Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Best way to import Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD videos to Final Cut Pro (X)

Follow this article you will know how to import Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD to Final Cut Pro (X) for editing on Mac.

Panasonic HC-X900 is a full HD camcorder has three separate sensors for red, green and blue light; these help it capture more accurate colours and more detail, while reducing noise, compared to single-chip camcorders. The camera supports 1080 50/60p video as well as 1080i and PAL. The new model adds updated image stabilisation and an auto-stereoscopic screen for glasses-free 3D viewing with the optional 3D adaptor.



Now summer holidays are coming, users prefer to shoot videos or movies with this Panasonic HC-X900 when travelling or do some outdoor activities such as skating or riding a bike. Yes,  HC-X900 camcoder brings the sweet memory back to them, and for better effect they will choose Final Cut Pro to do the editing this 3D mts shootings from HC-X900. But when impoting, they may meet many problems.

Well, something’s wrong for with the unacceptable and incompatible AVCHD video format, so they can’t edit Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD mts file in FCP (X) freely. The best way to deal with the problems is to do some conversion first. FCP (X) best supported video format is Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format, so if you convert Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD to ProRes 422 format, you can edit Panasonic HC-X900 3D MTS footages in FCP (X) smoothly without rendering.

Below is a guide for you to transcode Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD to FCP (X) ProRes

At first, you need to Download the best 3D AVCHD Converter for Mac from Pavtube. 

This professional app helps you import native 3D stereoscopic AVHCD footage(2D as well) and export Apple ProRes 422 encoded .mov video, which can be imported to Final Cut Pro 7 and X without rendering. You can convert 3D MTS to 2D MOV video, or encode 3D AVCHD footage to Anaglyphic 3D that is also compatible with FCP X. Plus, this Mac MTS Converter also provides optimal presets for iMovie, FCE, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc, ensuring smooth editing with different video editing programs on Mac OS X.

Step 1. Add Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD footage
Install and run the Pavtube Mac 3D MTS to FCP Converter as the best Panasonic AVCHD to FCP (X) Converter, and directly drag and drop Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD videos.



Step 2. Select "Apple ProRes 422" as output video format compatible with FCP (X).
Click the drop-down list in the Format line to get the format box. Then choose the Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) for editing HC-X900 full HD 3D AVCHD files.



Step 3. Adjust the output video's parameters as you want.
Click the Setting button after the Format to get the Profile Settings. Change the Size to 1920*1080, the and set frame rate as 30fps.



Step 4. Convert Panasonic HC-X900 3D MTS/M2TS to ProRes for FCP (X) for editing on Mac OS X.
Click the "Convert" button to start convert Panasonic  HC-X900  3D AVCHD MTS/M2TS to ProRes .mov for FCP (X).

With this Panasonic 3D AVCHD to ProRes Converter, you can edit Panasonic HC-X900 3D AVCHD video in FCP 6/7/X smoothly.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

How to Import Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF footages into iMovie 11/9/8 on Mac

This article will help you to solve PanasonicAJ-HPX3100 MXF to iMovie importing problem, with a top MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac.

The AJ-HPX3100 may just change the way you view high-end broadcast camera recorders. Featuring three 2/3" high density 2.2 million pixel CCDs, the Panasonic HPX3100 acquires full-raster 1920 x 1080 resolution imaging with 4:2:2 10-bit sampling using the advanced AVC-Intra codec and its record video format is in MXF format.


After recording some files on the Panasonic AJ-HPX3100, and wanna edit Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF files in iMovie 11/9/8, you may meet some problems. The problems lie in that iMovie cannot support the original MXF files footages from AJ-HPX3100.

It is a common sense that the most compatible format for iMovie is Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov). So the first problem you have to solve this problem is to transcode  Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 AVCHD to AIC codec which is specially designed for editing in iMovie.

Here we recommend you to choose a top MXF Converter for Mac to help you convert panasonic AJ HPX3100 MXF to iMovie AIC .mov, with several simple clicks, and then edit  Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF with iMovie 11/9/8. The powerful P2 MXF Converter for Mac also can convert Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF for editing in FCP, FCE, Avid, Premiere Pro, etc on Mac for editing. Please just free download and try the easy-to-use Panasonic MXF Converter for Mac now!

Step by step guide to help you convert Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 mxf file to AIC for editing in iMovie 11/9/8 

Step 1. Free download the Panasonic MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac, load your P2 MXF files into the program. As a top P2 MXF Converter, it also supports transcoding MXF to Apple ProRes Codec for editing with Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X.



Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format.
 


Step 3. Click convert button in the main interface to start transcoding Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF to iMovie AIC MOV on mac.

Some more helpful features of the P2 MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac:

1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)

2. Editor (next to "Add" icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to load/edit Panasonic AJ-PHPX3100 P2 MXF files in iMovie 11/9/8 under Mac without problems.

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Fastly and easily import/edit Canon C300 MXF files in FCP X

The article shows you an easy workaround to import and edit Canon C300 recorded MXF files in FCP X on Mac 10.9 Mavericks along with some help from the best Prores Converter for FCP.

Canon has introduced a new Cinema EOS system, made up of a new interchangeable-lens digital video camcorder, the EOS C300, and seven 4K EF cinema lenses. C300 features a newly developed sensor, dubbed Super 35mm, offering a resolution of 8.29 megapixels.


Canon C300 is a new camcorder which focuses on film recording, it can give us excellent video quality. It uses MPEG-2 codec with an MXF File Wrapper. This codec offers a choice of 50 Mbps 4:2:2 component , 35 Mbps 4:2:0 component, and the standard HDV format of 25 Mbps 4:2:0. But the one thing which frustrate me is that, I can't handle the MXF files from my Canon C300 natively into FCP X. And this will stop me using FCP X. There were some Canon plugins available but the procedure is somwhat complex for me.

While looking for solutions to import Canon C300 MXF to FCP X on Mac, I find a easy workaround- that is to transcode Canon MXF footage to FCP X friendly Apple ProRes codec. It will saving rending time and avoid crashing problem, and thus, editing Canon MXF files in Final Cut Pro will be more easier.

For guys who may find it difficult to import and edit Canon C300 MXF files in FCP X on Mac, here is the fast guide to convert Canon C300 MXF to Prores MOV for FCP X. Along with some help from the 3rd-party software.

Required Software:
Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac is a good tool for you. This professional MXF transcoder for Mac can help you convert C300 MXF files to Final Cut Pro X. I downloaded and tried several converters. Only this MXF to FCP Converter for Mac works for me. I like the batch processing and joining of multiple mxf videos into one file. The editing feature to trim the recorded videos is great, as I can control the content for conversion. Here comes the steps:

1. Download Pavtube MXF to FCP Converter for Mac, it’s a good MXF converter/transfer on Mac.

2. Install and launch this C300 MXF transcoder for Mac, import the C300 MXF files to the converter.



3. Click format column to choose output format, for editing C300 MXF files in Final Cut Pro X, you can choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).



4. You can click properties to adjust the audio stream ID if you find the C300 MXF no sound. Besides, you can click settings button to adjust the resolution, bitrate, etc. Just customize the parameters to meet your need.





5. Click convert button to start converting C300 MXF files to ProRes for FCP X, what’s more, with this MXF converter you can transfer MXF to QuickTime for playback.

Now you may have known how to convert/transfer canon C300 MXF to FCP X, just follow the steps above and have a try, you can edit C300 MXF footages in Final Cut Pro on Mac easily and fastly.


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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Deinterlace and import Canon VIXIA HF G20 1080 60i AVCHD to iMovie/FCE

In order to get better importing and editing effect, you'd better deinterlace/convert Canon Vixia HF G20 1080 60i MTS video before importing to iMovie or FCE on Mac, just follow this article.


Canon VIXIA HF G20 Full HD Camcorder shoots 1920 x 1080 Full HD video at 60i, in native 24p and 30p. With the 24p frame rate option you can give your footage a cinematic look. Using Cinema-Looks Filters you can boost that film look with multiple built-in adjustable filters. The HF G20 features a Genuine Canon 10x HD Video Lens with an 8-Blade iris for more professional-looking video and stills. It has a 30.4 - 304mm (35mm equivalent) focal length. The camcorder is also equipped with a Canon HD CMOS Pro image sensor that supports improved low-light performance and a wide dynamic range.


Vixia HF G20 captures Full HD 1920x1080p videos in MPEG4 or AVCHD format. The AVCHD delivers stunning picture quality, but is not full supported by iMovie and FCE. So it is headache if you want to deinterlace and edit Canon Vixia HF G20 1080 60i MTS in iMovie or FCE. To successfully get Canon VIXIA HF20 1080i MTS files to iMovie/FCE for further editing, the best way is to transcode Canon Vixia AVCHD to iMovie/FCE most compatible format like AIC. mov.

