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Jan 28

Canon Announces Two More Cinema EOS Prime Lenses

Company Now Offers Five Primes and Four Zooms Designed to Capture 4K for EOS Cinema Camera Line

Canon went wide and long with the announcement this week of two more EF-mount prime lenses for its Cinema EOS System. The new CN-E14mm T3.1 L F and CN-E135mm T2.2 L F lenses will extend the line-up on both ends of the focal spectrum, augmenting the already released 24mm, 50mm, and 85mm primes. The 14mm lens is expected to ship in April for an estimated retail price (ERP) of $5,500, with the 135mm model to follow in May for an ERP of $5200.

The new lenses will be fully compatible with Canon’s EOS C500EOS C300EOS C100, and EOS-1D C cameras, the company said, with f-stop display in the viewifnder, recording of focus and zoom positions and f number, and — with forthcoming camera firmware upgrades — peripheral light compensation image-processing.

Read More: Canon Column

Canon has so far released four zoom lenses for the Cinema EOS system in both EF- and PL-mount versions: two “top-end” zoom lenses (the CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 wide-angle zoom and the CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 telephoto zoom) and two compact zooms (the CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 wide-angle zoom and the CN-E30-105mm T2.8 telephoto zoom). The five primes have been designed to match the zooms in color tone and balance, all of the cinema lenses have 11-blade aperture diaphragms, and all of the lens elements are designed to be appropriate for 4K cinematography, Canon said.

Shooters can always use still-photography EF-mount lenses with Canon’s digital cinema cameras, but the Cinema EOS lenses have been designed for motion-picture work with 300-degree focus-ring rotation and engraved focus scales for precision focus control during a shoot. They’re also compatible with industry standard accessories like matte boxes and follow-focus gear.

For more information: www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/lenses/cinema_lenses

Learn More: Canon EOS FAQ: HD Videos converting, importing, editing and burning on Mac

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Jan 28

Mac AVCHD Editing: Lossless Join, Cut, Edit Sony CX520V AVCHD MTS on Mac

Sony HDR-CX520V Review

The good: Compact design; first-rate video quality and performance; geotagging videos is fun, if limited.

The bad: No SD card support; awkward control layout; no wind filter; no manual shutter speed, iris, or audio controls; expensive.

The bottom line: The geotagging capability remains mostly a novelty, but the top-notch video quality of the Sony Handycam HDR-CX500V and HDR-CX520V make them worthy options. Because internal memory is overpriced, the HDR-XR500V is the better deal of the two, though you may want to opt for a 2010 model that supports SD cards rather than Sony’s Memory Stick.

How to Lossless Join, Cut, Edit Sony CX520V AVCHD MTS on Mac

“Urgent please! I am making a school video presentation but I recorded from a HD camera (Sony Handycam CX520V)…it captured in AVCHD format but I can’t play it on my Mac or convert it. Someone please help! It was such a good movie, and my school project is due in 8 hours!”

As a training consultant and media producer, I use lots of tools for multimedia processing. Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas should be the top video editors for professionals, but for novice and people that want but cutting and encoding AVCHD contents, I would recommend the Pavtube Media Magician for Mac. It features basic video editing capacity and servers as a “nice camcorder assistant manager, lossless camcorder video joiner, MTS/ M2TS/ MXF/ MOV/ MKV/ TiVo/ WMV/ AVI/ MPG converter and editor, and efficient camcorder video uploader for YouTube”. Most important, it keeps perfect audio and video sync.

Here I demonstrate the simple steps for Sony CX520V AVCHD editing with Media Magician for Mac. Hope it helps video editing beginners get started with AVCHD clipping and editing for education presentation and home film. If you work on Windows, get Media Magician for your computer. The steps are almost the same.

Mac AVCHD Editing Guide: from Camera recordings to Presentation

Step 1. Connect your camcorder (say Sony Handycam CX520V) to Mac/PC with USB 2.0 cable, or use a card reader to connect Flash Memory card to computer. Download AVCHD videos from camcorder to computer with Media Magician. Run Pavtube Media Magician and the app will automatically detect your Sony Handycam CX520V AVHCD camcorder. Follow the wizard to import/back up AVCHD .m2ts video to Media Magician for Mac library.

Step 2. Edit videos in timeline. Drag and drop the AVCHD videos from library to timeline. Here you can remove unwanted .m2ts, trim AVHCD video by frame-accurate, put them into the right order for merging into one film and set special effects (3D effect included).

Step 3. Choose “Output” on the top of main interface to switch it to output interface. In output interface you can set common video format (AVI, WMV, MOV, etc) for using in presentation, authoring DVD, uploading to YouTube, and exporting to iPad, iPhone, Android tablets, etc. There are also intermediate codec for further editing in Adobe and Avid software, which I like.

