Continue reading »]]> HOOOOOOOOT NEWS: Mother’s Day happens to be just around the corner, and we sincerely hope you’ve got plans to show as well as tell your mom how much you love her. If you haven’t figured out a strategy, take a look at Pavtube 2013 Mother’s Day Crazy Discount. The most popular software Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, Video Converter Ultimate, Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper is at 30% off Discount expiring on May 22, 2013. Time-limited! Never Miss!

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Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is an all-in-one video converter, DVD ripper and Blu-ray Ripper, which means it lets you convert Blu-rays, DVDs, TV recordings, HD (AVCHD) shootings, Flashes and many other video types into desire formats (MP4, MOV, M4V, TS, MKV, AVI, WMV, MPG, VOB, etc) for playback on your Android tablet, such asNexus 7, Galaxy Tab,Galaxy S3, Asus Transformer Prime, Acer Iconia Tab, HP TouchPad, BlackBerry PlayBook,Motorola Xoom, Kindle File HD, Nook Color, Pandigital Novel 7 Tablet, etc. or IOS Device like Apple TV, iPhone 5,Microsoft Surface and others.

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac can also convert Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Sony and Panasonic camera or camcorder recorded HD videos or 1080p footages to editable HD video formats for non-linear editing software like iMovie, FCE, FCP 7/FCP X, Final Cut Studio, Avid, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Windows Movie Maker, etc. The HD footage can be compressed to SD video clips for storage when you wanna save storage space.

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• Adobe Premiere Video Workflow
• Move TiVo recordings to iPhone 4 on Mac
• Backup Blu-ray disc to Mac
• Microsoft Surface Video Playback
• Convert MKV/M2TS/AVI/WMV to iTunes for iPad
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Continue reading »]]> With every new camera, comes many new questions about workflow. The term ‘workflow’ can be fairly broad, but today I am looking at importing Canon XF300 footage into various non-linear editing systems (NLE). The Canon XF300 uses the same workflow as the Canon XF series of cameras (which includes the XF305, XF300, XF105 and XF100), because it records in the same .mxf format. Below, I outline how to ingest footage onto a hard drive, and how to import into Avid Media Composer.

1. Back Up Canon XF300 footage to computer hard drive

Canon  provides a piece of software called the Canon XF utility, which is used to playback and download clips off their original media. The footage on the CF card can be backed up with the XF Utility by clicking on the ‘Backup’ button on the upper left corner. Before doing so, make sure you set the location to store your footage in the Preferences menu.

2. Import Canon XF300 footage to Avid Media Composer

To bring your Canon C300 footage into Avid Media Composer, it’s advised that you convert Canon XF300 footage to a native editing format for Avid. Native HD camera compression formats (including .mxf) are efficient, but simply aren’t engineered to maintain quality during complex post production effects processing. Uncompressed HD delivers superior image quality, but data rates and file sizes can stop a workflow dead in its tracks. Avid DNxHD delivers both efficiency and quality without compromises. And it is supported on Media Composer, NewsCutter, Symphony, Avid DS, and Interplay Assist. Here’s how to convert Canon XF300 .mxf to Avid DNxHD video:

Required Tool: MXF Converter for Windows | MXF Converter for Mac

Step 1. Add Canon MXF footage to the Canon MXF Converter.

Click “Add” to load the source Canon MXF files. When the Canon MXF files are loaded to the MXF Converter, you can view the videos from the Preview window.

Step 2. Set Avid DNxHD MOV as output format for Canon MXF to Avid MC conversion.

Click on “Format”, and select output format from the drop-down list. Follow “Avid Media Composer” > “Avid DNxHD 720p(*.mov)”. This format creates videos of medium quality, if you feel like keeping higher visual quality, choose “Avid DNxHD 1080p(*.mov)” format.

When set output folder, or click the icon folder in Output box and browse to the destination folder.

Step 3. You can click settings button to adjust the output video’s parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, codec and frame rate, etc.

Step 4. Convert Canon XF300 MXF to Avid DNxHD MOV for importing to Avid Media Composer.