Here we recommend you to choose the top Canon MTS to AIC Converter for mac, which can convert Canon HF G20 AVCHD recordings to AIC for editing in iMovie/FCE on Mac and keep the quality as original. Plus, 1080i videos are not perfectly readable for these video edit programs like FCP, iMovie and FCE. Thus, deinterlacing Canon 1080/60i MTS on Mac is imperative to be considered.

Steps: Deinterlace and Convert Canon Vixia HF G20 1080 60i MTS clips to iMovie or FCE.

Step 1: Install the best Canon AVCHD Converter for Mac on your Mac OS X, and run it to import your Canon Vixia HF G20 1080 60i MTS footages to it.

Tip: If you want to combine the files together, please tick the box "Merge into one" on the main interface.



Step 2: Click the Format box and select best output format on the dropdown list. You are advised to choose Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov) as the export.



Step 3: Click the “Settings” icon on the main interface and you’d better set the video size as 1920*1080, video frame rate as 30fps(or 25fps PAL) for importing Canon HF G20 1080i MTS to iMovie or FCE with the best quality.



Step 4: Click Edit button and you can deinterlace Canon VIXIA HF G20 1080i AVCHD file for iMovie via ticking the “Deinterlacing” box in the Video Editor interface.

Step 5: Click the "Convert" button on main interface to start converting/deinterlace Canon HF G20 1080/60i MTS recordings to AIC for editing in iMovie and FCE  immediately.

After the Canon MTS to iMovie/FCE Converter finished transcoding, you can run the iMovie or FCE to import the converted files and edit Canon Vixia HF G20 1080/60i MTS in iMovie and FCE without any rendering or incompatibility problem.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Canon 6D FCP workflow- Transcode Canon EOS 6D 1080p MOV to Final Cut Pro

If you don't know how to edit Canon 6D 1080p MOV video, please read the article below to learn the easy way to import and convert Canon EOS 6D H.264 MOV to ProRes for FCP 67/X editing.  

Less than a week after arch-rival Nikon grabbed headlines with the D600, Canon responded with an announcement of its own price-conscious full frame DSLR, the EOS 6D. The EOS 6D is perhaps best understood as a full frame version of the popular EOS 60D, and it primarily seeks to distinguish itself on the spec sheet with built-in Wi-Fi and GPS. For dedicated Live View users and video shooters, it could result in extra image noise or recording shutting off, since there's bound to be lots of heat generated.

And speaking of videographers, these users are able to record 1080P videos by Canon EOS 6D with full particulars, but they will be disappointed to find that it's impossible to edit Canon 6D 1080P MOV in FCP as below:

I have a Canon DSLR 6D and wanted to edit HD video in FCP. When I insert it on the timeline the settings that it comes to are skipping frames, cuts... I can't even insert Texts. Was I supposed to do something else?

In fact, Final Cut Pro will not accept MOV files from Canon 6D and the reason that the codec of Canon H.264 MOV isn't native with FCP (including both FCP 6/7 and FCP X).

To resolve this issue, you need to simply convert EOS 6D 1080p MOV to ProRes 422 codec MOV format, then you can edit EOS 6D 1080p mov video well in FCP on Mac. You can follow the steps below to convert Canon EOS 6D 1080p mov footages for FCP.

Step 1. Download and install Pavtube Canon Video Converter for Mac. It’s can convert videos between rich video formats, such as converting Canon 1080p MOV to ProRes 422 for FCP X.



Step 2. Drag and drop Canon EOS 6D recorded MOV video to this Mac Canon MOV to FCP Converter.


Step 3. Click "Format" column to choose the best output format for editing in FCP. if you want to edit EOS 6D 1080p MOV video in FCP, you are recommended to choose "Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)".


(Optional) - You can click "settings" button to customize the output parameters, such as resolution and bitrate.



(Optional) - Edit function is useful and convenient for you to use. You can trim, crop, adjust effects or add watermark to the video.

Step 4. Click "Convert" button to start transcoding Canon EOS 6D 1080p MOV to ProRes 422 MOV for Final Cut Pro on Mac.

This Canon MOV Converter for FCP can help you convert the video format/codec you need quickly, video and audio quality are best guaranteed. You can also follow this article to import converted videos to final cut pro for editing.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Convert Canon XF305 MXF file to MOV for playback with QuickTime on Mac

Follow this article you will know the easiest and fastest method to convert Canon XF305 MXF to QuickTime MOV on Mac for watching freely.