Step 4. Choose a format for school presentation. For importing Sony Handycam footage to Keynote, follow the steps to use proper format:

1. Move your mouse to Common Format tab, click on it.
2. Select “AVI”, “MP4” or “MOV” format.
3. Set desired quality in av parameters. For instance, to export SD video, you can set Video “Size” to “640*480” and bitrate to “1000kbps”. For better quality, set “Size” to “1280*720” and “Bitrate”  “2000kbps” or above.

Tip: For people who feel like compressing Sony AVCHD video to iPad or Android device, choose “Device” tab and select respective preset for your device. There are hundreds of presets for different tablets, smartphones and various kinds of media players.

Step 5. Convert educational videos to AVI/WMV for slideshow. Press the plus sign (+) to add task for conversion. Select the task(s) and click on the triangle sign to start encoding Sony Handycam CX520V M2TS video to AVI/WMV common file type.

After conversion, you can transfer videos to FCP, AVID, Youtube etc…

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Jan 25

Managing Sony XDCAM Media with Mac: Connecting, Transferring, Copying

How to Connect the Sony XDCAM Media to a Mac and Transferring/Copying the Sony XDCAM Media onto Your Hard Drive for managing.

NOTICE

SxS CARD IMPORT ERROR WARNING

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

The Sony XDCAM occasionally experiences an error connecting its SxS Card media to computer systems, in which only one of the two cards properly mounts as a volume.

Make sure that both volumes mount when connecting the XDCAM to a computer for footage acquisition. They should appear on the Desktop as “Untitled” and “Untitled-1”.

If the SxS Cards do not mount correctly, follow these instructions:

Repeat steps if necessary.

Please note that this problem applies only to workflows incorporating the XDCAM as the intermediary connecting the SxS Card media to a computer system.

Direct connection of the SxS Card media to a computer via ExpressCard slot does not experience this issue.

If the problem persists contact the F&DM Equipment Checkout Lab ASAP!

Viewing Clips on the Sony XDCAM EX1 Camera Monitor

1. After your shoot, rotate the LCD monitor out from beneath the built-in mic.

2. Now switch the camera on to “Media” mode.

3. You will see thumbnails of your film clips on the LCD monitor as seen below.

4. You can select which card you will be viewing by pressing the “Slot Select” button, which will toggle the selected cards.

5. The selected card will be highlighted at the top of the monitor display as shown below (where card B has no clips recorded).

6. You can display the menu on the monitor by pressing the “Menu” button, and you can scroll and select by rolling/pressing the “Sel/Set” button.

7. If you prefer, you can also scroll and select using the “Sel/Set” jog control on the operation panel on the handle.

8. Using the “Sel/Set” buttons, you can select a clip, and display info. Press in on the “Sel/Set” button to select a highlighted option.

9. To delete an unwanted clip, select Delete Clip in the dropdown menu.

10. Press the “Thumbnail” button on top of the handle to return to the Thumbnail screen.

Note: If you want to view your clips on an NTSC monitor, the AV out port located next to the USB port, [using the special cable enclosed in the camera case] will allow you to view your work.

Connecting the XDCAM Media to a Mac

System Requirements

In order to import the Sony XDCAM footage for use in Final Cut Pro you will need to have the following prior to transfer/conversion and import:

Hardware

• Mac running Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 or later version

Software

• Sony SxS utility – on CD included with camera kit and here (SxS Driver Installer) (SxS installation info)

• Sony XDCam Log and Transfer Plugin for Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 through 7.0.3 (Log and Transfer Plugin 1.2.0)

Two Supported Methods for Connection

A. Use a Macbook Pro ExpressCard slot

B. Connect camera to a Mac via a USB cable

WARNING: Firewire import – The firewire port on the camera is a legacy connection to support HDV.

This is an older format of lesser quality than HQ, therefore, the department does not endorse acquisition of XDCAM media by firewire.

Using the Macbook Pro ExpressCard Slot

Before removing a card from the camera, be sure to touch metal to reduce the risk of transferring a static charge which could damage the card.

1. Slide open the Access panel

2. Push on the Eject button to release the lock, then pull the button out.

3. When the button is extended push on it to eject the card.

4. Pull the SxS card out carefully, taking care not to touch the top edge of the card where the pins are located.

5. Insert the SxS card into the MacBook Pro ExpressCard slot. Push it in firmly so it latches. Once the card is latched, don’t remove it until you eject the SxS volume on the desktop. Removal without first ejecting via the software could corrupt the media on the card, resulting in unusable footage.

6. Check your computer desktop to confirm that an SxS volume has been mounted . Congratulations, you are now ready to go to III. Transferring the XDCAM Media onto Your Hard Drive below.

