• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Importing MXF HD into CS4 on MAC

  Posted by Mike Healey on October 27, 2009 at 5:36 pm

  Hey folks – Shooting a project in 720p and the client wants to do the rough cuts in-house on their own system. In the past, I’ve imported the footage in PPro here and exported MOV files for them to use at their office.

  Can I give them the native MXF files shot with the HVX200 and allow them the capability to edit with AE CS4 on a Mac? Will they need any additional software or plug-in’s to be able to handle the MXF files? I’m cutting with Matrox AXIO LE on a PC so I’m clueless what it takes to cut on a MAC.

  Thanks!

  ~Mike~

  Mike Healey Productions, Inc.
  create | shoot | edit | deliever
  http://www.MikeHealeyProductions.com

  Jon Barrie replied 16 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jessica Robbins

  October 27, 2009 at 5:37 pm

  I believe they need to download the software used to read the mxf files at the panasonic site…
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  Mike Healey

  October 27, 2009 at 6:39 pm

  All I could find on the Panasonic site was the P2 CMS for Mac. Is that all it takes?

  ~M~

  Mike Healey Productions, Inc.
  create | shoot | edit | deliever
  http://www.MikeHealeyProductions.com
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  Jon Barrie

  October 27, 2009 at 8:47 pm

  If they are using CS3 or CS4 After Effects then the MXF files should come in without any extra plugins. But I need to point out that AE is not an editing App it’s a compositing and motion graphics app so I wouldn’t suggest anyone tried to actually edit with it as there is no realtime playback without a ram preview. If they have Prem CS3 or CS4 then that would be the way to go for an edit. Then AE for graphics, grading, compositing.
  – Jon Barrie

  Jon Barrie
  aJBprods
  http://www.jonbarrie.net

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