Continue reading »]]> Summary: The article will give you the workflow for how to import Sony HDR-CX360V 1920×1080 50p/60p MTS footages to Final Cut Pro if your Log and Transfer is proved to be ineffective while ingesting MTS files from Sony HDR-CX360V.

I used Sony HDR-CX360V to record 1920×1080 50p/60p AVCHD MTS files, which are not compatible with FCP. So in order to edit .mts clips on Final Cut Pro, conversion from MTS in 50/60 progressive mode to ProRes is necessary.

I’ve tried Clipwrap, Toast and Pavtube to carry out the conversion. Clipwrap failed because it cannot export 50/60 progressive mode; Toast completed converting but the quality is badly affected.

Only Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac successfully converted the 50p/60p MTS to ProRes 422 with no loss of quality. I really want to say that it is the best software to transcode Sony HDR-CX360V 1920×1080 50p/60p AVCHD MTS footage for FCP that I’ve ever used.

Free Download MTS Converter for Mac Mountain Lion 10.8.

Here is the step-by-step guide to quickly Convert/Edit Sony CX360 50p/60p MTS to ProRes 422 (*.mov) on Final Cut Pro.

1. Import .mts files.

Run the professional Mac MTS Converter for FCP. Use a USB cable to Connect Sony HDR-CX360V to Mac. Click “Add” icon or drag and drop to load .mts files from Sony HDR-CX360V to Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac. Follow the popup window and wizard to complete the import.

Choose Apple ProRes 422(HQ) (*.mov) under Final Cut Pro as its output format and choose “50” (or 60) for the frame rate.

2. Choose Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) for editing on FCP.

Hit “Format” box and select one of the Apple ProRes codecs on the dropdown list. You are advised to choose “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)”or “Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov)” format. Due to the difference in the compresstion standard of AVCHD and ProRes 422, the converted files are significantly larger than the original ones. If you prefer smaller file size, please choose “Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)” instead.

Note: Since ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422 (Proxy), and ProRes 4444 have not been added to FCP 6, you’d better not set one of them as output if you happen to edit your H.264 files in FCP 6 before upgrading FCP 7.

Tips:

• ProRes 422 (HQ): offers the utmost possible quality for 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 sources and provides target data rate of approximately 220 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422;
• ProRes 422: provides target data rate of approximately 145 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT);
• ProRes 422 (LT): provides roughly 70 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (thus, smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422) and higher quality than ProRes 422 (Proxy);
• ProRes 422 (Proxy): provides roughly 30 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 and high-quality offline editing at the original frame size, frame rate, and aspect ratio;
• ProRes 4444: offers the utmost possible quality for 4:4:4 sources and roughly 50 percent higher than the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).

  3. Setting the best profile for editing mts files on Final Cut Pro.

  By clicking the Settings buttion on the main interface. Adjust the video and parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc.,

  4. Convert MTS to ProRes 422 HQ for FCP X.

  Click the “arrow” button to start converting Sony CX360V 50p/60p MTS to ProRes 422 HQ on Mac Lion 10.8/10.7/10.6/10.5 immediately.

  After the MTS to ProRes conversion is 100% completed, please run the Final Cut Pro and click “File –> Import –> Files” for editing Sony CX360V MTS files in FCP without any rendering and quality loss. Besides the ability to transfter the Sony CX360V MTS files to FCP, the versatile MTS Converter for Mac can help you import/edit Sony CX360V MTS files into FCP X, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer, etc. If you are interested, please link to MTS Column to get more info.

Continue reading »]]> Question:

“I am running Final Cut Pro 7 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7. From the age of 8, I would like to collect all kinds of DVDs or Blu-rays, and and some came from my friends, now I’m 20 years old, I want to extract part of the meaning from these DVD discs to Final Cut Pro X for editing, and then I can make DVD video as I want, as myself birthday gift, at the same time, also regard it as my childhood memories, a souvenir. So, is there a tool can convert movies from DVD to Final Cut Pro compatible formats? I’ve been hearing some free video converter tool and tried. However, the video quality is very bad after the conversion. Or FCP does not support the converted codec. Now, I only want a simple workflow with Final Cut Pro. Any suggestions. Thanks!”

For Mac users, Final Cut Pro 7 is really a very good tool to edit DVD movies. However, before loading DVD movies to Final Cut Pro 7 for editing, we need to do some work in advance.