Connecting the Sony XDCAM EX1 Camera to a Mac Via USB Cable

1. With the camera in the “Off” setting, (and the SxS cards still in their slots) press the “Release” button on the grip. This will enable you to rotate the grip as shown below:

2. Lay the camera on its side to lift the connector panel below the grip. You may need to push up on the grip strap. There are three connection ports – the one on the far right is the USB port.

3. Insert the mini end of the USB cable into the USB port in the camera, taking care to check the form and direction of the USB connector. Take care to ensure that the cable has clearance from the grip, and there is no undue stress on the connector. Then, insert the other end into your computer’s USB port.

4. With the camera again upright, rotate the LCD monitor out from beneath the built-in mic.

5. Now switch the camera on to “Media” mode. You will see a “Connect USB Now?” dialog, as shown below. Select Execute.

6. Check your computer desktop to confirm that an SxS volume has been mounted . Congratulations, you are now ready to go to III. Transferring the XDCAM Media onto Your Hard Drive below.

Transferring the XDCAM Media onto Your Hard Drive

Once you have confirmed that the SxS volume is mounted on your desktop – you should see the following icon:

You are now ready to:

(1) Copy your media directly from the SxS card onto your hard drive (fast way to move media so you can shoot on the card again – but carries some risk – see section below)

Copying the XDCAM Media onto Your Hard Drive

WARNING: Please follow the workflow below exactly to prevent corruption and/or loss of your media.

1. Create a directory on your external hard drive for copying raw SxS media. This directory could serve as a backup in case of a loss of your converted media. The example below is called “SxS media”

2. Create a subdirectory(or subdirectories) for each transfer of media – as shown below we chose the naming convention of 2008_04_04_ A which represents the year, month, day and A signifying the first folder. Using a similar naming convention will help you stay organized, and make the directories easy to sort. Each subdirectory should represent a transfer of media, so multiple transfers on the same day are designated by the letters A, B, C, etc.

3. Now open two finder windows and set them up as shown below. On the right is the window for the SxS card on the desktop and the one on the left is for the new directories on the external drive.

4. Drag the entire BPAV folder into the subdirectory as shown below. If you are importing material in the field, this should be the fastest way to get material off the SxS card. Wait until the directory is done copying.

5. Drag the SONY directory from the SxS card to the SxS Media directory. The SONY directory is an archive of all your camera settings. By saving this directory, you can later copy it back onto an empty reformatted card the next time you check out a camera. After copying you’ll insert the card into the camera and “recall” the camera settings – which will save you time and provide consistent setups. See below for more instructions on storing the settings and recalling them.

6. Once you are done copying both directories, you may eject the SxS card from the desktop. You should then delete the clips once the card is back in the camera which will free up space to shoot more clips.

Warning:

• Do not reformat your card without first copying your SONY directory
• the BPAV folder must be copied into an empty directory
• Do not delete or rename any of the BPAV directories or media files on your computer
• Do not search the metadata on SxS media with the Mac Spotlight search tool – it could modify the metadata and corrupt your files

Failure to not follow the above could result in corruption and/or unusable media.

Ejecting the SxS card

(1) If the card is in your laptop: Either right click (control + click if no right button) on the SxS card icon and select “Eject Disk” or drag the icon into the trash. When the SxS icon has disappeared it is safe to eject the SxS card from the ExpressCard slot.

(2) If you have been connected directly to the camera: Either right click (control + click if no right button) on the SxS card icon and select “Eject Disk” or drag the icon into the trash. When the SxS icon has disappeared it is safe to turn off the camera and disconnect the USB cable.

Erasing clips on the SxS Card on the Sony XDCAM EX1 Camera

Erasing clips on your camera preserves any Scene files, and camera settings. When you have imported your clips, the SxS card is (back) in the camera and you are ready to erase clips on your card in order to create space to shoot more footage, do the following:

1. Click on the camera’s Menu button, and scroll down to the “Others > Clip” selection. Using your “Sel/Set” button select “All Clips DEL”

2. You will be asked if you want to All Clips Delete, select “Execute.” The clips will be deleted.

Copying Camera Settings onto a Reformatted Card

In order to reuse your camera settings, you’ll need to save them to the SxS card:

1. Click on the camera’s Menu button, and scroll down to the “Others > Camera Data” selection. Use your “Sel/Set” button to select “Store”, then “Execute”

Your Scene Files and Camera Setups will be located in the folder called “Sony” on the SxS card. By copying that folder onto your hard drive (see III. Transferring the XDCAM Media onto Your Hard Drive, #5) you can later copy that folder back onto a SxS card from another camera and load those same settings back to a different EX1 you are using. The Scene File/Camera Setup in the “Sony” folder keep basically ALL your personal camera setup information.)