Click “Convert” button and the selected Canon XF305 MXF files will be converted to Avid DNxHD MOV. You may check the converting progress and set auto shutdown in the convert window.

After conversion, click “Open” folder to find converted Canon XF300 footage for importing to Avid Media Composer. The importing steps reference here:

How to import and manage your videos, projects, and media onto Avid Media Composer

How to direct import media files to Avid Media Composer on Mac

Additional Editing Features of the MXF Converter for Mac

– Trim, combine, de-interlace Canon MXF footage, capture Canon XF300 frame.

Trim Canon MXF clips: Click “Edit” to enter video editor, by default the “Trim” tab is activated, so just set start time and end time to include the duration you want to remain, cutting others out.

Combine/Join Canon MXF files: If you would like to join several files together, just select these files and check the Merge into one box.

De-interlace Canon MXF: Some footage may be saved as interlaced video with Juggled edges and ghosting. In that case you can set deinterlace effect to eliminate the combing. Follow “Edit”-> “Effect”-> “Deinterlacing”.

Capture frame from Canon MXF: To thumbnail video frame, you may click the “Snapshoot” button when it plays to your favorable frame.

Continue reading »]]> Summary: Follow this guide to know how to use Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac to encode Panasonic HPX255 P2 MXF to Avid DNxHD MOV for Avid Media Composer and 50% OFF burn P2 card recording MXF to DVD on Mac as 2012 Best Halloween present.

The Panasonic AG-HPX255 P2 HD Handheld Camcorder is a compact professional camcorder that offers a bounty of capabilities in a small (5.5 lb) package. The HPX255 offers 10-bit AVC-Intra recording (at both 100 and 50 Mb/s). Based on highly advanced MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression, this codec employs intra-frame compression, which results in a high image quality.

If you have Panasonic HPX255 P2 camcorder, you may want to import panasonic media to Avid Media Composer on Mac. But, as we know, the MPEG-4/H.264 codec and MXF format is not well supported by AMC, you will encounter P2 MXF importing and editing problems.

In order to edit your Panasonic HPX255 MXF in Avid natively, you should transcode HPX255 P2 MXF to Avid DNXHD MOV format, which is best natively supported by Avid. This article will share the way to convert P2 MXF videos and 50% OFF burn MXF to DVD on Mac at Pavtube 2012 Halloween Sale.

Part 1: Convert HPX255 MXF to Avid MC

Pavtube MXF converter for Mac is the best choice, this software can deal nearly all kinds of MXF videos, it can convert Panasonic P2 MXF files natively for Avid Media Composer on Mac, that is to convert MXF video to DNXHD codec MOV format, and then you can edit HPX255 P2 MXF files natively in Avid MC 5/5.5/6. Just take a look at the brief guide below.

1. Download Pavtube Mac MXF Converter for Avid, follow the prompts to install the program.

2. Click “Format” bar to determine output format. For natively editing in Avid, you are recommended to choose Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD (*.mov), this format is best for Avid Media Composer native editing.

3. If you would like to customize the video and audio parameters, you can click “settings”, adjust the parameters as you want, like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels.

4. Click “Convert” to start to convert Panasonic HPX255 P2 MXF to Avid Media Composer DNXHD codec for native editing on Mac.

Learn More at MXF Column

Part 2: How to burn HPX255 MXF to DVD on Mac with 50% OFF Halloween Special Offer 2012?

Now pavtube DVD Creator for Mac adds support for MXF files burning, it can burn single file or folder structure videos, you can burn Panasonic HPX255 P2 MXF to DVD in few steps, just follow it:

1. Install Pavtube DVD Creator for Mac, connect your DVD Writer and insert a blank DVD. Add your MXF videos into the free DVD Creator for Mac

2. Edit movie clip and Customize your DVD menu. You can edit your videos with trim, crop, watermark, effect settings, audio replacing settings features.

3. Preview Created DVD-Video and click burn button to start burning.

For detail steps, you can take this Free Burn Halloween Video to DVD guide as example. Now Pavtube starts the Halloween half-price promotion, you can get 50% off on this excellent DVD Creator for Mac. Click below: