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Sony PXW-X180 Workflow within Adobe Premiere, FCP X and Avid MC

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The PXW-X180 is the latest addition to the Sony XDCAM Series. The camera can record in a multitude of video codecs, from the newer XAVC Intra and XAVC Long GOP codecs, to the older XDCAM MPEG HD 422 50Mbps and 420 35Mbps codecs, as well as the more consumer AVCHD and DV codecs. This allows the PXW-X180 to fit into virtually any workflow. Although more and more NEL systems can support XAVC codec- apparently not all flavors work well. It is still not easy to import Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to FCP, Premiere and Avid for editing on Mac.

In order to make the XAVC files from Sony PXW-X180 compatible with FCP, Adobe and Avid, the easy workaround is to convert Sony XAVC files. For this purpose, this article mainly shows you how to transcode Sony PXW-X180 videos for editing, playing in FCP, Avid, Adobe in detail.

How to Import Sony PXW-X180 footage in Avid, FCP X and Premiere

1. First, download and install Brorsoft Vide Converter for Mac

It works as the best Sony XAVC converter under OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8) and Mavericks(10.9). With it, you can effortlessly transcode Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files to ProRes for FCP (X), DNxHD for Avid, MPEG-2 for Adobe, AIC for iMovie/FCE. Plus, it can also help you to convert MTS, XDCAM, DV files from Sony PXW-X180 to MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, etc videos for different uses.

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2. Launch the Sony XAVC Converter for Mac and click add button to import XAVC clips to the program for converting.

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3. Click on the "Format" bar and choose a best editable format.

a. Select Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as the output format for Final Cut Pro.

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b. To convert Sony XAVC to Avid Media Composer, choose Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD (*.mov) as the target format.

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c. Choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas --> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output format for editing Sony PXW-X180 XAVC in Adobe with natively supported video codec.

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4. Hit the Convert button to start the conversion; it will transcode Sony XAVC to FCP/Avid/Adobe friendly format on Mac OS X.

After the conversion, you can get the converted Sony PXW-X180 videos for editing with FCP, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly.

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