Edit Yuneec Q500 Typhoon CGO3-GB Camera 4K in Final Cut Pro

Can’t import and edit Yuneec Q500 Typhoon CGO3-GB Camera 4K in Final Cut Pro correctly? Follow this article to get the best solution.

There’s a problem that troubled me for days. I’m trying to import Yuneec Q500 Typhoon 4K into Final Cut Pro. But the result let me down- FCP won’t work the 4K clips from Q500 Typhoon CGO3-GB camera. Digging around the net, we found that more than one Q500 users are stuck in the issue. I feel like there's a workaround that I'm not seeing. So I have scoured the internet furtherly, tried everything I could find, and have had a decent solution yet.

Actually, Apple’s Final Cut Pro especially FCP 7 won’t deal with 4K videos instantly. The easy workaround I have worked out is to use a third-party video app to convert Yuneec Q500 Typhoon 4K to ProRes for FCP direct editing. Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is what most guys recommend.

With this professional 4K video converter, you can effortlessly encode Typhoon Q500 4K footage for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLEs), including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, FCE and more. Besides, Yuneec Q500 video clips, it also can deal with other video formats such as MKV, MTS, MXF, FLV .etc. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

Tips Import and edit Yuneec Q500 Typhoon 4K on Final Cut Pro 7/X

Step 1: Load 4K footage to the converter

Run the best 4K Converter for Mac and click “Add file” or “Add from folder” button, browse to your source 4K footages and load them to the converter for conversion.



Step 2: Select Apple ProRes as output format

Click the “Format” bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format.



Step 3: Advanced profile settings

Click the “Settings” button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and fame rate. You can keep the original 4K resolution but also can adjust to 2K, 1080p video size just according to your needs. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing.

Step 4: Start converting 4K to ProRes

When you finish all settings, hit “Convert” button to start transcoding Yuneec Q500 Typhoon 4K video for Final Cut Pro on Mac. You can follow the conversion process from the pop-up windows. After the conversion, it would be easy to import Yuneec Q500 Typhoon 4K files into FCP for natively editing.

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