Make sure you have a “clean” card before copying your settings by reformatting it as follows:

1. Click on the camera’s Menu button, and scroll down to the “Others > Format Media” selection. Use your “Sel/Set” button to select either Media (A) or (B), then “Execute”

2. You will be asked if you want to Format Media Now? Select “Execute.” The card will be reformatted and is ready for .

3. Insert card into computer and drag “Sony” directory over to SxS card.

4. Eject card and reinsert in camera slot. Open monitor and turn on camera’s “Media” setting.

5. Click on the camera’s Menu button, and scroll down to the “Others > Camera Data” selection. Use your “Sel/Set” button to select “Recall”, then “Execute”.

Your scene files and camera settings are now activated on the camera – you’re ready to shoot.

 

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Jan 25

Sony XDCAM Transfer: 2 Ways to Transfer Sony XDCAM MXF Content to Final Cut Pro on Mac

There are 2 ways to import footage from the Sony XDCAM camcorder to Final Cut Pro. You can directly import XDCAM-HD files by attaching your camcorder (with the memory cards still in it) to the computer via USB cable or by removing the cards from the camcorder and placing them in the express card slot of a MacBook Pro. Both methods require Final Cut Studio and Sony XDCAM Transfer Software (a free download from Sony).

Method 1: Express Slot and USB Cable to Camcorder

Step 1: Connect Cables

After shooting, remove the SxS card from camcorder and place it in the express slot of laptop; or attach the camcorder (with the SxS card still inside) to the computer via the supplied USB cable and turn the camera power switch to the Media position.

Step 2: Import Sony XDCAM MXF to Final Cut Pro

In Final Cut Pro, initiate the import by using the pull-down menu- File/Import/Sony XDCAM. This opens the Sony XDCAM Transfer software interface.

Step 3. Arrange Your Clips

Select the clip to view from the thumbnail images in the top half of the interface. Play the clip in the viewing window at the bottom of the interface. You can also mark “ins” and “outs” if you just want to import part of the clip. Add comments and other information to the clip in the lower right area of the interface.

Step 4: Import All Your Clips

Click on the Import button to ingest the clip to Final Cut Pro. You can import all the clips on the card by selecting all the clips and them clicking on Import.

Method 2: Ingest Sony XDCAM MXF videos and encode the MXF clips to FCP Compatible Codec

This method should work with most Mac computer. If you run into a problem when importing Sony XDCAM, XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX media to FCP, here’s an alternative workaround: use Media Magician for Mac to ingest Sony XDCAM MXF videos and encode the XDCAM MXF clips to Apple ProRes 422 codec, which is naturally supported by Final Cut Pro 6, 7 and FCP X. The app can also be used to cut and merge MXF files, or convert MXF to QuickTime codec for playing on Mac, iPad, iPhone and other iOS devices.

Step 1: Connect your Sony XDCAM camera to Mac and import MXF from Sony XDCAM to Media Magician for Mac.

Connect your Sony XDCAM camera to Mac computer and launch Pavtube Media Magician for Mac. The app will automatically detect your camera and ask “Camcorder is connected. Are you ready to launch wizard now?” Click “Yes” to confirm. Select the MXF files you’d like to import to FCP, and then press “Start” to import MXF to Media Magician library.

Step 2: Organize and edit Sony XDCAM MXF videos in timeline.

Drag and drop the Sony XDCAM MXF clip to timeline for editing from library. Here you can remove unwanted .mxf clips, trim out unwanted frames from specific clip by frame-accurate, and put them into the right order for merging. Use the scissor icon to do frames trimming.

Step 3: Choose “Output” on the top of main interface to switch it to output interface.

Step 4: Choose Apple ProRes codec as output format.

Here you can set common video format like AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, MPG, etc as well as intermediate codec for editing software. For importing Sony XDCAM MXF to Final Cut Pro, follow the steps to set Apple ProRes 422 preset:

  • 1. Move your mouse to Editor, click on the tab.
  • 2. Select “Final Cut Pro” group.
  • 3. The default output format for FCP is Apple ProRes 422. To use other codec in the ProRes family, just select the desire codec (ProRes LT, Pro, HD, ProRes 4444) from the drop-down list of “Format” bar. Set bitrate and frame rate if necessary.

Step 5: Export Apple ProRes video for FCP 7/FCP X

Press the plus sign (+) to add task for conversion. Select the task(s) and click on the triangle sign to start encoding Sony XDCAM MXF to Apple ProRes 422 MOV.

Step 6: Import Apple ProRes 422 MOV to Final Cut Pro

In Final Cut Pro, follow pull-down menu- File/Import/Files… to import converted Sony XDcam footage to FCP without rendering on Mac.

PS. If you have any problem, pls contact with macsupport@pavtube.com to get more information. You also can leave a message on Pavtube Community or Pavtube Facebook, we will answer your questions as soon as possilble.

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Jan 24

FCP 7 importing issue: How to import Sony CX190 AVCHD to Final Cut Pro 7 without rendering on Mac?

