Continue reading »]]> 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/s 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 video editing software on Mac like iMovie 8/9/11, Final Cut Pro 6/7, FCP X, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc. can’t perfectly import AVCHD/AVCHD Lite .mts files from Panasonic Lumix Series directly. For Example:

“I have Panasonic DMC-ZS7 camera and want to convert AVCHD video to ProRes or more common formats for editing on FCP 7 without rendering. What program do you recommend for this task? Looking for easiest to operate and cheapest. There are many programs on the internet. Thanks.”

To import Panasonic Lumix AVCHD Lite MTS files to FCP 6/7 or FCP X for editing without rendering, you will want to try this Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac (now are on 30% off, you can save $20) – a powerful and professional Panasonic AVCHD Lite MTS Converter for MAC, which is recommended converting software for MTS footage. With intuitive interface, you can easily and fast convert Panasonic Lumix DMC AVCHD Lite MTS files to Apple ProRes codec using the professional lumix to Apple ProRes Converter. And the latest Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 is supported, just feel free to try it!

How to import Panasonic Lumix DMC series AVCHD Lite MTS files to FCP 6/7 without rendering on Mac Mountain Lion

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

Step 2. Run Panasonic AVCHD Lite MTS Converter for Mac, and click the “Add Files” button to load mts videos.

Step 3. Choose MOV with Apple ProRes 422 codec for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X.
Click the “Profile” option, and move mouse cursor to “Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov)” as output format. To get 1080 videos, we need to click the “Settings” button and choose 1920*1080 as output video resolution.

Step 4. Specify output file path. Click on “Browse” and browse to where you’d like to save target Apple ProRes 422 HQ video. Now click the big “Convert” button. 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. Launch FCP 6/7/X, and go to “File > Import > Files…” to import converted MTS videos to FCP project.

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 MTS Converter program which works like a charm.

Tips:
1. Now the windows version is available here: Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate(now are on 30% off).
2. Read more about how to ingest and import AVCHD to Final Cut Pro.

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.