Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Import edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K video in Sony Vegas Pro

This guide will show you how to import Panasonic HC-X1000 4K footage to Sony Vegas Pro 13/12/11 without rendering or any other problems. With Panasonic HC-X1000 Video Converter, you can convert 4K video for Vegas PRo, Premiere Pro and so on.

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Announced at IFA in Berlin, Panasonic HC-X1000 is a single-chip, handheld camcorder that supports recording at QFHD/UHD, 3840x2160, cinema 4K and full HD. It offers us a wide choice for video recording format in MOV, MP4 and AVCHD. If you want to edit Panasonic HC-X1000 4K footage, you may find the Ultra HD video files in MP4 are not recognized by most editing software like Sony Vegas Pro, Fina Cut Express, Avid, etc. So, how to ingest Panasonic HC-X1000 4K raw footage to Sony Vegas Pro? Is there a software can do the job?

As far as we know, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 used in Panasonic HC-X1000 is not an ideal editing format for NELs. What's more, Sony Vegas Pro like many editors prefer 1080p as primary delivery format. Hence, the most effective way to import Panasonic X1000 4K to Sony Vegas Pro is to convert HC-X1000 4K MP4 to Sony Vgas Pro most compatible format. It saves you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing.

The workflow will be based on Acrok HD Video Converter, a professional Windows 4K video converter, player and editor. With it, you can effortlessly transcode Panasonic HC-X1000 4K video to various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Sony Vegas Pro (11, 12, 13), Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie and more. And there is no need to worry about the quality loss. This Ultra HD Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size the users want. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

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Converting Panasonic HC-X1000 4K footage to Vegas Pro compatible video

Step 1. Launch the 4K file converter and click add button to import Panasonic 4k clips to the program for converting.

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Step 2. Click "Format" bar to choose the output format. You can freely choose Editing Software > Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas MOV (AVC) (*.mov) for editing Panasonic HC-X1000 4K in Sony Vegas Pro;

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To import Panasonic HC-X1000 4K MP4 to Avid, Editing Software> Avid DNxHD 1080P (*.mov) is the target format. To edit Panasonic HC-X1000 video in FCP X, you can read this guide - Panasonic HC-X1000 4K MP4 and 1080P MOV/AVCHD FCP X workflow

Step 3. Click the Settings button; you can recommended to set the video size, bit rate, fame rate, etc. Here you are recommended to set the video size as 1920*1080 since Sony Vegas Pro 11, 12 and 13 can't support raw 4K video well.

Step 4. Hit the Convert button to start the conversion; it will convert Panasonic HC-X1000 4K MP4 to Sony Vegas Pro friendly format.
After the conversion, click the Open button to get the converted Panasonic HC-X1000 videos for further editing with Sony Vegas Pro smoothly.

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