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Friday, June 28, 2013

Adobe Prelude: Ingesting and Converting DSLR Footage to ProRes

Speed up your tapeless workflow using Prelude to Ingest and Transcode at the same time.

 

Adobe has added a new tool to the Creative Cloud / Master Collection / Production Premium for video producers/editors called Prelude.  Use Prelude to ingest and transcode tapeless media from cameras recording to cards, as well as a basic video editing tool for producers (Premiere Pro can read timelines created in Adobe Prelude).

Transcoding your DSLR footage to ProRes in Adobe Prelude gives you a 10 bit, edit friendly codec that FCP, AVID, & Premiere can all handle.  This is a great file choice when you work with a variety of nonlinear apps (it’s a popular intermediate codec for FCP).  ProRes is also a solid option if you  plan on color correcting in Apple Color or Black Magic Resolve.  Trancoding changes the codec – footage off the cards is H.264 8bit and Pro Res is 10 bit.

Read More: Types of Apple ProRes Codecs | Apple ProRes Format Specifications

1. First, to work with ProRes you need to have Final Cut Pro 7, FCPX , Motion, or Compressor installed on your system.

2. Then, download the ProRes presets from Adobe.

3. Once you install the presets into Media Encoder, ProRes will be available in Adobe Prelude. (same applies If you want to create your own custom presets).

4. After you download and install the ProRes presets, launch Adobe Prelude.

5. Click the Ingest button, and the Ingest window opens.

 

6. Select your card that has the video footage on it.

 

7. Check Transfer Clips to Destination.

8. Check the Transcode button and pick the ProRes setting that matches your footage.

 

9. Click the Ingest button and your footage will be ingested and encoded to ProRes.

After you finish ingesting and transcoding the video off a card, input another one or go straight to Adobe Premiere and start editing your footage!


   
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

How to Connect a Nikon Coolpix to a Mac?


Nikon Coolpix cameras include photo-transfer software compatible with Mac computers. Additionally, Coolpix cameras are compatible with iPhoto, the photo management application that is a part of the Mac OS X operating system. Regardless of which option you use to transfer photos from the camera to the computer, the method of connecting the Coolpix camera to a Mac is the same.

1. Turn on the Mac computer.

2. Turn off the Nikon Coolpix camera.

3. Connect the USB cable included with the camera to the camera and the USB port on the Mac. The camera powers up once connected, but the camera display remains off.

Very easy.
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How to Enable QuickTime play DVD Movies on Mac? Convert DVD to QuickTime MOV

Unable enjoy DVD movies on Mac with QuickTime player? This guide will be helpful for you to introduce a simple way to convert DVD to QuickTime Player on Mac OS X.



Having collected many DVDs on your shelf, but can not play DVD movies on Mac? Many DVD movie lovers would come across the same problem which makes them inconvenient. Obviously DVDs are not supported by Mac for many years, including iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. As a result, the native player - QuickTime unfortunately cannot play them even you connected an extended DVD driver to your Mac. This due to its format limitation - QuickTime only allows you import video in MOV, MP4, M4V and some particular AVI for playback. So if you want to play DVD movies on QuickTime, you have to transcode DVD to QuickTime friendly formats first. How to Enable QuickTime play DVD Movies on Mac? This guide would provide a perfect solution.

What you need for the video conversion:

Mac DVD to QuickTime Converter - Here Pavtube DVDAid for Mac is strongly recommended. Many users have spoken highly of it. It could rip DVD to any video format quickly and flawlessly. (If you are using Windows PC and want to convert DVD movie to QuickTime MOV in Windows, please use DVD Ripper.)

Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac is an easy-to-use DVD ripping program for Mac users to rip and convert DVD to QuickTime file format. Besides converting DVD to QuickTime, it also can convert DVD to almost all video and audio formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264/AVC, Apple ProRes, AIC MOV, RM, 3GP, MP3, WAV, WMA, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, AU, etc.

Part 1: How to convert DVD to QuickTime on Mac?

Free Download and install the DVD to QuickTime Converter on Mac.

              

Step 1: Load DVD resource

Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-Rom (Ensure that you have sufficient space on hard drive to store the DVD). Click "Import DVD" button to add the DVD file. You can also click 'Load ISO/IFO' to add DVD/IFO from your hard disk.




Step 2: Choose output format.

Choose titles or chapters you want to rip, and then select a profile from the format bar menu list. Here we choose "Common Video > MOV - QuickTime (*.mov)" as output format..

Step 3: Finally you need hit the "Convert" button to start converting DVD to QuickTime MOV on Mac.

After the conversion, you can directly click to open the video with QuickTime player for enjoying.

