"Hello ! I want to edit some avi files in FcP. So i will to no if possible what is the best format to convert theavi to in order to work efficiently in FCP? And what program to use to do the conversion?"
While, Final Cut Pro support only a few video formats such as MOV or MP4 etc.Therefore, if you need to import AVI files to Final Cut Pro (Final Cut Express included) for editing. You need to convert AVI to Final Cut Pro compatible files.
Here, you can turn to AVI to Final Cut Pro Converter which can fast and best convert AVI files to Final Cut Pro supported files on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion included). Besides, it can also convert AVI to other videos such as WMV, MPG, FLV, 3GP, VOB, ASF, MKV, RM, RMVB etc
Simple guides to convert AVI to FCP
Step 1: Import AVI files
Two ways can be adopted to add AVI files to the Mac converter: directly drag & drop the AVI files to the converter, or go to the "File" menu, choose “Add Video/Audio files”. If you want to convert AVI video to Final Cut Pro for Mac in one go, you can add several files at one time.
Step 2: Choose Final Cut Pro as output format
Click the format icon to pop up a output format list where you can choose your desired output video format, such as go to “Apple Software”-> “Final Cut Pro” or you can select MOV as the output format for iMovie or FCP.
Step 3: Convert AVI to FCP on Mac
Click "Convert" to convert AVI to FCP readable files. After the AVI to Final Cut Pro conversion, you can freely edit your AVI files on Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express etc.