As far as I know, the best compatinle video codec for working in Final Cut Pro is Apple ProRes Codec, which uses I-frame–only (intraframe) encoding, providing faster rendering and real-time playback performance, and has a generous color sample ratio and bit depth, allowing for higher-quality rendering of visual effects. So if you want to edit DVD movies in Final Cut Pro 7 without loss of quality, you may have to convert DVD to ProRes 422 or ProRes 4444 MOV under Mac OS X Lion 10.7. Here I recommend you a powerful Mac DVD to ProRes Converter – Pavtube Mac iMedia Converter, the program designed for Mac users to edit and rip DVDs to almost all other popular video and audio format.

Instructions

Mac iMedia Converter is a practical app helping you Covnert DVD to ProRes 4444 in MOV format. It supports convert Blu-ray, DVD, ISO files and 1080p cameras/camcorders footages to Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) and Apple ProRes 4444, any of which would be nicely accepted by Final Cut Pro. It also can transcode all videos and movies to editable HD video formats for non-linear editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Studio, Avid, Adobe Premiere etc. The HD footage can be compressed to SD video clips for storage when you wanna save storage space.

ProRes 422 (Proxy) – For craft editing or offline editing on a MacBook or MacBook Pro.

ProRes 422 (LT) – For projects such as news, sports, and multicam events that require reduced file sizes at broadcast quality.

ProRes 4444 – For compositing and digital workflows that require the highest-possible image fidelity.

Guide: How to convert DVD movies to ProRes 4444 MOV for Final Cut Pro 7 on Mac OS X?

Free Download Mac DVD to ProRes Converter.

Step 1. Install and run this Mac iMedia Converter. Bring out your DVD disk movie, insert it into your Mac DVD Rom, click “” icon, load DVD files, you’ll see all the DVD info listed in the software.

Step 2. Check the needed chapter or titles to be transcoded, and then choose the ideal output video format. For example, you can select “Final Cut Pro” -> “Apple ProRes 4444 (*.mov)“, or “Final Cut Pro” -> “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)“, etc

If necessary, you can change the a/v parameters by entering into “Settings” window.

Step 3. Specify an output folder to store the final Apple ProRes MOV files, this step is optional, if you don’t set it, the final videos will be saved in the default folder.

Before transcode DVD to ProRes MOV, you can also make some simple DVD editing with the Mac iMedia Converter: Trim DVD, split DVD, crop DVD, merge DVD, effect DVD, etc.

Finally, click “Convert” button to start converting DVD to ProRes 4444 or ProRes 422.

When the conversion finishes, you can open the MOV video files, and import MOV to Final Cut Pro 7 for editing.

If you want to make fantastic video, you can refer to the article – How to burn MOV files to DVD on Windows?

Continue reading »]]> The Panasonic HDC-TM900 is the successor to the lauded HDC-TM700, it offers the same fantastic video performance as its predecessor, particularly with its widely-praised 1080/60p mode. You can shoot Full HD 50/60P AVCHD videos with Panasonic TM900. However, bad news is currently the Panasonic 50/60P AVCHD format is nearly impossible to be edited in Final Cut Pro. Even with the lastest update of FCP X, we have not seen the expected support for 50/60p AVCHD MTS. So how to import Panasonic TM900 AVCHD 50p/60p videos into Final Cut Pro for editing smoothly on Mac?

As far as I know, the best method to solve these problems is to transcode Panasonic TM900 AVCHD 1080p 50p/60p footage to Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro on Mac, as it’s best/natively supported by FCP 6/7 and FCP X. Of course, we need to get some help from a 3rd-party tool. If you looking for a solution for this problem likewise, check out Pavtube’s MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac which is entitled as a top Mac MTS to Final Cut Pro Converter. It supports encoding all Panasonic 1080p 50/60P AVCHD MTS files to Apple ProRes 422 so that you can easily import the Panasonic 50p/60p AVCHD footages to Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro 6, Final Cut Pro 7 for editing on Mac. This will help you import the file correctly and saving the rendering time. If you have the same problem about editing Panasonic AVCHD 50/60p videos in Final Cut Pro, check out the brief guide below.

Convert/Load Panasonic TM900 AVCHD to Apple ProRes 422 for Final Cut Pro editing smoothly on Mac

1. Free Download and install Pavtube AVCHD to Final Cut Pro Converter to your Mac. It’s excellent Canon video converter which can convert nearly all canon cameras’ videos to any formats you need, such as Apple Prores 422 MOV, Apple InterMediate Codec MOV, QuickTime MOV, etc.

2. click format bar to choose output format for use in FCP 6/7 or FCP X. click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).

Here we recommend the Apple ProRes 422. In the settings you will find Pavtube allows you to keep the original frame rate 50/60fbps in the final ProRes files.

