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If you look at the GoPro Hero 13, it's nearly impossible to tell it apart from the Hero 12, even on close inspection.The Hero 13 is the first camera from GoPro to feature the company's custom GP2 image processor, and it looks like a successful debut. There's something important to note at this point. While GoPro's new camera can pump out high-framerate video, it's using H.265 compression for most of the new speeds.
Some new cameras support H.265 video recording, such as Samsung NX1, NX500, Panasonic Lumix GH7, Hero12; And some device supported H.265/HEVC playback, such as iPhone 16 Pro Max, Galaxy S25, Google Pixel 9 Pro, OnePlus 13, etc. Can we import and edit GoPro Hero 13 and GoPro Hero 12 5.3K 60 fps recordings in Final Cut Pro smoothly and without rendering? The answer is absolutely YES.
However, editing 4K H.265 videos isn't an easy thing. Even those users who work with Final Cut Pro are reporting various problems, such as getting codec unavailable while importing 4K H.265 videos and choppy or lagging 4K video playback after importing. In this case, to have a smooth GoPro Hero recordings workflow on Mac OS X, you'd better convert GoPro Hero H.265 to Final Cut Pro edit-friendly format with proper settings. It will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing.
There are numbered tools and utilities can transcode and compress the 5.3K and 4K H.265 footage, few of them can process at a fast speed. Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is considered to be the best GoPro video converting tool. With this powerful H.265 Video Converter, you can convert GoPro Hero 13/12 60 fps 120 fps, and 240 fps footage to Final Cut Pro best editing codec Apple ProRes easily and without losing quality. It is worth mentioning that the GoPro Hero 13/12 Video Converter can help you get 3D effect. By the way, this software is a good video editor tool too. Download it and learn the step-by-step tutorial.
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Connect your GoPro Hero 13 or Hero 12 to your computer, run Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac as the best H.265 Video Converter, then click "Add files" to load your MP4 video from camera's SD card. You can preview your footage via this program.
As we know, Apple ProRes MOV is the best editing format for Apple Final Cut Pro, so you need to click "Format" bar to choose "Final Cut Pro" category, just select the "Apple ProRes 422(*.mov)". It is just a piece of cake.
Tip: For getting 4K resolution video, you need to click "Settings" button to select "Original" in Resolution column. Before conversion, you can click "Edit" icon to edit the GoPro Hero 13/12 files via Acrok H.265 Video Converter. On the "Video Editor" Window, you can play and preview the original video and output effects. Also you can flip video, trim, add 3D effect, reset, and adjust volume.
Click the "Convert" button on GoPro Hero 13/12 to Final Cut Pro Converter main interface, you can go to Conversion window to start conversion. After the conversion, you can click "Open" button to locate the converted files. You can edit GoPro Hero 13 and Hero 12 video in Final Cut Pro smoothly and without rendering.
This tool is very user friendly. As soon as I uploaded the 4K H.265 video to this software it instantly converted the file to MOV within a few minutes.
Paul Coolledge
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