Part 2: Advanced Function of DVD Ripper - Movie Editor(optional)

Before you convert DVD to QuickTime MOV format, you can edit your movie files at will.

Split or Join - DVDAid for Mac will help you to trim any clips or join several clips as you want. A DVD may have multiple titles and each title contains one or more chapters. After a DVD movie is loaded, its contents will be listed. Choose the "Merge into one file", the clips will be combined into a new video. Or you can click trim", you can trim video into segments.

Crop – Cut off the black edge of your DVD movie to enjoy your movie in full screen by clicking the "Crop" tab on the edditing interface.

Effect- Set the Video Effects: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and adjust the volume to modulate the effect.

Now know how to do the DVD to Quicktime MOV conversion? With Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac, ripping DVD to other popular video formats is no longer a hard task.

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Convert Sony PMW-200 XDCAM MXF for Premiere Pro CS5

This article aims to help users transcode Sony PMW-200 1080/50i MXF to compatible format for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5; with this easy-to-use Sony XDCAM MXF Converter for Mac, you can easily convert your MXF footage for various formats for NLE programs.

"Hi, I want to edit some 1080/50i MXF videos from a Sony PMW-200 in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, but CS5 does like to work with MXF videos. Do you have any ideas of how to get it working?"

The PMW-200 is one of the high-end XDCAM HD422 Memory Handy camcorder from Sony, which supports the 50 Mbps MPEG HD422 codec and MXF recording. With a PMW-200, you can shoot both HD and SD videos with extraordinary quality, and the footage can reach 50 Mbps MPEG HD422 as MXF files.

However the MXF files are not support by many NLE programs on Mac natively; hereby if you want to edit XDCAM 1080/50i MXF in Premiere Pro CS5, you'd better to convert Sony PMW-200 MXF footage to AVC encoded mov files for that's the most compatible format for Premiere Pro CS5. Come and meet this Pavtube XDCAM MXF Converter for Mac, which is capable of converting Sony XDCAM HD422 MXF footage to various video formats on Mac.

Hot Search: MXF to YouTube | MXF to Mac/PC | Convert Multi-track MXF

How to convert Sony PMW-200 XDCAM MXF to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 on Mac?

Step 1. Connect your Sony PMW-200 XDCAM HD422 camcorder to Mac and keep it on, or use a card reader to transfer your footage to Mac. Get this Sony MXF to Adobe Converter installed, click top left two icons to load individual videos or the entire folder correspondingly.


Step 2. Choose best format for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.

Click the drop-down list besides "Format", choose "Adobe Premiere > MOV(AVC)(*.mov)" as the most compatible format as well as best video quality for CS5. You can also choose "MPEG-2 (*.mpg)", "WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv)" or Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).



Step 3. Adjust output video settings including video size, codec, bitrate, frame rate by clicking "Settings", all according to your needs.



Step 4. Click the big red circle to start conversion. Wait for a while, you can get the fresh hot converted video which is compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.

Tips: Click here to learn: How to import Media Files to Premiere Pro on Mac.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Transcoding/Deinterlacing Sony DSC-WX80 1080/60i AVCHD to Final Cut Pro 6/7


The article will offer you the easiest and fastest way to import Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-WX80 1080 60i AVCHD footage to FCP 6/7 via transcoding and deinterlacing WX80 1080/60i MTS to Apple ProRes .mov with the best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.


Take your best shots yet. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera's host of powerful yet user-friendly features makes it easy. Like a 16.2MP Exmor? R CMOS sensor that delivers richly-detailed photos and Full HD 1080i video at 60fps in the AVCHD format - even in difficult low-light conditions. Zero in on distant subjects and snap high quality close-ups thanks to 8x optical zoom/16x Clear Image digital zoom. 

Additionally, still images can simultaneously be taken while recording movies in order to provide multiple options as to how you depict the scene. 

And with built-in Wi-Fi?, you can share your shots instantly with friends, family, Facebook? and more. You can Burn your .mts video clips to DVD or edit these videos with FCP, etc.

  • Buy Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera at Sony Store. 


The following is a Sony WX80 camera user's question:

"I have a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera, I recorded many video clips during father's day, has anybody else had issues when attempting to import Sony WX80 1080/60i AVCHD video clips to FCP 7? The codec is AVCHD. This is the first time I've ever had crashing problems with AVCHD, please help."

The bottom line: Apple Final Cut Pro 6/7 can't natively support AVCHD videos well. So, if you attempt to import and edit Sony WX80 1080/60i MTS videos in FCP 7 or FCP 6, the easiest and fastest way is to transcode AVCHD 1080/60i MTS content to a format that is best suited for Final Cut Pro, such as Apple ProRes 422 MOV. Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac meet your requirements.

