Continue reading »]]> Blackmagic’s Intensity Pro is a PCI Express card which allows you to capture footage from an unprotected HDMI source, along with analogue Composite, S-Video and Component footage. Believe it or not, capturing via HDMI could deliver superior quality from certain HD camcorders than a traditional Firewire link, and doing so with the Intensity can also deliver files which are quicker and easier to edit too. However, users may meet some issues when they use the tool, now, just take a look at the question of somebody:

“I’m getting the BlackMagic Design Intensity Pro (Mac OS 10.6.6) to capture in 720 59.96 ProRes 422, which work great on my Mac Lion with FCP 7 setup. The issue I’ve been running into lately is I need to collaborate with other studios that are using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. The issue I need to create some premiere project on my Windows 7 pc while Premiere Pro doesn’t/ can’t import ProRes 422 files (.mov files). Is there any plugin or solution that I can get Black Magic Intensity Pro ProRes files compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro?”

ProRes in a MOV file format from Black Magic Intensity Pro is beyond the capability of Adobe Premiere. To solve the problem, you need to convert BlackMagic Design Intensity Pro ProRes files to Premiere Pro supported format and codec. Follow the tutorial below to get Intensity Pro recorded ProRes files into Premiere Pro for editing.

Required tool:

Pavtube ProRes Video Converter for Mac – A professional ProRes to Premiere Pro Converter

• PS. If you run PC, pls download and buy ProRes Converter for Windows

The Mac ProRes to Premiere Pro Converter provides customers with several simple editing functions, including cropping, trimming, deinterlacing, watermarking, adding special effects, and audio replacing, which help you do a fast and necessary editing on your footage before importing them to Premiere Pro. It also supports versatile output options for iPad, Android tablets and mainstream editing software: like How to import BlackMagic Intensity Pro recordings to Avid)

How to Convert BlackMagic Intensity Pro ProRes files to MPEG for Premiere Pro

Step 1. Run the Pavtube ProRes Converter for Mac as the perfect Mac ProRes to MPEG Converter, and load your BlackMagic Intensity Pro ProRes footage to this Mac app.

Step 2. Click on “Format” bar and select output format from drop-down list. Premiere Pro prefers AVI or MPEG format for editing. Here I suggest you follow “Adobe Premiere Pro/Sony Vegas” to select “MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” or “WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv)” format. You can also choose “Format -> HD Video -> MPEG-2 HD Video(*.mpg)” as out format for Premiere Pro.

Step 3. You can control output video quality by setting resolution, bitrate and frame rate in “Settings”. For preserving 5.1 channels surround sound, set audio channels to “5.1 channels” instead of Stereo. To keep 1080p full HD high quality, you can set video bitrate up and Size to 1920×1080.

For MPEG-2 (*.mpg) profile settings:

For MPEG-2 HD Video(*.mpg) profile settings

Step 4. Click on the “Convert” button to start convert BlackMagic Intensity Pro ProRes to MPEG/WMV for Premiere Pro editing. By ticking off the checkbox before “Merge into one file” option, you can combine all the checked videos into one file.

When conversion is completed, you can click “Open” to get the Premiere Pro MPEG files from its default output folder.

Now open up Adobe Premiere Pro and you’re ready to import Black Magic Intensity Pro recordings to Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 for post-production~

• PS. If you do not know how to import video to Premiere Pro, please refer to my old post: How to Import Media Files to Premiere Pro on Mac

Continue reading »]]> User Review:

I think the software is great – I tried and sampled many others and none were both straight forward AND accurate – particularly with regard to synchronizing audio with the video.

From the user questions:

“I have 1920×1080 Apple ProRes 422, Linear PCM, Timecode .mov files exported out of Final Cut Pro that I would like convert those ProRes 422 to other formats for different usages such as for preparing for web upload(YouTube or Vimeo), playback on personal computers, playback on DVD players, etc. Is there a Mac application do to so? Any assistance with that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.”

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Final Cut Pro enables videographers to export projects as Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) and Apple ProRes 4444 in different settings depending on their final use.

