DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom are hot drones that loved by a lot of fans. Many users have bought DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to record videos, the recorded videos can be 4K MP4 files or MOV files. How to import DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom recorded 4K MP4 and MOV files to FCP X and edit natively? Just read this article you will know the way to convert DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K MP4 and MOV files to Apple ProRes codec for FCP X, the Apple ProRes is the native editing codec for FCP X, and then you can edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K MP4 and MOV in FCP X smoothly.
DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom are popular drones on the market, they are the latest drones from DJI. Thanks to the high quality and dynamic range of large-size sensors and the addition of Hasselblad colors, Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom can easily take good photos in challenging backlighting scenes or at night over cities. In addition, it also has an adjustable aperture, which can not only reduce the aperture when the light is sufficient to obtain sharper imaging, but also fully open the aperture when the light is insufficient to better meet the use requirements of different scenes. So to sum up, it is Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom’s photography effect is really good, which is also the fundamental reason why many users use it for daily photography. If you need a good device to capture 4K videos, Mavic 2 Pro or Mavic 2 Zoom is good choice for you.
How to edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom files with FCP X?
“Hello, I purchased the DJI Mavic 2 Pro to record videos during the trip, and during the past month I used it recorded some 4K videos, the recordings are in 4K MP4 and MOV formats. I need to edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro files with FCP X recently, so I tried to load the 4K footages into FCP X. When I load DJI Mavic 2 Pro 4K MP4 and MOV files to FCP X, I found the videos can’t be edited smoothly, they are not natively supported, should I transcode the 4K MP4 and MOV videos to another supported codec or format of FCP X? Please help me, any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!”
If you are Mac user you may know FCP X is the most popular video editing program on the Mac platform, and many users have the need to import videos into FCP X for editing, because the FCP X video editing program is easy to use. How about to edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K files with FCP X? It is not so easy to edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K files. Just like the DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X editing issue showed above, on the DJI camera forums many users have found that FCP X can’t support DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K videos well, because DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom use 4K MP4 and MOV formats as recording formats, and the video formats are not good for editing, so if you import 4K files from DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X program and edit with 4K MP4 and MOV formats directly, you will get problems.
In this case, how can we load 4K files from DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X and edit natively? As we talked above, it is not recommended to edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K files with FCP X directly, what’s the best way to import 4K files from DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X for editing? The best way is to convert DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K MP4 and MOV video to native editing codec and format of FCP X, and then you will be able to edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K videos smoothly, from FCP X product page you will know that native supported codec is Apple ProRes codec, so now you just need to convert DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K videos to Apple ProRes codec.
Convert 4K files from DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X
To convert DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K MP4 and MOV files to native supported Apple ProRes codec, we recommend you to use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, this is the best 4k video converter on the market, it is able to convert DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K files and other 4K UHD videos to any formats you need, such as Apple ProRes codec for FCP X, DNxHD codec for Avid Media Composer. Now please follow the steps below to convert 4K files from DJI Mavic 2 Pro to FCP X, or convert 4K files from DJI Mavic 2 Zoom to FCP X.
Step 1. Download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac from our website, install this DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4k video converter software on your computer. If you need to convert DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K MP4 and MOV files or other HD videos on Windows, please free download the Windows version. Both Mac version and Windows version are available to use.
Step 2. Launch the DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X converter, click “Add Files” button to import the DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom recorded 4K files. You can also drag and drop the 4K videos into the software directly, you can load multiple videos at one time.
Step 3. In this 4k video converter, click format bar and choose output format you need. To edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K files with FCP X, we recommend you to choose “Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 codec (*.mov)” for output, this is the native supported codec of FCP X, with this codec you won’t have any problems.
Step 4. In this DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4k video converter you can click settings button to adjust the output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, frame rate, etc. if you don’t need to adjust please skip this step.
Step 5. Click convert button to start DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom to FCP X conversion process.
DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4k videos will be converted to FCP X Apple ProRes codec by Acrok software, just wait some time until the 4k conversion is finished, you can click open folder button to get the converted DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom videos, and then you will be able to import converted DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom videos into FCP X, now you can edit DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4K files with FCP X natively. Just try this top 4k video converter on your Mac or Windows computer.
Tip: This powerful DJI 4k video converter has built-in video editor, after you loaded 4K UHD videos or full HD 1080p videos, you can use the built-in video editor to handle your recordings conveniently. For example, you can trim DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4k video, crop DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom 4k videos, add watermark to 4k videos, adjust effect to DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom videos, or add audio to recorded videos, etc. these features are convenient to use, they will save time for you.
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