Edit Panasonic LUMIX FZ80 4K MP4 in Final Cut Pro

This article aims to help you solve Panasonic LUMIX FZ80 4K MP4 in Final Cut Pro importing and editing issues. 

The Panasonic Lumix FZ80 is an attractive all-in-one camera combining versatility, ease of use and advanced functionality to help take photographers far beyond the capabilities of their smartphone or compact camera. The FZ80 has a top sensitivity of ISO 6400 for working in low-light conditions as well as a 10 fps shooting rate and UHD 4K/30p video recording at 100 Mbps. When you got a FZ80 and recorded some videos by it, you may like editing the 4K videos on Mac. Of course, Final Cut Pro is your best choice. But, we can't import Panasonic FZ80 4K videos to FCP directly due to the codec incompatibility. Here we offer you a quick fix to the issue.

As we know, Apple ProRes Codec is the best editing video codec for Final Cur Pro, so we can convert Panasonic LUMIX FZ80 4K MP4 to Apple ProRes codec(1080p would be the best settings.), which will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing.

To get the job done, we'd like to recommend Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.

Overall, this program is a completely professional 4K video to FCP converter, player and editor. Unlike some free video converters, it provides hundreds of output format presets for 4K videos, such as Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), and Apple ProRes 4444 for Final Cut Pro, AIC MOV for FCE (Final Cut Express) and iMovie, MP4 for any mobile or PC video players, and more formats for better editing, playing, and burning. With it, you can transcode Panasonic FZ80 4K files to ProRes for Final Cut Pro without hassle.

The following guide tells you how to convert Panasonic FZ80 4K MP4 to ProRes 422 codec for use in your FCP sequence.

Step 1. Add video clips

Install the program on Mac and run it. Drag the 4K .mp4 files from Panasonic FZ80 to the software. It supports batch conversion and joining multiple video clips into one file.



Step 2. Choose ProRes as output format

Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format.



Tip: Advanced Settings

You can click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters if necessary. Video size, bitrate and fame rate are flexible and can be adjusted as you like. As far as I know Final Cut Pro 6/7 and even the Final Cut Pro X like many editors use 1080p as primary delivery format and will continue to do so for a long time. 1080p would be the best settings. Of course, if you wanna get a 4K workflow in FCP, you have keep the original video resolution.

Step 3. Start 4K video to ProRes conversion

Hit the convert button to start transcoding Panasonic FZ80 4k MP4 to ProRes on Mac OS X(macOS Sierra included). After the conversion, click Open to get the output videos.

After the conversion, click "Open" to locate the result videos and then launch FCP, choose File > Import > Files…, and browse to where you save the converted 4k clips to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add. Now you can start fun away with editing Panasonic Lumix FZ80 4K video footage in Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7/6 without problems.

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