The best workflow of Importing and Editing Yuneec Q500 4K Typhoon CGO3-GB Camera 4K with FCP

Summary: If you want to import Yuneec Typhoon Q500 CG03-GB 4K clips to Final Cut Pro for editing without any hassle, you're highly advised to convert 4K to Final Cut Pro friendly video format in proper settings. Learn more details.



The Yuneeec Typhoon Q500 drone, isn't quite as recognizable as the popular DJI Phantom series though, now equipped with a GC03-GB camera, is capable of recording both 4K and HD videos, making it a decent choice for aerial photographers and posing a threat to its rival, the DJI Phantom. However, when importing these 4K footage into Final Cut Pro for further editing, only to find that these Typhoon Q500 CGO3-GB Camera 4K videos can’t be opened, let alone to edit. So, what's the solution?

Granted that, the latest version Final Cut Pro(FCP X 10.1.) has the ability to handle 4K files without much problem, but it is extremely hardware intensive owing to the codec issue and resolution. To solve the problem, you need to convert Typhoon Q500 CGO3-GB 4K to ProRes, ensuring the maximum editing efficiency and quality when working with FCP, with a proper setting(1080p is the best).

To achieve the goal, you can have a try of Brorsoft 4K Video Converter for Mac, a professional 4K Video to FCP Converter app. It provides hundreds of output format presets for 4K videos, such as Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), and Apple ProRes 4444 for Final Cut Pro. Besides, this 4K Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size like 1080p, 2K, 4K as users want. If you are a PC user and willing to transfer Typhoon Q500 CGO3-GB 4K files to Final Cut Pro, Brorsoft Video Converter Windows version is your first choice. Now, download the software on computer and follow the guide below to start conversion.

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How to Convert and Import Yuneec Q500 4K to FCP X/7/6

1. Load 4K files

Install the 4K Video Converter program on Mac and run it. Drag the Quneec Q500 4K files to the software. It supports batch conversion and joining multiple video clips into one file.



2. Choose ProRes as output format

Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format.



3. Adjust video, audio settings

Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters including Video size, bitrate and fame rate and mroe. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing. Well, if you prefer to work with 4K video, you can adjust video size to get 4K ProRes for FCP.

4. Start conversion

After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the 4K video to ProRes conversion on Mac OS X. Once the conversion process shows in 100%, click Open to get the output videos. Create a project and start editing Quneec Q500 4K video in FCP 6/7/X with light speed.

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