Overview

Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac can help you transcode Sony DSC-WX80 AVCHD 1080/60i MTS to Apple ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ, ProRes 4444, ProRes 422 Proxy, ProRes 422 LT, etc on Mac OS X(Mountain Lion included). What's more, it can deinterlace the DSC-WX80 1080/60i footage to make the converted files more smoothly in Apple Final Cut products.

Just free download or buy the Mac conversion tool

          

Now you can install the software, then according to the following steps to start the whole workflow on Mac, very simple.

Transcode and Deinterlace Sony DSC-WX80 AVCHD 1080/60i footage to Apple ProRes for FCP 6/7


Step 1. Launch Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac as the best Mac Sony AVCHD to ProRes Converter. Click "Add video" or "Add from folder" icon to load your source files directly from your Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera, or from a card reader, or from the file folder that contains the source MTS videos stored on your Mac computer's hard disk drive.



Step 2. Click "Format" bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov). 

Read More: Final Cut Pro Column



Step 3. You can click "Settings" to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want. 



Click "Edit" button and you can deinterlace Sony DSC-WX80 1080i AVCHD for Final Cut Pro 6/7 via ticking the"Deinterlacing" box in the Video Editor interface.



Step 4. OK, now click the big button "Convert" to begin transcoding Sony WX80 1080/60i MTS to ProRes 422 for FCP 6/7. When finished, click "Open" button to get the generated ProRes 422 QuickTime media files for Final Cut Pro 6/7. 

Open up Final Cut Pro 6/7, follow "File > Import > Files…" to import and edit the converted Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 AVCHD MTS videos. You can also reference the following guide: 




What's more, if you want to burn AVCHD files to DVD disc or ISO files or folder files for backup or watching, you can try Pavtube DVD Creator for Mac, which can burn HD videos to DVD easily. The steps refer to: 

           
PS: Recommended A free choice for free converting AVCHD MTS/M2TS to MP4 for YouTube/vimeo upload on Mac - Free MTS M2TS Converter for Mac from Mac App Store released by Pavtube Studio.

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Make Sony A58 AVCHD footages working with iMovie/FCE on Mac

"Hi, I'm using a Sony SLT-A58 on a MacBook Pro. I need to upload these videos to iMovie so that I can edit them later. But it seems iMovie does not like to work with my videos, I think I'm just missing something that is pretty simple. Can anyone help?

The Alpha SLT-A58 is one of the SLRs camera from Sony which apparently want to enter the SLRs market with such a worthy entry level product. The Alpha A58 replaces Sony SLT A57, and become a competitive camera in this price class with incredible video quality. Sony A58 record full hd videos at 1080p resolution and in 60i or 24p for your choice. What's more, the videos it outputs is wrapped in AVCHD codec for blu-ray-like picture quality.

However, here comes the problem. The AVCHD codec allows people save large extraordinary videos without quality loss, but the output video size is pretty large correspondingly. It's not easy for permanent preservation. Also, AVCHD is not a Mac friendly video codec, and the mts format is not support by many nonlinear editing programs on Mac, such as Final Cut Pro, iMovie/Final Cut Express, Avid Media Composer, etc. What should we do to make Sony A58 AVCHD footages working with iMovie/FCE on Mac? 

Since Mac and NLE do not work with AVCHD or MTS format natively, you need to convert Sony SLT-A58 AVCHD files to iMovie/FCE compatible codec for editing, which can be as simple as a few clicks with this Pavtube AVCHD MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. 

How to convert Sony SLT-A58 AVCHD MTS for editing in FCE/iMovie?


Step 1. Connect your Sony SLT-A58 to Mac and turn it on; launch Mac Sony MTS/M2TS Converter, click top left two icons to load your footage.



Step 2. Choose iMovie/FCE compatible video format.

Click "Format", you will many profiles for different programs and usage.

For Mac iMovie or FCE users, click "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" as the best codec for editing.



You can also click "Settings" which is marked as 3 above, to set the output video specs manually.

Step 3. Click the big red circle to start converting Sony SLT A58 AVCHD MTS to AIC MOV for using in FCE/iMovie. Check "start streaming server after conversion", you can share/edit the converted video directly on anther Mac.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Transfer Sony XDCAM EX MP4 footage to Aperture 3 on Mac Mountain Lion 10.8


Read this article and you will know how to convert Sony XDCAM EX MP4 footages to Apple Aperture 3 preferred codec for editing on Mac Mountain Lion 10.8.

"I have some mp4 files from a Sony XDCAM EX camera. These common mp4 videos can play back in quicktime player, but the wired thing is when I load it into Aperture 3, it said the video is not supported! Did I do something wrong? How to get MP4 files from Sony XDCAM MP4 to Aperture 3?"
Aperture 3 enables you to use many video and audio formats from popular still cameras; the supported video varies from 1080 24p, 25p to 60p. But not all the quicktime player compatible video format is well supported in Aperture. Apple list a tablet of supported camera models, unluckily, Sony XDCAM EX series is not included.

