Loading DJI Zenmuse X4S 4K Video to Premiere Pro/FCP/Avid MC

Zenmuse X4S Camera is built in DJI Inspire 2. It can capture H.264 or H.265 video upto 4K. And if you plan to get the DJI Inspire 2 with Zenmuse X4S camera, you’d better read on to learn Zenmuse X4S 4K to FCP/Premiere Pro/Avid MC workflow, which ensures you handle Zenmuse X4S H.264 or H.265 recordings in Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer simply and smoothly.

Based on our testing, a compressed output H.265 or H.264 in MP4 or MOV container from DJI Zenmuse X4S is not ideal for editing. What’s more, handling 4K files is extremely hardware intensive, from where we could then transcode DJI Zenmuse X4S H.265/H.264 to an editing codec for FCP, Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer. What we can depend on is a professional 4K video converter like Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.

Overall, the program is an easy-to-use yet all-in-one video conversion app which can be used as a DJI Zenmuse X4S video converter. With it, you can effortlessly transcode DJI Zenmuse X4S H.264 or H.265 to DNxHD, ProRes, MPEG-2 files, which will create an Avid MC, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro friendly file format keeping the original quality. For encoding Zenmuse X4S 4K video on Windows, please get Brorsoft Video Converter.

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Transcoding DJI Zenmuse X4S MP4/MOV to Premiere Pro/Avid MC/FCP

Step 1. Add video clips

Install the 4k video converter program and run it. Drag the 4K .mov, .mp4 files from Zenmuse X4S to the software. It supports batch conversion and joining multiple video clips into one file.

Step 2. Choose output format

Click the “Format” bar and select “Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov)”, “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg)” or “Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov)?” as output format.

Tip: Advanced Settings

You can click the “Settings” button and customize proper video/audio parameters if necessary. Video size, bitrate and fame rate are flexible and can be adjusted as you like. For easier editing, you can downscale 4K to 1080p. Of course, if you wanna get a 4K workflow on a power enough PC, you have keep the original video resolution.

Step 3. Start 4K video conversion

Hit the convert button to start transcoding Zenmuse 4k MOV/MP4 to ProRes or other editable codec.

After the conversion, click Open to get the output videos. These new files can be imported to Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X or Avid Media Composer for easier editing.