How to Convert MXF to MOV and Edit MXF on FCP/iMovie Freely

At present, people have got much more free time to do something they like for fun. For instance, they prefer to make home videos at their spare time. Thanks to the fast developed technology, we have got much more choices when comes to the HD camcorders. Canon XF3, Panasonic HVX200, Sony handycam, Canon C500 and more are some of the most popular camcorders that capture beautiful pictures and record wonderful moments in high quality. Yes, those camcorders bring us much convenience and great joy. When we are having a birthday party with many friends, we can record the joyful moments; when we are out on holiday, we can record the beautiful scene all along the journey. We can review those recorded videos whenever we want. Perhaps, we may also want to do some personal editing to the videos to make them funnier and more perfect.

 Before we doing that, there is one thing we should know. That is those camcorders save the videos in MXF format which cannot by imported to Mac or Mac application like FCP, iMovie, QuickTime and more.

You may feel upset about that. Cheer up! In this situation, you need to use a good mac mxf converter to convert mxf to mov, AVI, MP4, WMV, MPEG-2 and other common video formats easily. It is capable of doing lots of job related to the MXF format. For instance, if you have got videos recorded by Sony handycam, you can edit Sony handycam files in imovie easily and quickly.

The converter we are talking about here is the Doremisoft Video Converter. With it, we are able to convert Canon C500 MXF to mov and then import it to FCP or iMovie for editing freely.

Now, download the free trial versions by clicking the following links and follow the instructions to convert mxf to mov as below.

Mac user: AVCHD Mac user: AVCHD Video Converter for Mac

Window user: AVCHD Converter for Windows .

Step1: Import MXF files to the Converter Download the video converter, install it, and then run the program. Press the “Add Files” button in the main screen to upload the source MXF footages to the converter.

Step 2: Choose the proper output format Click the “Convert to” menu, select the proper output format from the drop-down list. Here, we select “Final Cut Pro”--“Apple ProRess 422 (*.mov)” as the output format.

Step 3: Start the conversion Click the big button to start the conversion which will be done in a short time.

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