Therefore, for Sony XDCAM EX series camera users, the best way to get Sony XDCAM EX MP4 working in Apple Aperture 3 is to convert the XDCAM encoded MP4 files into Aperture preferred ProRes codec. It's not complex at all, get this Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac installed, and follow these steps, you will have it done within a few clicks.

How to convert Sony XDCAM EX MP4 to ProRes 422 for Aperture 3 on Mac

Step 1. Connect your Sony XDCAM EX camera to mac and keep it on, launch the Sony XDCAM EX MP4 to ProRes Converter, click top lest two icons to load the footages.

 

Step 2. Click the drop-down list desides Format, choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as the best video codec for Aperture as well as FCP.

 

Click "Settings" and choose the output video size, bitrate, framerate and others as you need.


Step 3. Now just click the big red circle to start transcoding your Sony XDCAM EX MP4 footage to Apple ProRes for Aperture 3 without quality loss on Mac Mountain Lion 10.8.

Wait for a while or choose to shut down computer after conversion done, or you can lauch stream server so that you can share the converted video on another Mac directly.

How to import Apple ProRes MOV files to Aperture 3?

Launch Aperture 3, choose "File > Import > Files...", and browse to the folder you saved the converted video to. Choose the videos that you'd like to import.


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How to keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio when ripping Blu-ray movies?

How to keep best audio quality(Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio) when backup/ripping Blu-ray Disc to PC? This is a frequently asked question. such as:
"What I am wanting to do is be able to take my 100+ Blu-rays that i have bought and convert them into a digital format and put them on my pc so I can just watch movies off the pc and not the blu-ray disc. I also have 7.1 surround sound as well so if there is a way to keep that it would be nice."  
In the Blu-ray specification, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-MA, LPCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and PCM are optional codecs for Blu-ray audio encoding. Earlier Blu-ray Discs save audio in Dolby Digital and DTS codec, most recent Blu-ray movies usually comes with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA audio tracks to deliver higher quality audio with 7.1 channels. Not every AV receiver/amplifier can decode Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA audio, but most of them support Dolby Digital, i.e., AC-3 5.1 audio codec. When ripping Blu-ray Disc for playing back with PC and HD media players, better check the supported codec of your device first to set a best fit for your player.

Refer to below how to keep Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio when ripping Blu-ray Discs with Pavtube ByteCopy, it is a best BD ripping tool and backup disks without quality loss, allow full preservation of all audio tracks, subtitles and chapter markers, what's more, it saves 7.1 surround audio from original disks, just like you mentioned.
Software availability:
  1. Pavtube ByteCopy Trial version - A trial is free but functional-restricted. Lossless output can be used 3 times only. You may download a trial and see how it works.
  2. Pavtube ByteCopy Retail version. A full version is offered at $42 by Pavtube Studio.                         
How to keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby True HD 7.1 audio when ripping Blu-ray movies?

Step 1. Hook up an external BD drive with my desktop (if there is not an internal one), and place a Blu-ray Disc into the BD drive.

Step 2. Run Pavtube ByteCopy software and click the "Load BD/DVD" icon to import movie files from Blu-ray Disc.

keep Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio

Step 3. Select the whole disc, and click the "Edit Disc" button. Now the "Edit Disc" screen pops up. Here you decide whether keep the original Dolby True HD 7.1/Dolby Digital 5.1 audio or encode the audio streams into Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks.

  1. To pass-through original TrueHD/Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM audio, just select "lossless" quality in "Format" box. In this way you get lossless audio streams as they are burned into BD. Dolby TrueHD track will be copied and packed into generated MKV file without transcoding. But note that the original BD may not contain Dolby TrueHD audio.
  2. To transcode the BD audio streams into Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks, you may select "HD Player" and press "Settings". In this way you get H.264/AC3 encoded MKV file.              
Step 4. Click the "Convert" button to start ripping the Blu-ray movie to MKV file. After conversion I click "Browse Export Path" and get an MKV file. Pavtube ByteCopy extracts the main movie with all subtitles from disc and seals the contents with encoded AC3 audio streams into MKV container, which preserves the best possible quality.

Additional Tip: How to check audio information of the Blu-ray Disc?

Pavtube ByteCopy lets you check the audio info. Once the movie source is opened you will see its contents as a tree structure. Expand the directory to check file information. "Title1 (Main Title)" contains Blu-ray movie, and other Titles bonus and extra features. You can find Audio info such as codec, channels and language under "Title1(Main Title)".
     
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