If you encountered problems with Nikon DF MOV when importing to Premiere Pro on Mac OS X, you can follow this article to find the solution and solve it.
The new Nikon DF, the Nikon's thinnest, lightest FX-format D-SLR and 24.1MP DX format CMOS sensor, with no OLPF breathtaking Full 1080p HD 60i/30p video H.264/MPEG-4 MOV Movies, and this MOV video format came from Nikon DF is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format with Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.
This is because the HD MOV clips are encoded in H.264 codec, a most advanced codec that compresses video in highest compression ratio, but not so acceptable for editing software like Adobe Premiere. The following passage guides you how to convert Nikon DF MOV footages to Premiere Pro MOV for editing.
Software Requirement
Mac Nikon MOV Video Converter from Pavtube
The software does a good job in converting Nikon DF H.264 .mov files to Prores, MOV formats for editing in Premiere Pro and not loose much quality. Also supports MOV to AIC transcoding for iMovie and FCE. Becides, it allows you to join the Nikon DF clips together, and add audio track to the video as background music.
Step 1. Load Nikon DF .mov footage to Nikon H.264 MOV Converter.
Transfer h.264 encoded .mov files from Nikon DF camera to computer via USB cable.
Download HD Video Converter for Mac from Pavtube and run the software as the best Nikon DF MOV converter. Click the "Add Video" button or "Add from folder" icon to load .mov videos from Nikon DF.
Step 2. Set MOV format as output format for editing.
Click format bar to choose the format for output. Select "MOV (AVC)(*.mov)" under Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas for MOV to Premiere importing.
Step 3. Adjust video and audio settings to keep 1080p HD quality
Click "Settings" button, then you will be able to adjust audio and video parameters on the popup window to customize the output file quality, these adjustable parameters include codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel.
To maintain original HD quality, you may set "original" in the fields of "Size", "Bitrate" and "Frame rate".
To downsize the Nikon DF .mov files, just set a smaller bitrate.
Step 4. Click "Convert" button to convert Nikon DF MOV files to MOV.
Once the conversion is finished by Nikon DF MOV to Preniere Converter, you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly. Now you have got it right, just import and edit Nikon DF MOV files in Adobe Premiere.
FYI:
1. To get Nikon DF MOV work for FCP, pls refer to the guide transcoding Nikon MOV files to FCP.
2. This HD Video Converter for Mac is not only able to convert Nikon MOV files to Premiere MOV, but also able to convert various camcorder footage to compatible formats for iPad/iPhone, Android devices, editing program such as FCP, iMovie, other Adobe editing software and so on.
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