Movie Tips on Mac

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Lumix is Panasonic‘s brand of digital cameras, ranging from pocket point-and-shoot models to digital SLRs. They are equipped with Leica lenses. And in 2009, Panasonic introduced AVCHD Lite and AVCHD to selected members of its Lumix line of digital cameras.

AVCHD Lite identifies a subset of AVCHD format, in which progressive-scan video is acquired at 30 frames with 720-line resolution. Such a video is recorded in the AVCHD 720p 60 stream by using a flag telling a decoder to play each frame twice. Announced in January 2009, the Panasonic DMC-ZS3/DMC-FT1/DMC-TZ7 digital cameras were the first digital cameras to offer AVCHD-lite movie mode. Since then, Panasonic has added AVCHD-lite to more of its digital cameras, the most typical models is the Lumix DMC series.

However, many nonlinear video editing software on Mac like iMovie 8/9/11, Final Cut Pro 6/7/X, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc. can’t perfectly import AVCHD/AVCHD Lite .mts files from Panasonic Lumix Series directly.

To import Panasonic AVCHD Lite MTS files to FCP X/iMovie/Avid/Premiere Pro on mac, you will want to try this Mac Panasonic Lumix AVCHD Converter (20% off now), which is recommended converting software for AVCHD Lite MTS footage. With intuitive interface, you can easily and fast convert Panasonic Lumix DMC AVCHD Lite MTS files to FCP X/iMovie/Avid/Premiere preferred codec using the professional lumix AVCHD Converter. And the latest Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 is supported, just feel free to try it!

Fast convert Panasonic Lumix DMC series AVCHD Lite MTS files in FCP X/iMovie/Avid/Premiere Pro

Step 1. Connect your Panasonic Lumix DMC Camcorder to Mac with USB cable or use card reader to transfer the AVCHD files to Apple hard drive disk.

Step 2. Add Panasonic AVCHD Lite MTS videos to AVCHD Converter for Mac.

Run Pavtube 20% off iMedia Converter for Mac, and click the “Add Files” button to load individuals mts videos; or click “Add from folder” to load the entire folder.

Step 3. Choose editing program compatible format.

Click the “Profile” option, you will find various video formats sorted by different programs/devices. Here are corresponding video formats/codec suited to different editing programs:

FCP X: Final Cut Pro>Apple ProRes 422

iMovie: iMovie and Final Cut Express>Apple InterMediate Codec

Avid: Avid Media Composer>Avid DNxHD

Premiere: Adobe Premiere>MPEG-2

Tips: you can click Settings at the bottom to set frame rate, bitrate and so on.

Step 4. Specify output file path. Click on “Browse” and browse to where you’d like to save target video. Now click the bid red Convert. You don’t have to wait aside for that it provides a function to shut down computer for you.

Step 5. Press “Open” to locate result video.

Follow these guide to learn how to import video to FCPX, iMovie, Avid, Premiere.

MTS files bite up storage. If you have lots of AVCHD Lite MTS video stored on Mac HDD and are now ending up with plenty of long files with only a few short gems, it is recommended that you use this AVCHD Converter program which works like a charm.

Tips: 

1. iMedia Converter for Mac cannot only load AVCHD Lite MTS files, but also able to convert various video format to each other, moreover it can rip protected blu-rays so that you can enjoy your collections on different devices.

2. Now the windows version is available here: Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate(now are on 20% off).

3. You can also do the conversion with Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac.

See also:

Convert Panasonic TM900 MTS videos to ProRes 422 for FCP
Panasonic DMC-FZ200 and FCP(X) Workflow on Mac
Transform Panasonic GH2 MTS to ProRes on Mac OS X Lion
Make Panasonic LX7 compatible with Avid Media Composer
Encode Panasonic HC-X800 1080 50p/60p AVCHD to Avid
Convert Panasonic HC-X900, HC-X900M 3D MTS to AIC
Upload Panasonic AVCHD videos to YouTube
Edit Panasonic GH3 MTS in FCP X

Source: Transcode Panasonic Lumix DMC Series AVCHD Lite MTS to FCP X/iMovie/Avid/Premiere Pro

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“I have downloaded some MXF files from the P2 Card, recorded using a Panasonic AG-HPX600 Camera. How can I make it to an appropriate MOV file and successfully import MXF into iMovie?”

Panasonic P2 series camcorders are professional camcorders which can help us record vivid HD video footages. Recognized globally as the industry’s premier digital camcorder, Panasonic P2 has established itself as an indispensable acquisition tool delivering the distinct, prized look of film. P2 recorded files are extremely excellent among the high-end cameras. You may often film some wonderful moments with Panasonic AG-HPX600 but have the same problem above: How to encode Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 MXF to iMovie/FCE preferred format?

However traditional nonlinear editing programs on mac such as iMovie/FCE do not work with MXF format natively. This make us have to convert Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 MXF to AIC MOV to get iMovie/FCE work with Panasonic AG-HPX600.