No matter you are using Final Cut Pro 7 or Final Cut Pro X, you may more or less face some problems when trying to import and edit AVCHD files in the Apple professional editing software. Some may be related to the importing clips, editing like effects and transitions, and rendering, etc. Here we focus on importing AVCHD to FCP 7, and rendering.

Question: My new Sony CX190 can’t connect to Final Cut Pro 7 HD.

Answer: Sony CX190 shots videos in AVCHD folder, you say you can’t view it, I guess you are using Mac OS X 10.8, as on this new mountain lion system, AVCHD is showed as a file not a folder, so you may can’t view the file via FCP 7. There are two ways, first just rename the AVCHD fodler to AVCHD.mts, then rename the BDMV folder to BDMV.mts, it will let you see the mts files under it forever. Second, you can use a AVCHD converter to help you convert Sony CX190 AVCHD to FCP 7 preferred ProRes MOV, then you will have no problem to import it into FCP 7. The converter I am using is a converter for Pavtube, you can google Pavtube Sony AVCHD Converter for Mac, then you will find the free trail. In addition, the Converter supports batch conversion, so you are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time.

Here I will share my experience: How to convert Sony CX190 AVCHD to ProRes MOV for importing to Final Cut Pro 7 on Mac(include Mac OS X Leopard 10.5, Snow Leopard 10.6, Lion 10.7, Mountain Lion 10.8).

Step 1. Connect your Sony HDR-CX190 to your Apple with USB2.0. Install and launch the best Sony AVCHD Converter for FCP 7. When its main interface comes up, click “Add video”/ “Add from folder” to input AVCHD source files captured by your Sony CX190 camera. You can tick the box in front of the file you want to convert. If you are Mac 10.8 users, you can load directly from your camera or from a file folder that contains your source files that stored on your Mac computer.

Tips: 

  • 1. If you have multiple 1080/60p MTS/M2TS files, you can select the “Merge into one” box to merge the files into one single file for FCP 7 so that you can play these files without interruption.
  • 2. If you intend to split long video for uploading to website, such as YouTube, please select the Split.

Step 2. Go to “Format” menu and choose an output format depending on the editing application you are using. For FCP 7 users, I recommend “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) or Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) (.*mov)” as output if you mainly forcus on the HQ quality. But you should know that the AVCHD file is a highly compressed and the AVCHD to ProRes conversion will make the imported files bigger than the originals. If you want a smaller ingested file, ProRes 422(Proxy) and ProRes 422(LT) are the right options for 480i,p and 576i,p shootings. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.

Step 3. Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You’d better set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best video quality for editing Sony HDR-CX190 recording file in Final Cut Pro.

Tips:

  • 1. If you want a HD converted video in a relatively smaller size but keep the good quality, you can set the video size as 1440*1080 or 1280*720.
  • 2. If the original files are shot in 60p, please choose 30 fps as frame rate while 25 fps for 50p files.

Step 4. Click “Edit” and you will go to the “Video Editor”. Then click “Effect” and select “deinterlacing”, then you can Deinterlace the Sony HDR-CX190 shootage on Mac.

Step 5. Click the “Convert” button under preview window to export Apple ProRes MOV files for Final Cut Pro 7. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.

Tips:

  • 1. If you converted AVCHD  to ProRes for FCP X and got files with sounds only, but no video, you may try to download Apple ProRes codec and convert the videos again.
  • 2. If you are using FCP 5 or below on Mac, you can convert AVCHD files to MOV with Apple InterMediate Codec for high quality editing with AVCHD Video Converter.

Once the conversion finished, click “Open” button to get the generated Apple ProRes 422 MOV files.

How to import the converted Canon C100 AVCHD clips to Final Cut Pro (X) for further editing?

Launch Final Cut Pro 7, choose “File > Import > Files…”, and browse to where you save the converted AVCHD clips to. Choose the videos that you’d like to add.

Here is a problem from CreativeCow.net:

“I want to be able to burn all my projects from FCP 7 on a DVD”

If you have a similar problem, don’t worry. I will share some easy steps, pls refer to my old article, as follows:

Hope my experience helps you.

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Jan 24

Stream AIC MOV videos from iMovie to WD TV Media Plus Player in Full HD Best Quality

“I imported MTS files from camcorder to iMovie, which automatically transcodes them into Apple Intermediate Codec with a .mov wrapper. These files play fine on my Mac computer, but then when I streamed these AIC .mov videos to WD TV Media Plus, the device gave an error message saying unsupported format. I suppose the original MTS files work with the WD Media plus player but I have I deleted them. Anyone please recommend a video encoder that work with AIC (I plan to convert the AIC .mov to H.264 video)?”

