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Thursday, September 24, 2015

How to Import a DVD into Final Cut Pro X/7/6

The article aims to help you convert DVD to Final Cut Pro compatible video formats so as to import DVD to Final Cut Pro X/7/6 for editng without hassle.



As an ideal video editing tool, Final Cut Pro is widely used by video professionals. The one you choose is mainly based on the source material. There are occasions you find yourself facing DVDs as source videos for a project or need to do some "operation" on DVD with Final Cut Pro. And this article discusses the details how to import footage on DVD into Final Cut Pro for your further editing.


Whether it's for a wedding video, a sport highlight film, or some other project, more and more people have their video footage on DVDs these days. Obviously this is not a wise move for editing - most video editing software doesn't support DVD importing including Final Cut Pro. Well, is there an easy way for importing DVD footage into Final Cut Pro successfully for further editing? In fact, ripping media off a DVD to insert in your video project does not have to be a tricky process, as long as you get a reliable DVD Ripper in hand, which can help you rip and convert DVD to Fianl Cut Pro more edit-friendly format such as Apple ProRes MOV.

There are a number of DVD to FCP video ripping software for creating digital copies that are workable on your Windows. In this article, I'm going to show you a simple yet reliable program called Brorsoft DVD Ripper. With it, you can effortlessly rip DVD to Apple ProRes 422/422HD/422LT/4444 for Final Cut Pro X/7/6 with unprecedented converting speed and unbelievable output quality. What's more, this powerful DVD ripper allows you to fast convert DVD to Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) for iMovie, MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, DNxHD for Avid MC and more to satisfy your different needs. If you are a Mac user, you can turn to the equivalent version - Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac, the same function as the Windows version but applied for Mac(EI Capitan is included). Now download this program and follow this guide below to complete your task.

How to convert DVD movies for editing in Final Cut Pro X/7/6

Step 1. Load your DVD movies > Insert the DVD disc into your DVD drive and drag the disc icon from the desktop to the program to load the DVD files. Alternatively, you can click File > Load from disc to locate and add the DVD movies you want to convert.



Step 2. Select output format > Clicking "Format" bar and choose Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format from the "Final Cut Pro" category. The output videos will work with FCP X/7/6 flawlessly.



As you see, besides converting DVDs for FCP, this DVD ripper for Mac can also help you convert DVD to iMovie, iTunes, Final Cut Express, Avid Media Composer, etc. or directly convert your DVD movies to the format for your iPhone, iPod, iPad, and more.

Step 3. Start DVD to FCP ProRes conversion > After all the settings, click the Convert button to start converting DVD to Final Cut Pro X/7/6 supported video format. A few minutes later, you'll get the converted videos. Now launch Final Cut Pro and click File > Import > Files to import the converted videos to FCP X/7/6 for further editing.

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