H.265 is an advanced video compression standard and a successor of the widely adopted H.264. It provides superior video quality and up to twice the data compression as the previous standard, H.265 can support 8K Ultra High Definition video, with a picture size up to 8192×4320 pixels. Nowdays more and more digital cameras like GoPro Hero 10 have been able to shoot videos in H.265 codec. Although the video quality at H.265 .mp4 is very excellent with crisp detail, great colors and nice dynamic range, however, if you want to do some post production work-flow of GoPro Hero 10 footage with professional video editors like Final Cut Pro (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6), you will end up with failure. And you may encounter problems like these:
“I can’t play the GoPro Hero 10 5.3K H.265 files in FCP X snoothly, how to solve this problem? Who can show me a way to edit GoPro Hero 10 MP4 videos in FCP X without rendering?”
If you are intending to edit GoPro Hero H.265 video files in FCP X, you will need H.265 plugin for FCP X . Unfortunately, this is not supported in the current product. Before that day arrives, the easiest and best workaround is to transcode the H.265 codec to ProRes codec, the most editing-friendly format for FCP X. You can edit ProRes videos in Final Cut Pro X without rendering.
To convert GoPro Hero 10 5.3K/5K/4K H.265 to Apple ProRes codec quickly and easily, UFUSoft Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended. This program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. With it, you can do batch conversion from H.265 to ProRes codec without quality loss for smooth importing and editing in Final Cut Pro X. Besides GoPro Hero camera footage, the program also support other various cameras like Canon XF605, Panasonic AG-CX350, Sony XDCAM PXW-Z190, Lumix GH5 II, Sony a1, JVC GY-HM180U, Canon XC10, Panasonic HC-WXF1, Canon Vixia HF G50, Sony FDR-AX700, Sony PXW-Z280, etc. What’s more, this program offers other professinal encoders like Apple Intermediate Codec, DNxHD, MPEG-2, H.264, etc. – ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie, Premiere Pro, Vegas Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Lightworks and more.
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Steps to convert GoPro Hero 10 H.265 to ProRes for FCP quicklty and easily
Step 1. Install and launch the best GoPro Hero 10 to FCP Converter on your Mac, and then click “Add File” button to import your GoPro Hero 10 H.265 MP4 videos to the software.
Step 2. Hit the “Profile” bar and select “Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(*.mov)” as output format on the drop-down menu. ProRes is native codec for editing in FCP X/7/6.
Tips:
1. Before editing GoPro Hero 10 H.265 video in FCP X/7/6, you can edit them in the built-in editor of this GoPro Hero 10 to FCP Converter. Click “Edit” button or the pencil icon to come to the editing interface where you’re allowed to trim (get the video clip you want to keep), crop (cut off black edges or unwanted areas), add watermarks (text, image, and video are all available), adding special effects, inserting subtitles, etc.
2. If necessary, you can click “Setting” button to customize video and audio parameters like bit rate,frame rate,resolution,sample rate,and audio channels according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
Step 3. When settings done, click “Convert” button to convert GoPro Hero 10 H.265 MP4 to ProRes MOV for FCP X/7/6 editing on Mac.
After the GoPro Hero 10 video to ProRes conversion, just click “Open Folder” button to locate the output ProRes .mov files. Now, you can transfer and edit GoPro Hero 10 H.265 MP4 videos in Final Cut Pro 6/7/X smoothly on Mac OS(Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, etc).
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