You can have a try with Media Magician for Mac. I always use to encode and upload camera footage to YouTube, but there are H.264 video formats in output option. You should have no trouble converting the AIC files to H.264 MP4 files. The software exports AIC codec for iMovie so I suppose it imports AIC. By the way, AIC is not suitable for streaming – it’s an intermediate codec for further video editing processing – Best bet is to go with H.264 MP4, as it is better for media players, iPad, iPhone, etc and work just fine on a PC as well.

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How to convert AIC MOV from iMovie to H.264 MP4 (so that you can stream the video to WD TV Media Plus Player):

Step 1. Import iMovie MOV files to Media Magician for Mac.

Open up Media Magician for Mac, choose “Import Media Files” to browse and load MOV video files from computer.

Step 2. Drag and drop videos onto Timeline for editing/organizing. Here you can preview, trim, cut, delete, rearrange order, and merge videos. Also, if you like, it’s easy to set special effect to image and audio.

Step 3. Click the “Output” button on the top and switch it to output interface, where you set H.264 output.

Step 4. Convert AIC MOV to H.264 MP4 for WD TV Media plus player.

To choose an optimized format for WD plus media player for conversion:

1. Press on “Device” tab.

2. Pick up “HD Player“. The default format “WD TV Live Video (*.mp4)” is oriented for the WD TV Live plus streaming media player.

3. On the upper left of the interface, find and click the plus sign to add the output as a conversion task.

4. Then click on the triangle sign on it to start converting and joining AIC MOV from iMovie to H.264 MP4 for WD TV Media Plus Player.

Now take some coffee and leave it be. When you’re back, your film should be ready for streaming to WDTV Live Plus Player with best quality.

                            
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Jan 23

Premiere Pro Workflow: How to Import Media Files to Premiere Pro on Mac

The first step to starting a project in Adobe Premiere Pro is getting your media files into this editorial system. No matter what kind of project you’re doing, if you can’t import media, you will get stuck. In this article, you’ll learn about importing media files to Premiere Pro on Mac.

Overall, you can import media files into Adobe Premiere Pro in three ways:

  • 1. Standard importing by choosing File Import
  • 2. The Media Browser panel
  • 3. Adobe Bridge

1. Standard importing

Standard importing is probably the most straightforward type of importing you can do. To import any file, choose File  Import. If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, press Command+I to open the standard Import dialog.

The Standard OS X Import dialog; note the search box in the upper-right corner.

Adobe Premiere Pro Likes Most Formats. You’ll find that it can handle pretty much any file format you can throw at it. Don’t ever be afraid to import a file to see if a clip can be used. If your media files are not compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, simply transcode those clips to a format that is well supported by Premiere Pro using a video converter tool such as Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac.

2. Using the Media Browser

The flexibility of Media Browser makes it superior to the standard file system import. Not only does it display the files in a straight list, but it also adjusts the view using the metadata. Being able to see this metadata makes it far easier to select from long lists of files or shots.

The Media Browser has the capability to display clips and cards from popular formats like P2 and XDCAM.

Adobe Premiere Pro’s Media Browser automatically recognizes camera media, meaning that if you navigate into a directory of XDCAM, P2, or Red files (amongst others), it will auto recognize the footage. This makes it easy to use and adjust metadata from the field.

3. Adobe Bridge

Most people encounter Adobe Bridge via Adobe Photoshop. In case you’ve never used it, it’s a dynamic media browser – think of it as a file browser on steroids. It’s a media browser that is optimized (right now) mostly for still photography, but has loads of power for video users.

Adobe Bridge is a versatile program in its own right. Notice Filtering on the left side and Video Metadata on the right side.

You can manually open Adobe Bridge by clicking its application icon. You can also choose File  Browse in Bridge to automatically launch Adobe Bridge and point it to the same directory that the Media Browser is viewing.

The only downside to Adobe Bridge is that it doesn’t recognize all formats. It handles images and QuickTime files just fine, but it doesn’t recognize file-based cameras or image sequences. For those formats, use the Media Browser.

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Jan 21

Review: Top 5 iMovie Alternatives for Mac Novice and Movie lovers

The Mac has long been the homestead for effective and easy video editing, graphic design, and video compressing for many professionals and novices alike. Maybe you want to throw together a few video clips. Maybe you have more time and want to fine-tune every edit. Or maybe you just want to flip through clips the way you flip through album covers in iTunes. To accomplish these tasks, you don’t really need invest on professional video editors like Final Cut Pro and Avid Studio. If you are at all interested in getting your creative juices flowing, video wise, iMovie works fine for novices. If, however, iMovie can’t import or handle your video in the way you want, there are lots of other smaller and still great apps available. Want to get your hands on some decent iMovie alternatives for satisfying all your video editing needs? Well, we’ve come up Top 5 iMovie alternatives that will take care of your tweaking requirements on Mac.