Sometimes video editors need a third party application to convert these Apple ProRes clips to other formats like MKV, MP4, AVI, MPG, H.264, FLV, WebM and more to fit other uses, that’s because Final Cut Pro itself doesn’t support rewrapping exported ProRes to these video formats and so is Apple Compressor.

You probably have been in the same situation as mentioned above. Apple ProRes is an intermediate codec that provides high-quality, frame-accurate editing. Apple describes ProRes as visually lossless. That means while data is being removed during compression, the resulting images do not suffer from image degradation. Unlike H.264, ProRes is not a distribution codec for finished work. That’s why people sometimes need to convert ProRes to other formats. As for transcoding Apple ProRes to other formats for different usages, Pavtube ProRes Converter for Mac is what you need. In the guide below, we will introduce how to convert Apple ProRes clips exported from Final Cut Pro to your desired file formats (e.g. MKV, MP4, AVI, MPG, H.264, FLV, WebM, etc.) by using Pavtube program in detail.

Introduction of ProRes Converter for Mac

As the leading video conversion and video editing software, Pavtube ProRes Converter for Mac is the first to support Apple ProRes conversion and ProRes encoding. It can convert ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 4444 and more to AVI, WMV, MKV, MP4, MOV, FLV, WebM and other Apple unfriendly video formats as well as convert ProRes to Apple friendly MP4, MOV, M4V and convert ProRes to HD and SD video for Android devices and Windows 8 devices as well as Apple devices including iPad 3, iPhone 5, iPod 5, Apple TV, Kindle Fire HD, Google Nexus 10, Microsoft Surface, Nook HD etc. Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is deserved to be the first professional ProRes Converter.

In addition to converting ProRes, the ProRes Converter can also converting any format video/audio to any desired video and audio formats including converting MXF/P2 MXF to ProRes, AVCHD MTS/M2TS to ProRes, WMV, MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV to ProRes and convert Blu-ray/DVD to ProRes etc. Pavtube ProRes Converter is also powered with advanced features such as split video based on chapter markers, trim video to keep excellent part, crop video to focus screen, adjust aspect ratio to 16:9 or 4:3, customize video bitrates and more.

First Free Download HD Video Converter for Mac Trial

After downloaded the program, simply follow the installation wizard to install it onto your Macintosh computer. Then follow the guide below to transcode ProRes files to your desired format. Please notice that the free trial version produces files with PAVTUBE watermark standing in the center of the image, to avoid the watermark, you should purchase its full version.
Beginners Tutorial – How to convert ProRes clips from Final Cut Pro (X) to other formats (e.g. MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, MPG, H.264, FLV, WebM, etc.)?

Step 1: Load the ProRes file to ProRes Converter for Mac

Locate your ProRes files, simply drag and drop them to ProRes Converter for Mac. Or you can just click “Add video” or “Add from folder” icon button to import ProRes files.

Step 2: Set desired output video format

Pavtube ProRes Converter for Mac offers a wide variety of output formats for users to choose from. For example:

• For web uploading, you can choose “Format > Common Video > WebM Video Format (*.webm)” as target format
• For creating Flash videos, you can select “Format > Flash Video > FLV, F4V or SWF” as output format
• For editing in Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere etc., ypu can select “Format > Adobe Premiere/Sony Vgeas > MPG or MOV” as output format
• For computer playback, you can select MKV, MP4, MOV, H.264 as output format…
• For transfer videos to Android Tablets/Phones, you can choose “Format > Android > …”

All in all, you can easily make your selection depending on the final usages of the output files.

Click “Browse…” and define which folder you want to put the converted video in.

Step 3: Custom output file quality (optional)

If you would like to custom image and sound quality of the output files, you can click “Setting” button and enter “Profile Settings” interface to do so. On the “Profile Settings” panel, you are allowed to adjust video and audio parameters like video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, sample rate, audio bit rate and audio channels (5.1 channels is available as well).

Step 4: Press big red “Convert” button to start rewrapping Apple ProRes files to your desired file format (e.g. MKV, MOV, MP4, AVI, MPG, H.264, FLV, WebM etc.) for playback, uploading, editing, managing or sharing.

Once the conversion is done, you can click “Open” button to get the generated files with ease.

