usually used for capturing smooth slow motions and unsupported by common editing software including Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc. Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the problems. Actually, it's not as difficult as you imagine. What you need is just a common video converter like Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, which can be used as a professional and easy-to-use MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac(El Capitan included).

The program can help you transcode Panasonic HC-X920 1080 60p/50p AVCHD footage to various professional encoders, Apple Intermediate Codec, MPEG-2, ProRes and DNxHD, DVCPRO, HDV - ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, FCP and more. Plus, with advanced audio and video in sync technology, the program is able to guarantee audio and video matching very well. If you are a Windows user, please turn to the Windows version. Now just get the program and follow the step-by-step guide below to convert and import Panasonic HC-X920 1080 60p/50p AVCHD footage to Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6, Avid Media Composer for editing smoothly.

Guide: Convert Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD to Premiere/Avid

Step 1. Load the Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD footage

Connect your Panasonic X920 HD camcorder to your Mac with USB2.0. Install, and launch Brorsoft MTS Converter on your Mac, and then click the adding button to import your AVCHD (.mts) clips.

Tip: You can select the "Merge into one" function to combine your multiple AVCHD files together.



Step 2. Select output format

By running Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, there is no need to set the codec yourself, the program has optimized presets for Avid and Adobe Premiere.

Converting to Adobe Premiere Pro

To work you Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD footage in Premiere CC/CS6/CS5, simply choose "MPEG-2" as the output format from "Editing" software.



Converting to Avid Media Composer

To edit the C500 footage in Avid smoothly, choose "DNxHD" for the output.



Tips: The default settings of the recommended presets work well and ensure a smooth editing. Of course, if you want to customize video and audio encoding settings, just click the "Settings" button to customize these settings. You can adjust the output video/audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc. to customize the output files to get the best quality you want.

Step 3. Start transcoding

Finally, click the "Convert" button to start the conversion process. After a while, your files will be converted into a more editing-friendly format ready to be imported into Premiere or Avid.

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How to Copy Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Pro 11/12/13

Summary: Sony Vegas does not support Blu-ray importing and editing. To load Blu-ray files to Sony Vegas, you'll need to convert Blu-ray to a more editing-friendly format.

"I was wondering if someone could help me with a problem I am having with copying Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Pro? I need to get a short video clip from Blu-ray and edit in Sony Vegas Pro for my presentation. When I trying to import the Blu-ray into Sony Vegas Pro, it fails to read the disc. Any help?"

Sony Vegas is Windows-based video editing software for making home movies, especially for editing camcorder videos. There are may some occasions, like the above person, chances are you want to import Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Pro for further editing, only to encounter with tricky importing issues. Well, don't worry, this article I will show you a solution to import, edit Blu-ray files in Sony Vegas Pro 10/11/12/13 smoothly.

In fact, although Sony Vegas Pro can support a wide rang of file formats, as far as I know, still doesn't accept Blu-ray format. In addition, as we all know, most commercial Blu-ray discs are protected by various copy protections so that it's hard to copy Blu-ray contents directly. In this case, to fix all these problems you need a powerful third-party program which enables you to rip and convert Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Pro 13/12/11 preferred video formats.

In order to finish the task perfectly, you can use Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper. It can easily convert Blu-ray to a more editing-friendly format for Sony Vegas Pro through bypassing all kinds of Blu-ray copy protections. No matter what version of the NLE apps you are applying, and what Windows system you are working on, this Blu-ray ripper will assist you to import Blu-ray files to Sony Vegas Pro as well as Adobe Premiere Pro, Pinnacle Studio, Windows Movie Maker, etc for editing smoothly. Download it and follow its step-by-step instruction below to learn how to rip and import Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Pro.

Download Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Converter:



How to import Blu-ray movies to Sony Vegas Pro for smooth editing

Step 1. Download, install and launch the Blu-ray ripper. Click the disc button to choose the Blu-ray files you want to convert. Note that you can also import Blu-ray Folders, ISO/IFO files.



Step 2. Click "Format" bar to determine output format. For smoothly editing in Vegas, you are recommended to choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas" and select "MPEG-2(*.mpg)". This format is best for Sony Vegas Pro editing.



Step 3. If you would like to customize the video and audio parameters, you can click "settings", adjust the parameters as you want, like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels.

Step 4. Click "Convert" to start to convert Blu-ray to Sony Vegas Pro. When the conversion completes, locate the results videos ready to be imported into Vegas.

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How to Import Blackmagic Design URSA Camera 4K files to FCP X/7

Summary: Follow this tutorial to learn the best workflow for importing and editing Blackmagic Ursa 4K footage in Final Cut Pro X/7.

Blackmagic Design URSA Camera features a form factor that is designed to make it flexible enough to use on productions of all sizes. At the heart of the imaging system, Blackmagic URSA equips a 3840 x 2160 resolution, global shutter CMOS sensor with 12 stops of dynamic range. It offers you two recording modes: Apple ProRes 422 HQ and losslessly compressed CinemaDNG RAW.



After recording some amazing 4K videos with Blackmagic Design URSA camera, chances are you want to load these 4K footage into Final Cut Pro X/7 for making your own masterpiece. But sometimes you might get frustrated to find FCP cannot recognize Blackmagic URSA 4K footage. That's because Blackmagic camera recorded 4K RAW video format is beyond the compatibility of FCP, what’s more, handling 4K video in Final Cut Pro X/7/6 is extremely hardware intensive. To solve the problem, you need to convert BlackMagic Ursa 4K RAW files to Final Cut Pro supported format like ProRes 422 with Brorsoft 4K Video Converter for Mac.

The program is an easy-to-use yet professional Blackmagic 4K Converter. It’s able to convert 4K RAW files to Final Cut Pro X/7 more compatible format ProRes 422 or ProRes 4444 without quality loss. Plus, this 4K video app can also encode any 4K videos including XAVC/XAVC S, 4K MP4, 4K MOV, etc to Premiere Pro, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, etc. Besides, this 4K Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size like 1080p, 2K, 4K as users want. Download the tool and start the 4K video conversion on Mac(Mavericks included).

Convert Blackmagic URSA 4K videos to ProRes MOV for FCP X/7 on Mac

Step 1. Download, install and run the BlackMagic 4K Converter Mac; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source videos from Blackmagic URSA.



Step 2. Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format.



Step 3. Set proper video/ audio parameters. Click the “Settings” button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and fame rate. You can keep original 4K resolution or adjust video size to 2K or 1080 full HD as you need.



Step 4. Hit the convert button, it will start converting 4K RAW from Blackmagic URSA to Final Cut Pro X/7 compatible format immediately. Soon after the conversion, just click “Open” button to get the generated files for natively editing in Final Cut Pro X/7/6 perfectly.

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