3. Click “Convert” button to start Convert Panasonic AVCHD 50/60p footage to ProRes 422 MOV for editing on Final Cut Pro on Mac OS.

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 Log and Transfer Panasonic TM900 AVCHD 1080p 50p/60p videos to Final Cut Pro 6/7 or FCP X for editing on Mac without problems.

Tips: Before you try to do the conversion, if you are also a FCP X user, please make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.

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Continue reading »]]> When talking about the camera and which camera performs best according to their common uses, perhaps many photo shooting lovers have their own opinions. But there is no doubt that Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 is one of the best and the most popular cameras that have been pushed to the market.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 builds based on the GH1’s movie prowess by offering some different features: a touch panel LCD screen, super-fast autofocus and Full HD 1080p movie recording in MTS format. When we shot video clips in MTS format with Panasonic GH2, it always causes some problems in editing MTS footages on FCP.

Although FCP X is announced to support MTS footages input, there always be many situations that importing GH2 MTS to FCP X for editing on Mac is impossible or takes much time. It makes people uncomfortable to edit MTS videos on FCP X. The only effective way to solve this problem is to convert Panasonic GH2 MTS to ProRes on Mac for FCP X editing. Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is pleased to offer best and fastest MTS to ProRes Mac conversion as a great GH2 MTS to FCP X video converter.

To convert MTS videos on Mac OS X Lion for FCP X, you should get ready with a USB cable to transport or copy MTS videos to your Mac.

Step 1: Load MTS footages to Pavtube Video Converter for Mac.
Copy your MTS footages to Mac, install and run Pavtube Mac MTS to ProRes Converter. Click on “Add” to import source files, browse to the drive and click “Choose”.

Tips: You can click “Edit” button to try editing functions such as cropping, trimming, adding effect, watermark and audio replacing.

Step 2: Set Apple ProRes MOV as output format.
The program offers special output format for FCP X editing. Click on “Format” bar and choose FCP >> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).

Step 3: Convert/Compress GH2 MTS to ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro X.
Click on “Convert” button to start Compress Panasonic GH2 MTS footage to ProRes for FCP X. The conversion will come to the end in a short time with Pavtube GH2 MTS to FCP X video converter.

Step 4: Import converted video to FCP X for editing.
After conversion you can click the “Open” button to locate converted files and load the MOV files to FCP X. Now you are able to edit Panasonic GH2 MTS footages in FCP X freely without any rendering.

Continue reading »]]> Canon always gives us surprises with its great and creative camera or camcorder products. Among all the products of Canon, the EOS C300 seems to be the most attractive one. The C300 can help us record vivid high-definition videos in MXF format which is often used in Sony, Panasonic and canon high-end cameras and camcorders. The MXF format is good to record videos, but MXF files are not easy to use because many editing software and devices can’t read MXF format videos, such as Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6 or 7 or above. So how to solve the problem and make Final Cut Pro support Canon C300 MXF videos for editing?

The Final Cut Pro (FCP) is announced to support many video formats including AVCHD (MTS/M2TS), MOV, MP4, etc. However, the MXF video format is not included, as a result of which, we can not directly load Canon C300 MXF recordings to FCP 6/7 for editing. Since the Final Cut Pro does not read C300 files natively, the best solution is to encode MXF files to ProRes 422 for Final Cut Pro.

Step 1. Connect Canon C300 to Mac with USB cable, and copy the files to hard drive. Download and Instal Pavtube MXF to Final Cut Pro Converter.

Run the top Mac MXF Converter for Final Cut Pro, and click the “Add” button to load your HD MXF videos.

Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to “Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format.

Tips: You can click properties to adjust the audio stream ID if you find the C300 MXF no sound.

Besides, you can click settings button to adjust the resolution, bitrate, etc. Just customize the parameters to meet your need.

Step 3. Click “Convert” button to start encode Canon C300 MXF files to ProRes for Final Cut Pro under Mac OS.

Some more helpful features of the app:

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

2. Editor (next to “Add” icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

Something About the Pavtube’s MXF Converter for Mac (Download a free trial here)

The Mac MXF Video Converter is a professional MXF Converter on Mac OS X which aims to helping you do MXF transcoding and smoothly edit MXF files on Mac, The program not only converts Canon C300, XF100, XF105 and XF305 recorded MXF files to Apple ProRes codec videos for Mac editing, but also provide simple video editing functions for you. The mac MXF to ProRes Converter can convert HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony and Cannon) for editing in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid, Adobe Premiere etc.