Conclusion

With the help of Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, it is that easy to convert Apple ProRes MOV to MP4, encode Apple ProRes MOV to AVI, transcode Apple ProRes MOV to WMV, rewrap Apple ProRes MOV to MKV and other general video formats or convert to Android/Apple/Windows 8 devices for entertainment, why hesitate to download it and start experiencing now and to avoid wasting time to search the internet and usually it turns out no good results.

Comprehensive editing function:

Click “Crop” button in the main menu, you can crop video and set aspect ratio to 16:9, 4:3 as well as set the effect by changing brightness, contrast, saturation, volume of the video.

If you want to throw unwanted video part, click “Trim” button in the main menu to set start time and end time to keep the wanted video part.

Choose the specific “effect” model from Simple gauss blur, Simple laplacian sharpen, Aged film, Flip color, Invert and None.

In addition, you can horizontally and vertically reverse the picture.

Continue reading »]]> Summary: Problem for import AVCHD MTS from Panasonic, Sony, Canon cameras to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X editing on Mac:

Problem 1: Importing MTS files into FCP 7

I’ve just bought FCP 7 and I have a lot of rushes on an external drive that are AVCHD with the .MTS on the end of each file. I’ve just tried to import the MTS files into the project but it won’t recognize them and I can’t see AVCHD in any of the settings.

I bought the upgrade just for this reason as I was told that 7 handles the AVCHD codec. Any tips? The footage is no longer on the camera by the way.

Problem 2: .MTS files in FCP 7

I’ve created a timeline in FCP7. Most clips are from my Panasonic HMC150, with .mov files captured as ProRes422. However, a buddy also filmed the event with a couple of HiDef Canon cameras with files that capture as .MTS Well, FCP7 doesn’t seem to recognize .MTS files. What software do you use to convert .MTS to ProRes 422? Thanks for your help!

Problem 3: How to import MTS files in Final Cut Pro 6?

Hello we captured footage with the Canon HF20 Hi-Def Camcorder, transfered the video files onto an external drive. We’re now trying to import those MTS files into Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 but it seems they are not supported… how do you import them?

Problem 4: Cannot Ingest AVCHD .MTS files in FCP 7

I am trying to Ingest .mts files into Final Cut Pro 7.

I dragged all of the files from an SD card onto one of my External Hard Drives.

I open up Final Cut Pro 7, Go to Log and Transfer, Navigate to the AVCHD folder then to the BDMV folder then finally to the STREAM folder. In the STREAM folder sits all of the .mts files. They are all greyed out and I cannot Ingest them. They will not add to the Log and Transfer Window in FCP 7.

What am I doing wrong? How can I Ingest these files into FCP 7 so I can edit with them?

Thanks in Advance.

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In addition, I also found a lot Problem about “How to importing/editing AVCHD MTS to Final Cut Pro” by Google. For example:

– Some videos are not imported to FCP

– FCP X quits/crash/not respond

– A long time transcoding when importing AVCHD to FCP 7

– MTS files without AVCHD structure could not be imported to FCP

– Can FCP ingest 1080 60p 50p AVCHD videos?

– Is there any way to avoid rendering?

– How to convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS to FCP native ProRes?

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Best Solution:

Transcoding AVCHD MTS to Apple Prores  (which is native formats for Final Cut Pro encoded .mov format) along with some help from the third-party software.

Required Software:

Free Download Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter

Why choose the professional Pavtube AVCHD to FCP Converter for Mac users?

1. FCP 6/7 can’t very well work in Panasonic, Sony, Canon, JVC etc. cameras  recording .mts files with H.264, MPEG, MPEG-2 codec etc. and video playing is not smooth. But the professional Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter can import various format, such as:

2. Final Cut Pro can only support under 30 frame rate.

3. FCP only support into the whole folder, does not support into a single. MTS file, That means you should keep the BDMV folder within the AVCHD folder. The files shall include .cpi, .mpl, .mts or .m2ts. This will lead to software collapse, crash etc. However, Pavtube Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter can be. Below is the folder structure of the AVCHD videos on camcorder memory card.

4. This MTS Converter for Mac is a professional AVCHD to ProRes Converter on Mac Lion 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8.

