Thursday, June 2, 2016

Canon C300 Mark II MXF to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 workflow

This article outlines how to import Canon C300 Mark II XF-AVC into Premiere Pro CC, CS6 and CS5 for smooth editing. Keep reading for a brief how-to.

Canon EOS C300 Mark II MXF to FCP X and Premiere Pro CC Converter

The EOS C300 Mark II is an evolutionary 2nd generation Cinema EOS 4K camera system with a wide range of new and improved features including 4K/2K/Full HD internal and external recording. In this page, we won’t list the features of it, but aims to solve the Canon C300 Mark II recordings to Premiere Pro importing problems. As many users get C300 Mark II, more problems are coming up: some of them have the need to import C300 Mark II XF-AVC to Adobe Premiere Pro or other NLEs for editing on Mac OS X, but they always meet some issues.

As far as I know, the XF-AVC is a new codec, which is not supported by Apple Final Cut Pro. To avoid these problems or limit, it will be better to transcode C300 Mark II MXF footage to a more editing-friendly format, such a Adobe Premiere Pro's H.264 MOV.

Now I share the guide with you how to convert C300 II MXF footage to Premiere Pro friendly format using Acrok MXF Converter for Mac. With it, you can effortlessly convert MXF footage shot from Canon C300 Mark II for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro,  Avid Media Composer and more. And there is no need to worry about the quality loss. For Windows users, you can turn to Acrok MXF Converter.

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How to Losslessly Convert Canon C300 Mark II MXF for Premiere Pro?


1. Download, install and run the MXF to Premiere Pro Converter for Mac; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source Canon C300 Mark II MXF videos.

Canon EOS C300 Mark II Video Converter

2. Click "Format" bar and then move your pointer to "Editing Software > Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas AVC MOV (*.mov)".

Convert Canon EOS C300 Mark II MXF to Premiere Pro CC H.264 MOV

3. Press "Convert" button to start converting.

Now your MXF files will be converted into H.264 MOV files ready to be imported into Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5. You're done! Now you may know how to ingest and edit Canon C300 Mark II MXF footage in Premiere Pro.

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