Import DJI Phantom 3/4 4K MOV/MP4 footage to FCP 7/X for further editing

Summary: Want to import DJI Phantom 3/4 4K footage into Final Cut Pro 7/X for further editing? This tutorial aims to show you how to transfer Phantom 4K clips into FCP 7/X without any hassles.



No matter DJI Phantom 3 or DJI Phantom 4 both a wonderful aerial camera, with equipped with a complete 4K camera and 3-axis gimbal system. With it, you can record 4K videos at up to 30 frames per second and capture 12 megapixel photos that look crisper and clear. It sounds awesome, isn't? But you'll find it a painful experience when editing DJI Phantom 3/4 4K footage in Final Cut Pro 7/X: your computer freezes, the program crashes, no audio, etc. So, what's the matter? Is there any fluid workflow for editing DJI Phantom 3/4 4K clips in FCP X/7?

According to our careful researches, we come to figure out DJI Phantom 4/3 captures 4K video in MP4 or MOV(up to 4096×2160 24 / 25p, 60 Mbps, with MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 codec) format, which a highly compressed format and not ideal for Final Cut Pro editing. In addition, although Final Cut Pro X 10.1 and its later version can handle 4K video with no problem, its older version is still unable to handle with 4K videos well by far. In order to fix those issues, you'd better to convert DJI Phantom 4/3 4K video to ProRes codec(1080p would be the best settings.), which will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing. Here I'm going to take the Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac as example to take through the workflow step by step.

Overall, the program is the best Mac Video Converter for DJI Phantom 3/4 footage, which will create a FCP X/7 friendly file format- ProRes.mov keeping the original quality in OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks and more. Besides FCP, this software can also export professional encoders like DNxHD for Avid, MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, AIC MOV for iMovie and more. Just with the program, you can edit DJI Phantom 3/4 4K in FCP/Premiere/Avid smoothly.

Download 4K Video converter:



Best Way to import DJI Phantom 4/3 4K files to Final Cut Pro X/7 natively

Step 1: Load DJI Phantom 4/3 4K videos

Run DJI Phantom 4/3 4K to FCP Converter and load 4K MP4/MOV clips to it by clicking “Add” button. You can also drag and drop the 4K files to the software directly from your Hard drive.



Step 2: Select output format you want

For importing DJI Phantom 4/3 4K to Final Cut Pro X/7, you can choose "Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov)" as output format.



Tips: If you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels, please turn to "Settings" page. Usually 1080p is the optimal setting for using in Final Cut Pro X/7. You can downscale DJI Phantom 4K to 1080p.

Step 3: Convert DJI Phantom 4K to Final Cut Pro

Hit the convert button; it will start converting DJI Phantom 4K for importing to FCP X/7. Soon after the conversion, just click "Open" button to get the generated files for editing in FCP X/7 perfectly.

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