How to Convert WMV to Final Cut Pro on Mac for editing

November 19, 2013 6:31 pm / Posted by Ian Lam to Video Editing

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The ultimate Mac video editor - Final Cut Pro (FCP) has gained the favor of many professional users including Hollywood film makers. But it only takes QuickTime and iMovie compatible video formats such as QuickTime MOV, QuickTime MP4, DV, HDV etc. WMV is a typical Windows video format, and as a Mac application, and FCP does not take WMV format videos. But there is sure a way to get around – you can always convert WMV to FCP on Mac.

And Doremisoft WMV to FCP converter gives the perfect solution to WMV to FCP video conversion. And it only takes a few easy steps as follows:

Click the "Add File" button to select the WMV videos from your hard drive to Mac video converter.

Click the very right part of the Profile field to open the Profile menu, where you can find many preset format profiles for you to choose from to convert your videos. Move your mouse cursor to iMovie and select an iMovie video format you prefer because iMovie videos can also be imported to FCP with no problem.

Get rid of redundant sides if your WMV video by clicking on the "Edit" button. You can follow the instructions on the below screenshot

Click on the Start button to start converting WMV to FCP. At the conversion window, you can choose to "open the output folder after conversion" and "shut down computer after conversion", depending on what is convenient for you.