1. Media Magician for Mac

Media Magician for Mac is a user-friendly package for AVCHD transferring, compressing and entry-level video editing. It’s very handy to back up AVCHD (and other HD video recordings) to Mac HDD and export their own short film with just some simple editing, which is quite intuitive- any video from the media library can be dragged and dropped to the timeline where you cut video by frame-accurate, trash undesired frames, join multiple AVCHD clips together, set video effect including 3D Red-Blue/Red-Cyan effect, mute (or articulate) audio, rotate video, take snapshot, etc.

What set Media Magician apart from other video editing software is its massive import and export formats. Comparing with iMovie, this app accepts much more formats: MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MKV, MTS, M2TS, TOD, MOD, MOV, MXF, VOB, ect. Any video can be thrown in it for editing. In terms of export format, it’s also impressive, there are Lossless M2TS/MKV output is intended for seamless merge of multiple AVCHD clips; under Editor tab there are intermediate codecs such as Apple Intermediate codec, ProRes 422, Avid DNxHD so that professionals can further edit their artwork natively in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe AE, etc; the Online tab offers a time-saving way for users to upload their work to YouTube; also there’s a Device tab under which you can find hundreds of presets for almost all the devices that play video, from tablets and smartphones to HD media players and video game console. This really makes sense for average users who has no idea what codecs are or what format to use- just find your device in the list and choose the preset.

Price: $45

Requires: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), and Mountain Lion (10.8)

2. Adobe Premiere Elements

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 is the newest update to Adobe’s popular consumer video editing application. Premiere Elements is inexpensive, well designed, and easy to learn. Premiere Elements has both a storyboard and a more traditional timeline view. You can polish, add effects and export to YouTube, HD Video or to DVD.

Premiere Elements 10 also has the unique capability to export to Blu-Ray, although the Mac has yet to gain Blu-Ray burning capability. You can also keyframe by keyframe edit effects and transitions.

Price: $79.99

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6 or later

3. Mac iMedia Converter

You may want to edit a file or post a video file and that file is not compatible with your system. When you run across this problem you need to convert the file. The easiest way is to use a file converter like iMedia Converter.

iMedia Converter is easy to use and accepts many file formats. It also includes batch convert functionality. As an added value, iMedia Converter includes direct conversion and ripping from a Blu-ray disc or DVD!

Price: $52

Requires: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

4. Final Cut Pro X

Sometimes you just need a real pro tool for the job. When those times call, answer with Final Cut Pro X! Apple upped in 2011 the ante by releasing Final Cut Pro X for only $299.99. FCPX has gained speed improvements, ease of use improvements, and many of iMovie’s looks and features. Although I still use FCP 8, FCPX is awesome for many projects and will come in handy if you get real serious.

Final Cut Pro X has many features to covet. The best includes magnetic timeline, built-in audio editor, a new 64bit architecture, faster rendering, built in effects, and a simpler to use color grading effect. Being that the price is hundreds of dollars lower the FCStudio, I could not recommend it enough.

Price: $299.99

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later

5. Aurora3DAnimation

If you want to make your own 3D text or logo animation, normally you would have to use complex 3D graphics software and animate it yourself in After Effects. This is a tedious process that requires a huge skill set and thousands of dollars. With Aurora3DAnimation, you can easily create and animate 3D text and logos the exact way you want them without learning new skills. It could not be any easier!

Aurora3DAnimation offers beautifully designed templates, freehand control, light control, a built in graphic library, and excellent export capabilities. At only $49.99 you are not only saving hundreds of dollars, but many headaches!

Price: $49.99

Requires: Mac OS X 10.6 or later; 64-bit processor

Hope you love this roundup! Can you help me to share it for helping more guys? Thanks.

 

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Jan 21

Batch Manage Camcorder AVCHD MTS/M2TS Footage at One Time on Mac

Apple’s computing infrastructure has long been aimed at the creative professional, with emphasis on photo and video editing featuring prominently in marketing material past and present. The only problem with this is that industry-leading software like Adobe Premier, After Effects and Apple’s own Final Cut series are very expensive while there are very few free video editing applications for the OS X.

If you’ve just bought your first Mac then you might not have realized that it already comes with a basic video editor called iMovie. Yet the iMovie work with only a few video formats created by certain cameras only. If you’re using iMovie ’08 or later with a connected camera or camcorder, you may receive one of the following messages:

  • “When you try to use a camera or device, iMovie may indicate that it can’t see the camera”.
  • “When you try to import or export video to or from a camera or device, iMovie may unexpectedly stop importing, exporting, or responding”.

For people that are having trouble with importing AVCHD footage to iMovie, and video-editing beginners who prefer an easier way to manage camcorder AVCHD MTS/M2TS footage in batch, Pavtube Media Magician for Mac is a nice alternative worth a try. No matter you are an experienced videographer or a video-editing novice, you will be very impressed with its easy-to-use processing and wide support to camera and AVCHD camcorder file types.

