Canon XF300 MXF to FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6

Canon continues to innovate and develop image acquisition products for the most demanding professional.The Canon XF300 supports the highest HD quality with Full HD 1920*1080 resolution, up to 50Mbps bit rate and 4:2:2 color sampling. Utilizing file-based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF File Wrapper ensures the widest compatibility with existing industry infrastructure, metadata and non-linear editing (NLE) systems. But Canon XF300 mxf files are not supported by Quicktime ,Final Cut Express ,Final Cut Pro, Avid media composer. How can we edit our favorite mxf footage on Mac? Here is the step-by-step guide for you to convert and transcode Canon XF300 MXF files to Apple ProRes 422 MOV for Final Cut Pro X/Final Cut Pro 6 /Final Cut Pro 7 on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion now. Apple ProRes 422, H.264 MOV optimizes Final Cut Pro workflow for editing with no rendering. Step 1. Download and Load Canon XF300 MXF footage to Canon MXF Video Converter for Mac. Run Canon MXF Video Converter for Mac from Aovsoft as the best Canon MXF footage to MOV converter on Mac OS X like 10.8 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, 10.4 Tiger. Click the “Add” button to import .mxf files from the Canon XF300 camcorder. Step 2. Choose Apple ProRes codec MOV for Final Cut Pro without rendering. Click the “Format” option, choose the Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 video (*.mov) or HD video > HD MOV Video (*.mov) as output format. And navigate to the Final Cut Pro group, you will notice that there are profiles with Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422(LT), Apple ProRes 422(Proxy). Here we choose Apple ProRes 422(HQ) (*.mov) as output format. (The Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) codec is intended for offline editing and contains 30 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422, and I recommend you to select Apple ProRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422(LT) MOV for outputting.)   You can choose the clip on list and click the Properties button to view the source video resolution. To get the original video size, just click the “Settings” button and choose the right option like 1920*1080, 1080*720 from the video size drop-down box. Step 3. Convert Canon XF300 MXF to Apple ProRes MOV for Final Cut without rendering. Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac MXF Video converter starts converting Canon XF300 MXF videos to Apple ProRes MOV, and joining the MXF files for editing in Final Cut Studio. After converting and merging the MXF files, just import the output Apple PreRes 422 .mov files to Final Cut Pro 7 or Final Cut Pro 6 for editing and the video .Optimize your workflow and save time with the Apple ProRes compression for Final Cut Pro. You can also import the output videos to Final Cut Express (FCE) 4 for editing in full HD.