Speaking of the professional camcorder, how can we ever miss the fantastic Canon XF305 Camcorder, which represents Canon's entry into professional solid state video acquisition. Following on the heels of its widely respected XH line of tape-based camcorders, XF305 takes advantage of the latest HD technology–along with Canon's newly developed MPEG-2 4:2:2 codec–to record Full HD video to widely available Compact Flash cards.
However, users of these camcorders may always come across video formats compatible problems. Canon XF305 record videos in .MXF format which are not compatible with most of the media players on Mac like QuickTime, which is a multimedia framework released by Apple.

So how to make QuickTime to accept Canon XF305 MXF files? The easy way is convert MXF to Quicktime supported video formats like MOV, etc. At this time, you need a software applicationwhich called Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac to help you convert Canon XF305 MXF to Quicktime mov on Mac. 

Just in few steps, you can finish the MXF to QuickTime conversion.  If you want to edit your MXF files, the MXF to Quicktime MOV Converter Mac is your best choice. You can crop videos, add watermark, trim videos, merge videos. What's more, you can convert Canon XF305 MXF files to other friendly video formats like MP3, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, 3GP etc on Mac. The following guides shows you how to convert Canon XF305 MXF to Quicktime MOV for playback on Mac. 

Steps: Convert  Canon XF305  MXF to MOV for playing with QuickTime on Mac 

1.Download, install and launch Pavtube MXF to QuickTime Converter for Mac.

Once launched the program, click "Add" or "Add from folder" button to load your Canon XF305 MXF clips. You are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time.




2.Select output format.

Click on the dropdown menu of "Format" and select "Common Video -> MOV – QuickTime (*.mov)" as target format. This format is specially designed for QuickTime playback. You can also choose format as you need in the format column, such as AVI, MKV, MP4, etc.


3.Adjust video and audio parameters.

Click "Settings" button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. You can also use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you need.




4.Click convert button to start to convert Canon XF305 MXF file to QuickTime MOV on Mac with this best Mac MXF Converter.

After you converting Canon XF305 MXF files to MOV for QuickTime, you can enjoy and play the converted footages smoothly on Mac with QuickTime Player. 

Monday, July 1, 2013

4K workflow in FCP/iMovie-Edit Sony F65 MXF 4K video in Final Cut Pro and iMovie smoothly

Do you have some trouble with the "4K camera Sony F65 MXF editing workflow in Final Cut Pro and iMovie"? If so, just follow this guide to learn about how to import and edit Sony F65 4K .MXF in FCP and iMovie on Mac smoothly.
 
 

Sony F65 is a top-end motion picture camera. It features a true step-change in sensor technology, using a 20 Mega pixel 8K CMOS sensor. The F65 runs up to 120Fps, creates HD/2K or genuine 4K resolution images with a huge colour gamut, outstanding dynamic range, and high sensitivity.

Recording 4K(4096* 2160) video is very easy with this Sony F65, there is no need to talk much about the 4K video now. But one thing need to be mentioned, it is not so easy to edit raw 4K videos. for example , this Sony F65 records videos in MXF format, which is not friendly to Mac FCP, iMovie or other editing apps. If you get a F65 and want to edit the footage in FCP and iMovie, you need some third-party apps to convert the Sony F65 4K MXF files to Mac FCP and iMovie compatible formats first. Here is the solution.

Mac 4K MXF Converter - a professional Pavtube MXF to Mac Converter, it can help you to convert Sony PMW F65 MXF to FCP friendly Prores codec and acceptable AIC codec for editing with no quality loss.

According to the specs of FCP X, the latest FCP supports 4K video, and this top MXF Converter introduced here can output 4K videos with ease, that means, it can remain the original 4K resolution after conversion. Now get your program installed and let’s begin!

Convert Sony F65 4K MXF to Prores/AIC MOV for editing in FCP and iMovie on Mac?

Step 1. Install and launch the 4K MXF to Prores/AIC Converter, click ‘add videos’ to load individual videos, or click ‘add from folder’ to load the entire folder.



Step 2. Click "Format" bar to choose the output format.

If you want to edit video in FCP, click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov);



For editing in FCE, iMovie, you can choose iMovie/Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov).

OptionalYou can click “settings” to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want. 

Step 3. Click “Convert” and let it go!

After the Sony F65 SR 4K MXF footage into FCP and iMovie conversion, you will be able to get the output files via clicking on Open button effortlessly. Afterwards, you can transfer Sony F65 footages to Final Cut Pro and iMovie freely for further editing without any trouble.


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