Summary: This article gives you the best method to import Sony XAVC/XAVCS to Adobe After Effects for editing without any issues. Learn how to.

Have you collected some XAVC/XAVC S files? Ever import your collected XAVC/XAVC S files to Adobe After Effects for editing? Some XAVC/XAVC S collectors find that some XAVC/XAVC S files play fine in the in the Adobe After Effects, but some XAVC/XAVC S files cannot be recognized by Adobe After Effects frustratingly. This article we slove the problem for you: how to merge/import XAVC/XAVC S files to Adobe After Effects for editing without any trouble.

If you like to edit your home movies with Adobe After Effects, then you will have some problems when trying to import XAVC/XAVC S to After Effects since XAVC (*.mxf) and XAVC S(*.mp4) video files are not supported by After Effects(CS4/CS5/CS6/CC). To get these XAVC/XAVC S videos accepted by After Effects, you’ll have to convert XAVC/XAVC S to After Effects friendly video format like MPEG-2 with a video conversion tool.

Here UFUSoft XAVC/XAVC S Converter is highly recommended as the best XAVC/XAVC S file converter to transcode XAVC/XAVC S files to After Effects compatible videos like MPEG-2 with ultra-fast conversion speed and lossless video quality. Besides XAVC/XAVC S, this video converter program can also help to convert between any popular video and audio formats as you need. Plus, with the built-in video editing feature of the program, you can trim, crop, add watermark and more to your video files. If you are running on Mac, please turn to its equivalent Mac version UFUSoft XAVC/XAVC S Converter for Mac. Download it now and follow the steps to convert your XAVC/XAVC S videos to After Effects for editing.

Transcoding XAVC/XAVC S files to After Effects editable format

Step 1: Click “add video” button to import the XAVC or XAVC S files to the top XAVC/XAVC S to After Effects Converter.

Step 2: Click “Format” bar and choose “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format on the drop-down menu. Of course, you can also choose AVI, MP4 from “Common Video” as the output format.

Tips: Click “Settings”, you can set bitrate and frame rate, audio sample rate and more if necessary.

Step 3: Click “Convert” to start converting Sony XAVC or XAVC S file for After Effects. After conversion, you can easily import the XAVC/XAVC S to Adobe After Effects for editing keeping original quality without any trouble.