So you just have a Nikon D5600 on hand? Looking for a way to work with D5600 video in FCP X smoothly? If so, you may wish to read this post. It helps those who need to transcode Nikon D5600 video to ProRes for use in FCP X without rendering.
Issues importing Nikon D5600 footage to FCP X
“Hello, there, I’m having issues importing Nikon D5600 footage to FCP X. FCP X recognizes my camera, but it costs endless time to ingesting. So I’m trying to convert the footage to ProRes before editing. I know it’s not strictly necessary, since FCP X handles Nikon MOV files natively, but I like the idea of transcoding them to ProRes first, so that I won’t wait for a long time for the rendering process. Is anyone out there rewrapping Nikon D5600 footage for FCP X editing? Which program are you using? Please kindly suggest a solution. Thanks.”
For those who are having troubles working with Nikon D5600 video in FCP X, it’s a good choice to process “transcoded editing”. Check the guide below to learn how to convert Nikon D5600 files to ProRes for use in FCP X without extra rendering.
How to convert Nikon D5600 video to ProRes for FCP X?
Here’s what you need
HD Converter for Mac (it works well as a Nikon D5600 Converter for FCP X)
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Install this Nikon Video Converter software on your computer, launch it and click ‘Add File’ to ingest your source media from your camera or from an achieved folder.
Step 2: Select ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as output format for opening with FCP X
From the ‘Profile’ menu, move to ‘Final Cut Pro’ catalogue, and select ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as target format. Apple ProRes is the best suited editing code for FCP 6, 7 and FCP X. When loading them into FCP, you needn’t wait for a long time for rendering.
Important: If you’ve loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off ‘Apply to All’ option before you start.
Step 3: Custom video and audio settings (for advanced users)
Click ‘Settings’ button, the ‘Profile Settings’ window pops up, on which you are allowed to custom video and audio parameters like bit rate, frame rate, resolution, sample rate, and audio channels.
Step 4: Start transcoding Nikon D5600 file to QuickTime ProRes for FCP X
When ready, click ‘Convert’ to transcode Nikon D5600 files to Apple ProRes for using with FCP X. You can tick off ‘Shut down computer when conversion completed’ and go away to do other things.
Step 5: Click ‘Open Folder’ button to locate exported ProRes files
As soon as the conversion process finished, simply click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the generated Apple ProRes files. Now you are able to open them in Final Cut X for further editing without any hassles.
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