How to convert Canon Vixia video AVCHD (.mts) to iMovie

This guide shows users how to convert Canon Vixia AVCHD files to AIC with Mac MTS to iMovie Converter on Mac.

Canon are very popular in the market, it's a great competitor to sony and Panasonic. And Canon Vixia camcorder can give us high quality images, the HD Video Lens make every scene clear and steady, and new built-in features make it easy to give your videos added creativity, so it's a good choice if you have got one.

If you have used Canon vixia camcorders to recorded many HD videos, you may need to import Canon Vixia AVCHD files to iMovie for editing. But, you may encounter many problems when you want to load and edit Canon MTS/M2TS in iMovie, the reason is that AVCHD format is not well supported by iMovie on Mac, iMovie best format is Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) MOV format, so if you want to import and edit Canon AVCHD videos in iMovie smoothly, the best way is to convert AVCHD to AIC format. Below is a guide for you.

1. Free download Canon Vixia Converter for Mac, it's an excellent Canon Vixia AVCHD converter which can help you convert Canon Vixia recorded files to FCP, iMovie, etc.

2. Install and run this Vixia MTS converter. Import the files you want to convert.



3. Click format bar to choose the format for output, you can choose iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov). It's the best format for iMovie - to import Canon Vixia MTS clips to iMovie or FCE.



4. You can click settings button to adjust output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc.

5. Click "Convert" button to start.

This Canon Vixia AVCHD converter can help you transcode Canon Vixia AVCDH files to rich formats for use, and Vixia series camcorders are well supported, you can convert Canon XA10 to iMovie, convert Vixia HF M300 to iMovie, convert Vixia HF M500 to iMovie, convert Canon Vixia HF S10 to iMovie, convert Canon Vixia HF S100 to iMovie, etc. just follow the steps above and import Canon Vixia video to iMovie for further use.

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Import/Load Canon VIXIA HF S100 MTS to FCP X on Mac OS X

Have got a Canon VIXIA HF S100 and have issues with importing movies from HF S100 into FCP X? Is there any solution? Just convert MTS video to Prores for FCP editing on Mac.

Canon Vixia HF S100 goes beyond home movies with features specially included for the aspiring film-maker. The camera has microphone and headphone terminals and a Mini Advanced Accessory shoe for holding external lights and mics. Not only that, but 24p Cinema mode gives your video a film-look while 30p Progressive mode is ideal for action or sports footage. The VIXIA HF S100 allows you to record at up to 24Mbps, the highest bit rate in AVCHD format, for the highest quality image.

My Sister Jane is a user of Canon VIXIA HF S100, she likes it very much as it can shot 1080p 60p HD movies smoothly for her , which make her gain a stanout experience of hdcamcorder, and currently she uses the FCP X for editing, she told me while she is trying to drag and import the avchd files from S100 to FCP X timeline, they immediately need rendering, and the timeline becomes extremely sluggish for scan or preview.


Actually, as we all know, AVCHD is not the favorable format for all the non-linear editing software like Final Cut Pro, FCE, iMovie, including Adobe Premiere Pro.
So if we want to import AVCHD files to FCP X with less quality loss, we need to google and download an excellent MTS Converter for FCP to transcode Canon Vixia AVCHD to Prores MOV(compatible format for FCP 6/7X) without rendering.

As far as I know, Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac is the best Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter, you can go to download it and have a free try! Below is a simple guide for importing Canon Vixia HF S100 AVCHD MTS/M2TS to FCP X for editing on Mac OS X, take a look at it and take as a reference.

Step 1. Load Canon HF S100 AVCHD videos to Mac AVCHD to Prores Converter.

Just connect Canon HF S100 to iMac with USB cable, and copy the files to hard drive. Run Pavtube Canon AVCHD Video Converter for Mac as the best Canon AVCHD to FCP Converter, and click the "Add" button to load 1920×1080 .mts videos.




Step 2. Choose the best output video format for editing in FCP X.

Clock the format column and choose the Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov). It’s the best video format for FCP.



Step 3. If you want to adjust the output videos’ parameters, you can click settings button to change the Size, the Bitrate, and the Codec for getting the perfect effects.

Step 4. If you want to edit the video before converting Canon HF S100 AVCHD to FCP MOV format, Pavtube iMedia for Mac offers easy but useful edit function as shows below.

Step 5.Click "Convert" button to transcode Canon HF S100 AVCHD to ProRes 422 for FCP X editing on Mac OS X Lion.

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Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac can convert 1080p cameras/camcorders footages to editable HD video formats for non-linear editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, Avid, Adobe Premiere etc. The HD footage can be compressed to SD video clips for storage when you wanna save storage space.

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