Sony HDR-CX455 to FCP-Convert Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S to ProRes for FCP X editing

Sony HDR-CX455 is a Full HD Handycam camcorder, equipped with Optical SteadyShot stabilization with Intelligent Active mode which compensates camera shake in 5-axis which enables to shoot stable high-quality movies even while jogging lightly especially at wide-angle. It also has several other convenient features including XAVC S high bit rate recording 7, a 5.1 channel microphone and My Voice Canceling, which reduces the sound of the shooter’s voice during recording. It is also equipped with Highlight Movie Maker, Multi Camera Control and much more.

The XAVC S allows Sony high end cameras to record 4K videos, but is not a good editable format. You may have got the Sony HDR-CX455 camcorder and used it recorded some 4K videos and need to edit the XAVC S footages with Final Cut Pro. But, FCP X might not work with XAVC S 4K video files due to the codec issue or other reasons. In order to ingest Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S files into FCP X for editing smoothly, the easy workaround is to transcode XAVC S 4K videos to ProRes, which is natively supported by FCP X. To get the work done, you can take the UFUWare HD Video Converter for Mac, which is one of the best Mac XAVC S to FCP X Converter tool for you.

Convert Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K videos to ProRes for FCP X

Free download the HD video Converter:



Step 1. Add Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K video files

Install and launch the HD Video Converter for Mac as the best Sony HDR-CX455 to FCP X Converter, and click "Add File" button to import XAVC S 4K video files from your Sony HDR-CX455 camcorder.



Step 2. Choose proper output format for FCP X

Click "Profile" drop-down list, select "Final Cut Pro > Apple Pro Ress 422 (*.mov)" or "Final Cut Pro > Apple Pro Ress 4444 (*.mov)" as output video format. The Apple ProRes MOV is Final Cut Pro best supported format.



Step 3. Convert Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K videos to Apple ProRes MOV for FCP X

After settings done, click "Convert" button, and the Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S to ProRes Converter will start the conversion on you Mac immediately with high quality.

After the conversion completed, you can click "Open Folder" button to find the generated ProRes .mov files and use them freely. Run Final Cut Pro X/7/6 on your Mac, import and edit the converted Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S files in FCP X/7/6 now.

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