I would like to recommend this Pavtube Panasonic P2 MXF Converter for Mac, a powerful program which is not only able to ingest Panasonic AG-HPX600 P2 MXF files to iMovie/FCE, but also able to load MXF files from different camcorders, and convert them into various video formats so that you can playback camcorder footages on iPhone, iPad, Android devices and so on. With intuitive interface, you can easily and fast convert Panasonic AG-HPX600 MXF to AIC for iMovie/FCE on mac using this professional MXF to iMovie/FCE Converter. And the latest Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 is supported; pls feel free to have a try!

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Now get this Mac Panasonic MXF Converter installed and let’s start!

How to convert Panaonic AG-HPX600 MXF to AIC for editing in iMovie/FCE on Mac?

Step 1. Connect your Panasonic AG-HPX600 Camcorder to Mac with USB cable or use card reader to transfer the MXF files to Apple hard drive disk.

Step 2. Add Panasonic AG-HPX600 MXF video files to Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac.

Run this MXF to iMovie/FCE Converter for Mac, click the “Add Files” button to load individuals mxf videos; or click “Add from folder” to load the entire folder.

Step 3. Choose editing program compatible format.

Click the “Profile” option, you will find various video formats sorted by different programs/devices. For iMovie/FCE, it should be “iMovie/Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)”.

With the “merge into one file” box above “Open”, you can lossless merge your Panasonic footages in a few clicks.

Note: If you are FCP (X) users, click the post “How to Import Panasonic AG-HPX600 MXF in FCP X.” to learn more details.

Step 4. now click the big red Converter and wait for a while to get the fresh hot converted video. Click “Browse” to locate them directly.

Tips:

1. The windows version is available here: MXF Converter for Windows.

2. Refer to here to get more step-by-step guide of how to work with Panasonic footages, MXF videos on mac and Final Cut Pro.

See also:

Encode Panasonic AJ-HPX3700 HD MXF to MPEG
How to edit Panasonic P2 card MXF files in Mac OS X
Best MXF to Avid MC Converter
Convert P2 MXF to AVI/WMV/MP4
Import C500 MXF to FCP 6
Edit C500 MXF in Premiere Pro 6
Play XAVC on QuickTime
Does XF105 MXF Compatible with FCP
Import Canon C500 MXF to Aperture 3

Source: Convert Panaonic AG-HPX 600 MXF to AIC for editing in iMovie/FCE on mac

The explosion of digital SLRs with video capability has turned many traditional videographers and photographers toward cameras such as the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark II/III, EOS 5D, EOS 7D, EOS-1D X, EOS 60D and the newly-introduced EOS Rebel T4i (EOS 650D) to create stunning high definition footage at a very affordable price. The impressive video image quality of Canon’s EOS digital SLRs is their use of the sophisticated H.264/MPEG-4 compression method for recording video files to the camera’s memory card. This is an ideal file type for video capture in an SLR camera, delivering relatively compact file sizes with image quality noticeably superior to alternate video compressions (such as Motion JPEG). However, the H.264 codec is not good for iMovie editing, it takes long time to render, and you can’t edit the Canon H.264 video files smoothly in iMovie.

In attempting of importing Canon EOS H.264 mov to iMovie for editing without problems, the H.264 compression format requires that files be transcoded into a format better suited to editing, effects, and color grading; this would usually be Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov). To achieve your goal smoothly, the following tutorial will guide you through how to convert Canon EOS H.264 videos to AIC MOV for iMovie, guarannteed to import and edit Canon H.264 MOV files in iMovie smoothly.

Transcoding Canon EOS H.264 MOV files for iMovie continue reading…

For all of its faults, iMovie’ 09/11 offers much better native file compatibility than its predecessor. Apple claims that iMovie’ 09/11 supports most commonly-used video codecs, including DV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, AVCHD and AIC. However, all files aren’t equal when working in iMovie. And there is no way to import single .mts files to iMovie that you have previously transferred from the camera to your computer unless you have used the Archive method which saves the whole file structure of the camera onto your computer. That’s why you can always meet questions like “how do I open a file in iMovie with enlargement of the MTS?” or “how do i download AVCHD (MTS files) in imovie9″ come from time to time.

To achieve your goal to edit MTS clips with iMovie, below is simple tutorial to make it smoother to get those .MTS files off of a memory card or hard drive to iMovie–and without the need to connect the camera to your Mac.

Converting MTS files to edit in iMovie continue reading…

Transcode/Convert Canon MXF to ProRes for iMovie editing

Specially designed for video hobbyists and independent filmmakers, iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Mac, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2 users to edit their own home movies. iMovie makes it easy to turn your home videos into your all-time favorite films. Here it mainly talks about how to get Canon XF footages to iMovie for editing smoothly.

As you see, iMovie supports importing directly from a large amount of popular camcorders or digital still cameras. But as for Canon XF footages, this becomes a bit tacky that you can not natively import and edit .mxf wrapped footage from the XF100, XF105, XF300 and XF305 cameras in iMovie without rendering time. A newbie may feel disappinted when the iMovie failed to import recordings from Canon XF105 or XF300 while experienced users will convert the Canon MXF to something iMovie can edit natively, say Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) encoded MOV format. Along with some help from the third-party software. Video Converter Varies, a recommended one is Pavtube MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac. continue reading…