How to Edit Canon XA15 MXF in Premiere Pro CC?

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Edit Canon XA15 MXF in Premiere Pro CC

Canon XA15 is a popular camcorder that recommended and selected by many professional users, the powerful camcorder can help you to capture high quality MXF videos. In this article, you will learn the best workflow to import and edit Canon XA15 MXF videos in Premiere Pro CC, you will also get the best Canon XA15 video converter to use.

The Canon XA15 Professional HD Camcorder is a compact “run-and-gun” camera that is suitable for ENG, event coverage, independent and documentary filmmaking. The camera features a 1/2.84″, 1920 x 1080 CMOS sensor that captures video at various frame rates up to 59.94p, including a 24p mode for a more cinematic feel. The integrated Canon 20x HD Optical zoom lens has a 35mm equivalent zoom range of 26.8 to 576mm and features an 8-bladed iris to render highlights in a more natural manner.

After got the Canon XA15 camcorder, most users will use it to record high quality videos. From Canon XA15 official product page or its user manual you will know that Canon XA15 can record full HD 1080p videos in multiple frame rates and the recorded videos will be in MXF format. The 4K format will help you to store high quality videos, but the XF-AVC .mxf files are not compatible with Premiere Pro CC, many users have encountered problems when they import MXF files from Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC for native editing, below is an example problem.

Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC Question

“Hi, I purchased the Canon XA15 camcorder not long ago to capture high quality MXF videos, can you help me to import MXF files from Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC and edit smoothly? I have used XA15 recorded some videos in HD 1080p MXF format. Today I need to edit some MXF footages with Premiere Pro CC, but when I try to import .mxf files from Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC, I found the videos can’t be handled smoothly, and I was told by professional Canon users that Canon XA15 recorded MXF files are not compatible with Premiere Pro CC, they suggested me to convert Canon XA15 MXF files to supported format of Premiere. Can you show a method to import files from Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC and edit natively? Thanks!”

Have you encountered the Canon XA15 MXF files’ importing and editing issue just like it showed above? Many Canon XA15 users have encountered this kind of issue, why Canon XA15 MXF videos are not natively supported by Premiere Pro CC? The issue is caused by the video codec and format. If you check Adobe Premiere Pro CC supported video formats on its official website, you will know that not all the video formats are supported by Premiere Pro CC natively, and Canon XA15 MXF videos are not natively supported, in this case, if you try to load MXF files from Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC, you will meet with importing and editing issues.

Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC Workflow

How can we solve the Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC importing and editing issues? The easiest method is to convert Canon XA15 MXF videos to Premiere Pro CC native supported video formats, and then you can get rid of importing and editing issues. A powerful MXF video converter will help you to convert MXF files from Canon XA15 to Premiere Pro CC, it is called UFUSoft MXF Video Converter, this software has Windows version and Mac version, it can work 4K video converter to help you convert all the 4K UHD videos, Blu-ray disc movies and DVD disc movies, you can check its features below.

UFUSoft Video Converter main features:

  1. Convert Canon XA15 MXF files to Premiere Pro CC;
  2. Convert 4K MP4, 4K H.264, 4K H.265, 4K MOV, 4K MKV, 4K MXF, etc.
  3. Rip Blu-ray and DVD discs, ISO files or folder;
  4. Optimized formats for Premiere, FCP X, iMovie, Sony Vegas, etc.
  5. Optimized formats for smartphones, 4K TVs, tablets, etc.
  6. Editing features like trimming, cropping, watermark, 3D, effect, etc.
  7. NVIDIA and AMD video card acceleration technology.

Convert MXF files from Canon XA15 to Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Step 1. Download UFUSoft Video Converter for Mac or Windows version, install this 4k video converter on your Mac or PC, run this Canon XA15 video converter program as the best Canon XA15 video converter.

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Step 2. Click “Add Files” button on the main interface to import the Canon XA15 MXF files that you need to convert, you can also directly drag and drop the Canon XA15 MXF videos into the software.

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Step 3. Please click format column and choose output format. To convert Canon XA15 to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, please choose “Editing software -> Adobe Premiere Pro (*.mov)” for output. To edit Canon XA15 MXF files with Premiere Pro CC on Windows PC, please choose Premiere WMV format for output; If you want to convert Canon XA15 MXF videos to Premiere and then use on Mac, just choose Premiere MOV format.

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Step 4. Click settings button you will be able to adjust output parameters, such as video resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec or others according to your need. If you don’t need to adjust you can skip this step.

Step 5. The last step is to click convert button to start Canon XA15 MXF to Adobe Premiere Pro CC conversion.

UFUSoft Video Converter for Mac or Windows will convert your Canon XA15 MXF videos at fast speed with top quality, when your Canon XA15 files are converted, click open folder button you will get the converted videos, and then you can import the converted Canon XA15 videos to Adobe Premiere Pro CC for editing natively, you will not have any importing or editing issues anymore. Just download this Canon XA15 MXF video converter and try as you want.

Tip: Canon XF series and professional camcorders are well supported

UFUSoft MXF Video Converter has good support for Canon XF series and professional camcorders recorded videos, it can support videos recorded by Canon XF705, XF405, XF400, XF205, XF200, XF105, XF100, XF305, XF300, etc. they are popular camcorders of Canon XF series, professional camcorders like XA10, XA20, XC10, XA55, XA50, XA45, XA40, XA15, XA11 are also well supported. Just use UFUSoft Video Converter to deal with your professional videos, it will help you.