Canon, Sony, JVC, RED, Panasonic MXF to After Effects-import MXF files into After Effects CS5/CS6 for editing

With MXF to After Effects Converter, you can convert Canon, Sony, JVC, RED, Panasonic MXF footage to AE best editing videos on Mac, letting you import MXF files into After Effects via MPEG-2 codec.

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Q: “I want to edit my Canon C500 .mxf files in After Effects CS6, what should I do? And I take much time on importing MXF video into After Effects. The process is a pain in the neck…”

From Adobe official website, we can know MXF is a container format. After Effects can only import some kinds of data contained within MXF files. After Effects can import the Op-Atom variety used by Panasonic DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO HD video cameras to record to Panasonic P2 media. It can also import XDCAM HD files in MXF format. To import other type MXF files to After Effects for editing smoothly, a better way is to transcode MXF files to MPEG-2, which is a standard format for After Effects.

First of all, download Brorsoft MXF Converter.

It’s a professional MXF Converter for you to convert MXF to MPEG-2 for After Effects or other editable video formats, such as WMV for Windows Movie Maker, AVI to Pinnacle Studio, MPEG for Adobe Premiere Pro/Sony Vegas, etc ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency. In a word, this MXF Converter must be your best choice when you need a Panasonic P2 mxf Converter, a Canon mxf Converter or a Sony XDCAM MXF Converter. You can do action with mxf files at anytime anywhere now! For Mac user, please turn to MXF Converter for Mac, which can solve all the MXF incompatibility issues on Mac OS X.

Transcoding Canon, Sony, JVC, RED, Panasonic MXF footage to After Effects editable format

Note: To convert MXF video you need to transfer the whole MXF file structure to HDD, because MXF systems produce split-file A/V (that is, the video and audio stored in separate files).

Step 1: Add mxf captured videos

Click "add video" button to import the mxf files to the top MXF to After Effects Converter. Click “add from folder” button to add MXF folder. The software will find corresponding audio content by itself and mix it to video during conversion.



Step 2: Select output format

Click “Format” bar and choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format on the drop-down menu. Of course, you can also choose AVI, MP4 from “Common Video” as the output format.



Tips: Click "Settings", you can set bitrate and frame rate, audio sample rate and more if necessary.

Step 3: Start the MXF to MPEG-2 Conversion

Click "Convert" to start converting Panasonic/Canon/Sony XDCAM MXF file for After Effects. After conversion, you can easily import the MXF to Adobe After Effects for editing keeping original quality without any trouble.

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