– Easy to use with fast conversion

– Output best HD quality for you with ProRes Codec that fits for Final Cut Pro well and saving rendering time, also keep original multiple audio tracks

– Provide simple video editing functions

Besides, it can work with HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony, Cannon etc.) for editing in Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid Media Composer etc. Mac editing software.

Guide: Transcode AVCHD MTS files from cameras to Apple ProRes MOV for FCP 6/7/X editing on Mac

It’s considerate allowing you to directly drag and drop your camera files into the Mac app for start your MTS to FCP conversion. And also, you can click “File” or “” menu and then choose “Add Video/Audio”. If you have several MTS files and wanna merge them into one for getting a continuous file, you can check “Merge into One File” down the bottom of the main interface of the Mac AVCHD to Final Cut Pro converter.

For the sake of saving your time, the MTS to FCP application provides an optimized preset for Final Cut Pro so that you can directly choose it under “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” section as your output format. In addition, the smart program even offers you some helpful but easy-to-use edit functions which enable you to crop the black edge, rotate, adjust the brightness or apply cool effects to your video files.

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

Press “Converter” and then the rest would be accomplished automatically. The Mac app works fine on Supported OS: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8).

So there you have it. Pretty simple. After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to import and edit AVCHD files from cameras in Final Cut Pro 6/7/X under Mac without problems.

To learn more conversion solutions for AVCHD MTS files recorded by Canon, Panasonic, Sony cameras, you are recommended to visit MTS Column or FCP Column page.

Happy Every Day!

Continue reading »]]> Summary: The article will tell you how to transcode M2T footages to Final Cut Pro 6/7 or FCP X for editing smoothly via Mac M2T to MOV Converter.

What is M2T files?

M2T is High-definition video recording format used by many HD camcorders; commonly referred to as “HDV”; uses MPEG-2 compression to store HD video data on DV or MiniDV tapes; supports resolutions of 720p and 1080i.

There are many different digital video file types available out there, which can make file conversion difficult for the inexperienced. M2T files and MPG files are actually not completely dissimilar, as both are different types of MPEG2 video files. As a result, this is a much less complicated conversion than many other possible video conversions. If a quick file renaming trick doesn’t work, there are many conversion programs available on the Internet. I’d like Pavtube Mac M2T to MOV Converter.

The native format of HDV isn’t QuickTime, its .M2T.

Anyway, while working on my latest book, I needed to convert .M2T files to Final Cut Pro 6/7 and Final Cut Pro X compatible Formats. Apple Final Cut likes lots and lots of different files – but not .M2T.

This means that if someone captures an HDV file in another application, such as Adobe OnLocation or HDVSplit , then sends it to you, you’ll need to transcode M2T to ProRes MOV before importing M2T to Final Cut Pro (X) for editing on Mac.

Note: You can not use QuickTime Player to preview an M2T file. The Finder displays it as a generic document icon.

Download Pavtube Mac M2T to MOV Converter
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Step 1. Install and run Pavtube Mac M2T to ProRes Converter. Copy your M2T footages to Mac, click on ““, load M2T file.

Tip: If you merge or combine various .m2t files into one file, click “Merge into one file”.

Step 2: Set Apple ProRes 422 MOV as output format.
When you’d like to specify an output format, you can choose “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best video format for FCP 6/7 and FCP X on Mac 10.8.

Step 3. Click “Settings” if you want to further customize video and audio parameters such as video codec, audio codec, frame rate, bit rate, video size, audio channels etc. Do not forget to click on “OK” to confirm your settings. In Export to box you could specify destination for the converted file.

Step 4. You can click “Edit” button to perform edit functions such as crop, trim, flip, effect, watermark and audio replace. To eliminate interlacing effect, simply check Deinterlacing box under Effect tab.

Tip: If you don’t want “3D effect”, please click on the pull down menu, choose “none”.

Step 5: Start converting M2T to ProRes 422 MOV for FCP 6/7 and FCP X.

Click on “Convert” button to start Conversion. The converter will generate MOV file with admirable video quality. The M2T files are HD video with huge file size, so the conversion of M2T to ProRes MOV may cost lots of time. You can set auto shutdown before conversion starts. Simply click on the “Option” menu and check the box of “Shut down computer after conversion”.

Step 6. Import converted video to FCP 6/7 or FCP Xfor editing on Mac Mountaion Lion 10.8.

