Import Canon XF405 MXF to Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, After Effects

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The Canon XF405 Camcorder with 3G-SDI Output is a compact, ergonomic camera featuring UHD 4K capture, a 1″ CMOS sensor, IP streaming, and two XLR audio inputs. The XF405’s optics include an integrated 15x HD optical zoom with up to 30x Advanced Zoom, a nine-bladed iris for more natural highlights, and five-axis optical image stabilization. Pro-style features include Dual-Pixel Autofocus (DPAF), and dual DIGIC DV 6 image processors with high sensitivity and low noise, supporting Wide DR Gamma.

However, the XF405 records footage in MXF file format, some NLE applications are lacking of native support to MXF clips, and some NLE plug-ins e.g. Final Cut Pro X, are still under development. If you failed to import Canon XF405 MXF footage to video editing software for post-production, you are recommended transcoding Canon MXF videos to your editing app preferred format before importing. In this article, we show you how to compress/import Canon XF405 MXF to Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio and Adobe After Effects one after another.

User problem – “Sony Vegas Pro 9e isn’t seeing MXF files on my system (it’s the first time I’ve tried to handle them). Even if I bring an instance of windows explorer up and drag the file to the timeline, I get the “+” added to my cursor, as if it’s gonna take, but then I get and error message ‘None of the files dropped on Vegas Pro could be opened.’ Any ideas on why this is happening? I’m on XP64 if that makes any difference.”

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How to transcode Canon XF405 MXF to Sony Vegas ?

Step 1. Start up UFUSoft MXF Converter as MXF to MPEG2 Converter for Vegas.

Click “Add video” button to load MXF clips captured by Canon XF405 camera.

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Step 2. Choose “MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format from “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas” profile list.

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Spte 3. Click “Convert” button to start Canon XF405 MXF to Sony Vegas Conversion.

When the conversion is done, click “Open” button to get the generated MPEG-2 .mpg files for editing in Vegas.

Afterwards, follow File >Import >Mediato browse and load the transcoded Canon XF405 MXF footage to Sony Vegas for extending editing.

Convert Canon XF405 MXF clips to HD AVI for Pinnacle Studio importing

User problem – “Our Canon XF405 stores footage in MXF format. We failed to import them to Pinnacle. We imported from the original file structure download from our camera, but the Pinnacle said ‘No items in the folder’.”

Basic steps on converting XF405 MXF clips to HD AVI for Pinnacle Studio:

Step 1. Run UFUSoft MXF Converter as MXF to AVI Converter. Click “Add Video” or “Add from folder” icon to load Canon MXF material.

Step 2. Choose “AVI HD Video (*.avi)” as target format from “HD Video” option.

Step 3. Click “Settings” button and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video and audio settings if necessary. Users are free to reset codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels.

Step 4. Click the big button “Convert” to start MXF to AVI conversion for Pinnacle Studio. Once finished, click “Open” button to get the final output HD AVI files for Pinnacle Studio.

After that, launch Pinnacle Studio (we run Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate v15 for example), and follow “Import” >”IMPORT FROM” >”Other devices” >”the folder stored the converted AVI files” >”Start Import”.

Rewrap XF405 MXF to MPG for After Effects

This comes with the same procedure as transcoding Canon XF405 MXF to Sony Vegas.

Step 1. First off, run UFUSoft MXF Converter as MXF to MPG Converter for After Effects. Click “Add video” button to load MXF clips captured by Canon XF405 camera.

Step 2. Choose “MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format from “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas” profile list.

Step 3. Click “Convert” button to start Canon XF405 MXF to Adobe After Effects Conversion. When the conversion finished, click “Open” button to get the generated MPEG-2 .mpg files for using with Adobe After Effects.

Import the generated MPG files to After Effects:

From the main menu, select File >Import >File. This opens the import dialogue box and allows you to select one or more files from a particular folder. To select multiple files, click while holding down the Shift key for contiguous files or the Ctrl/Cmd key for non-contiguous (separated) files.

Select File >Import >Multiple Files to import multiple files located in different folders. The standard dialogue box appears, but after you click Open the box remains and you can navigate to another folder to select more files. Keep doing this until all files are selected, then click Done.