How to import flash SWF file to Final Cut Pro for editing

A step by step tutorial on how to convert SWF to Final Cut Pro edit-friendly formats for further editing.


Final Cut Pro is the ultimate MAC video editor, which has gained the favor of many professional users including Hollywood films makers. But it only takes QuickTime and iMovie compatible video formats such as QuickTime MOV, QuickTime MP4, DV, HDV MPEG, ProRes,etc. Unfortunately, SWF is not included in the above list. So if you happen to have bunch of videos that are in .swf format and want to edit those swf clips in Final Cut Pro. The quick workaround is to convert SWF to Final Cut Pro more acceptable format such as ProRes codec, which the most optimized editing format for Final Cut Pro.


Now we just need a third party program to fullfil the task of SWF to ProRes on FCP x/6/7 conversion. Here you can turn to simple yet efficient application Brorsoft Mac Video Converter for help. Applaying this app, you can effortlessly convert SWF files to Apple ProRes 422/422HD/422LT/4444 for FCP X/6/7, as well as MPEG-2, DNxHD.MOV, AIC to fit seamlessly for other popular editing softwares such as Adobe Promiere, Avid MAC, iMovie. What's more, the entire converting process is at 6x faster speed with zero quality loss. Besides some easy-to-use editing functions like trimming,cropping,adding watermark,deinterlacing and etc are combined with the program. Below only a few clicks, you can complete the conversion soomthly.

How to convert SWF to ProRes for Final Cut Pro

Step 1: Locate the original SWF file

Download and runSWF to FCP Converteron Mac, and then click the "Add" button to import the .swf videos to the program. (Drag and Drop is also an convenient way to load the videos.)



Step 2: Set output format

Click "format" bar and choose "Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as Final Cut Pro compatible format for editing SWF files in FCP smoothly.



Tips: Click "settings" to customize the output parameters- adjust the video size, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel, etc to get a decent video for editing in Final Cut Pro.



Step 3: Start SWF to ProRes MOV conversion

Click the "Convert" button to start converting SWF to ProRes MOV for FCP. After the conversion, click the Open button to locate the output files and import to Final Cut Pro for editing flawlessly.