After conversion you can click the “Open” button to locate converted files and load the ProRes MOV files to FCP (X). Now you are able to edit M2T footage in FCP 6/7 or FCP X freely.

Continue reading »]]> Nikon 1 V1 Pursue and Express Life’s Moments

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Type: Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lenses

Sensor Size 13.2mm x 8.8mm

Image Sensor Type: CMOS

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More about Nikon 1 V1 Product information, please click here.

Question: How to import Nikon 1 V1 1080p HD MOV in Final Cut Pro 6/7, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Express, iMovie on Mac?
“Many Nikon users use Nikon 1 V1 to record 1080p HD footages, but many of them have problems when they want to import Nikon 1 V1 1080p HD MOV in Final Cut Pro 6/7, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid Media Composer for editing on Mac (include Mac OS X Leopard 10.5, Snow Leopard 10.6, Lion 10.7, Mountain Lion 10.8), Nikon 1J1 H.264 MOV video doesn’t seem compatible. What’s the reason? Any solutions?”

Answer: convert Nikon 1 V1 1080p HD MOV to Mac Editing Sofeware compatible format with Mac Nikon MOV Converter.

Nikon 1 V1 Work with both high resolution photos and Full HD (1080p) movies to bring even more creative expression to life. Elevate production with the addition of varied frame rates in 30/60/400/1200 fps. And this MOV video format came from Nikon 1 V1 is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format. So you will not playback or edit smoothly the highly compressed MOV on your Mac with FCP 6/7, FCP X, FCE, iMovie, Avid Media Composer. You need to convert the 1080p HD MOV footage to ProRes/AIC MOV with Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, It support Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8).

Step 1. Download, install and run Pavtube Mac Nikon MOV Converter.

Step 2. Load MOV files from Nikon 1 V1 camera to Mac Nikon MOV Converter.

Connect Nikon 1 V1 to Apple iMac with the in-box USB cable, copy and transfer the 1080p .mov files to the Apple hard drive disk. Run Nikon MOV Converter for Mac as the best Nikon 1 V1 MOV to ProRes/AIC Converter on Mac, and click the “Add” button to load .mov videos.

Step 2. Setting the best video format.

* For Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X

Click the “Format” option and navigate the mouse cursor to “Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format”. The Mac Nikon 1 V1 MOV to FCP Converter will convert MOV to Apple ProRes 422 MOV with high quality.

Tip: You may notice that there are also other options like Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), DVCPRO HD 1080p30, HDV, etc.

* For iMovie and Final Cut Express

Click the “Format”, choose “iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)” as best output codec for loading Nikon 1 V1 1080p MOV to iMovie and FCE on Mac.

* For Avid Media Composer

Click the “Format”, choose “Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD (*.mov)” as best output format for importing Nikon 1 V1 1080p MOV to Avid MC on Mac.

Step 3. Edit video size as original. (Optional)

To get the original video size, just click the “Settings” button and choose the right option like 1920*1080 from the video size drop-down box.With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition1920×1080. If necessary, you can aslo customize Video size, Bitrate and Frame Rate. Or set “original” in video bitrate drop-down list to keep best quality. You may skip this step as well as default format works well with FCP (x), FCE or iMovie too.

Step 4. Merge Nikon 1 V1 MOV files. (optional)
Tick the checkbox for “Merge into one file”, and the Mac Nikon 1 V1 1080p MOV converter will join and merge several mov clips into a single file as output.

Step 5. Click the “” button under the preview window, you can start convert Nikon 1 V1 1080p HD MOV on Mac for editing:

For FCP or FCP X users: Convert Nikon 1 V1 1080p HD MOV to ProRes 422 MOV;

For iMovie or FCE users: Transcode 1080p MOV to AIC MOV;

For Avid Media Composer users: Convert 1080p HD MOV to DNxHD MOV.

When the conversion is done, just import the output videos to FCP, FCP X, FCE, iMovie, Avid Media Composer to enjoy fast editing without rendering in video or audio.

If you are Nikon 1 J1 users, you can refer to “Hot Topics: Handle Nikon 1 J1 H.264 MOV and FCP, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, FCE Compatibility problems“.