Compatibility: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8)

Media Magician for Mac includes a Camcorder Wizard tool for users to simply archive and transfer recorded camera videos to Mac computer in batch. It is easy to filter and choose desired HD clips by film date or file type for downloading to your computer.

Supported File Types and Cameras/Camcorders:

  • MTS, M2TS, MP4, AVI, MOV from Digital cameras (Canon Vixia, Panasonic Lumix, etc);
  • AVCHD MTS/M2TS, MOD, TOD from HDD based camcorders (Sony Handycam, Panasonic HD, JVC Everio, etc);
  • All HD footage from Flash drive cameras;

All of your HD footage on camcorder HDD can be quickly transferred to Mac HDD, no matter what kind of cam you use. And there is a built-in media library for you to organize existing HD footage in batch. This new released Media Magician for Mac app takes into consideration easy managing & editing of ANY VIDEO on Mac – it also supports a wide variety of common video formats such as MOV, MP4, AVI, MKV, MPEG, TS, TiVo, VOB, etc.

Highlights of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac:

  • Importing directly from camera/camcorder or backup camcorder videos to local HDD.
  • Timeline editing, helping you edit camera clips in an easy and accurate way.
  • Frame by Frame editing, helping you trim, cut and delete unwanted parts accurately.
  • Adding 3D and other special effects to clips on timeline.
  • Output Apple ProRes MOV for editing in FCP (X) without rendering.
  • Featuring optimal presets for iMovie, FCE, Avid Studio, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Adobe After Effects, and Apple Aperture.
  • Exporting files best suited for playing on Android devices, Windows devices, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, HD Player, PSP/PS3, and HDV.
  • Transcoding camera videos to a wide range of file formats, including AVI, MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, MKV, MPEG-4, and M2TS.
  • Lossless output – keeping original format of source media, and rewrapping source video to MKV container without quality loss.
  • Directlyupload camera videos onto YouTube by using your already-have YouTube account.

 

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Jan 17

How to make Sony RX100 AVCHD clips work with Apple Aperture 3 on Mac(Mountain Lion 10.8 included)

“I have just purchased your software. I want to convert the .mts movie files in my Sony DSC-RX100 camera into a format that I can use either in Aperture, or iMovie. I plug the camera into the iMac using MAC OSX and transfer the movie files out of the camera into your software. What’s the output format that I need to choose for Aperture?”

Although Apple implies on their Aperture 3 features site that AVCHD and AVCHD Lite is supported, many people still got problems when they import AVCHD files from Sony, Panasonic, Canon, etc.

First let’s have a look at the Aperture video support features:

AVCHD support:
Import, view, and trim AVCHD video captured on many popular cameras.

Video Support:
Import, browse, and play back video clips – including HD video – from digital SLR cameras, point-and-shoot cameras, and digital camcorders.

Audio Support:
Import and play back audio clips in standard audio formats, such as AIFF and MP3.

The Sony RX100 AVCHD is not supported by Aperture this maybe an issue of AVCHD and AVCHD 2.0, AVCHD 2.0 Is 1080p 50fps and 60fps and 3D (stereoscopic). if you shoot any AVCHD 2.0 formats it won’t appear in Aperture for import. (this is the same for FCP and iMovie). The Sony RX100 does shot AVCHD 2.0 so users encounter problems when load Sony RX100 MTS to Aperture.

The easy way to import and edit Sony RX100 AVCHD in Apple Aperture.

As the Apple Aperture can’t support AVCHD video footages well, and Sony RX100 AVCHD MTS video format is not friendly for Apple Aperture, it’s a good choice to convert Sony RX100 AVCHD to Apple Aperture 3 best supported video formats, such as MOV, and then you can edit the RX100 video in Apple Aperture smoothly. You can follow the easy steps below.

Step 1: Download Pavtube AVCHD to Apple Aperture 3 Converter and import your Sony RX100 AVCHD file. This software will solve your AVCHD to Apple Aperture importing problems.

Step 2: You will need to choose the output format for Aperture. You are recommended to choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it’s great for editing in FCP, iMovie and Apple Aperture. There are more formats for output, you can pick as you need.

Step 3: Click “Settings” button to adjust the output video’s parameters, such as bitrate, resolution, etc. for example, you can choose the resolution as 1920*1080 or 1280*720, that’s 1080p or 720p resolution, great for editing.

Step 4: Start converting Sony RX100 AVCHD to Apple Aperture 3 Compatible Video Codec.

  • Note: You can find more solutions for Sony AVCHD Converter in MTS column.

After converting, you can load Sony RX100 AVCHD video to Apple Aperture 3 for editing as you want, now you can have a try.

Aperture 3 YouTube Tutorial – Working with Video in Aperture

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