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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Workflow: Enable Avid MC/Premiere Pro Load AVCHD/MP4 from Canon Vixia HF G30

AVCHD/MP4 files Avid MC/Premiere Pro solution: step by step guide showing you how to importCanon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD/MP4 to Avid MC/Premiere Pro for further editing.

The Canon VIXIA HF G30 is a prosumer camera that shoots 1920 x 1080 Full HD video in either AVCHD or web-friendly MP4 format. It also supports Native 24p Progressive Mode recording, which will give your footage a more cinematic look. Videos are shot in AVCHD up to 35 Mbps and recorded in full HD 1080 60p, which is not supported by most editing programs. Hence it could be a problem when Mac users need to ingest the Canon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD/MP4 video in Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer smoothly.

To edit Canon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD in Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer on Mac, you are suggested to convert the AVCHD MTS to Adobe preferred H.264 MOV or DNxHD for Avid. To accomplish this, I recommend this Mac AVCHD to MOV Converter, a powerful and professional AVCHD converting program which support outputting various videos formats for different usage..

Now follow these steps to quick convert Canon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD into DNxHD or AVC MOV.

Free download Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, get it installed.

(Tip: Download a dmg file for Mac OS X 10.5 users)

Step 1: Connect your camcorder to Mac and Load recorded files.

Connect your camcorder to Mac, and you can see all recorded AVCHD/MP4 files as soon as this program has detected the device. Now, you can untick the files you don't want, and then click the "Add" button to load the files you want to this AVCHD/MP4 to MOV Converter for Mac, or drag and drop your videos into it directly. Batch conversion is offered.

For Windows user: Connect an HD video camera/camcorders to your PC with a USB cable. Once connected and powered on, the camcorder should appear on the desktop as a new disk. It is desirable that you copy the videos to your PC's hard-drive before converting or editing them.

Step 2. Choose proper video format.

Open the “Format” list then choose "MOV" under "Avid Media Composer" section as output format for editing Canon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD/MP4 files in Avid Media Composer.

choose "MOV"/”MPEG-2” under "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas" section or “Apple ProRes 422(*.mov)” under "Final Cut Pro" section as output format for editing Canon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD/MP4 files in Adobe Premiere Pro.

In fact, if you are about to play the AVCHD/MP4 video files on iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android, Windows 8 devices or edit in iMovie, Final Cut Pro X, FCE etc., you can choose the optimized preset for the device or app offered.

Step 3. Customize video size, bitrate, frame rate, and other settings.

Tips:

For 1080 50p AVCHD files, you can set the video size as 1920*1080, and set the video frame rate as 25fps.
For 1080 60p AVCHD videos, set the video size as 1920*1080; while, set the video frame rate as 30fps.

FYI: Tf you want to trim, crop the videos before transcoding, you can click Edit like this:

Pavtube AVCHD Converter for Mac also support deinterlacing, editing audio and adding sutitles.

(Note: If you want to add 3D effect (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, or Anaglyph 3D in MKV/MP4/MOV/WMV/AVI), you can try Video Converter Ultimate or Video Converter Ultimate for Mac.

Step 4. Start conversion.

Click the "Convert" button to start converting Canon Vixia HF G30 AVCHD/MP4 to MOV for Avid MC, converting to MOV/MP4G-2/Apple ProRes for Adobe Premiere Pro.

After this Top HD Video Converter for Mac finishes the conversion process, you can click "Open Folder" to find out where you saved the converted files.

Now let’s click the “Convert” to start this conversion easily. Wait for a while and you can click the “Open” to locate the converted video easily.

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Converting Canon C300 MXF footage to ProRes/AIC for smootly editing on FCP, iMovie, FCE

In this tutorial, you will learn how to import MXF footage from Canon C300 to Final Cut Pro (X), iMovie, FCE for further editing on Mac without problems.

With every new camera, comes many new questions about workflow. The Canon 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 6/7, Final Cut Express and iMovie. So how to solve the program when importing C300 MXF footage into FCP 6/7 or other non-linear editing systems. Below, I will throw a quick guide up on how to ingest Canon C300 MXF footage into Final Cut Pro (X), iMovie and FCE for editing smoothly.

Here is the easy way to fix it, namely, converting MXF to ProRes or AIC mov on Mac. If you are interested doing likewise, check out Pavtube Canon MXF Converter for Mac. The program is an easy-to-use and intuitive Mac tool for camcorder users. It is good at batch converting MXF recordings shot by Panasonic P2 camcorders, Sony XDCAM camcorders, Canon XF series cameras to ProRes/AIC MOV formats compatible with your Mac Video editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro (X), Final Cut Express.

Tips: If you have the same problems about editing Canon C500, XF100, XF105, XF300, XF305 MXF footage on Mac, you may view the following articles:

Just free download or buy Pavtube Mac MXF Converter for Canon C300:

Step-by-step: Converting Canon C300 MXF to ProRes/AIC MOV on Mac

Step 1. Free download and run the best C300 MXF Converter for Mac, add MXF captured videos to the program. You can not only click "Add video" button to import Canon C300 MXF files.

You are allowed to load .MXF clips to Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac directly from your camera folder or a folder archived on your computer's HDD. If you want to load multiple .mxf files to convert for FCP X at a time, just drag and drop the entire folder into the Mac MXF Converter software.

Step 2. Click the "Format" option, select the "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as target format. And navigate to the Final Cut Pro group, you will notice that there are profiles with Apple ProRes 422(HQ) (*.mov), Apple ProRes 422(LT) (*.mov), Apple ProRes 422(Proxy) (*.mov), Apple ProRes 4444 (*.mov).

Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) format is specially designed for using in Final Cut Pro X (include FCP 6/7). (The Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) (*.mov) codec is intended for offline editing and contains 30 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422)

And for editing Canon C300 MXF in iMovie/FCE, you can choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*mov).

Some more helpful features of the batch MXF to MOV Converter for Mac:

1. Adjust video and audio parameters. (Optional)

Click "Settings" button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you'd better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you need.

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

Step 3. When above steps finished, you can click "Convert" button to start converting Canon C300 MXF to ProRes/AIC MOV for FCP/FCE/iMovie with a super fast speed. with the excellent C300 MXF to MOV Converter, you can deal Canon C300 MXF footage on Mac with best video and audio quality as you want.

After converting Canon C300 MXF files, just according to the following tutorial import the output Apple PreRes 422 .mov files to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X for editing the video. Optimize your workflow and save time with the Apple ProRes compression for Final Cut Pro X. You can also import the output AIC MOV videos to iMovie/FCE for editing in full HD.

Additional tips:

1. This Mac version can run on Yosemite smoothly and users don't have to worry about any conversion lagging off.

2. How to transfer files into FCP or iMovie may be very helpful for newbie who just walk into Mac world.

3. If you intend to merge multiple MXF clips into one file, simply check "Merge into one file" box.

4. If you would like to export Apple ProRes with multiple audio tracks kept, you may change to Pavtube iMixMXFprogram. You're advised to take the article.

5. To learn more conversion solutions for Canon MXF clips captured, please refer to Pavtube's Canon Column page.

6. For Win users, Pavtube MXF Converter added new features like H.265/HEVC will allow you to maintain even improve the original videos while only half file size compared to original ones.

I hope can help you learn more. A happy work. Have a nice day!

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Import MTS Clips from Canon C100 to Final Cut Pro on Mac

Many of us only copy the Canon C100 .mts files to Mac hard drives without knowing that Final Cut Pro doesn't work with individual .mts/.m2ts files unless the AVCHD file structure is preserved from the camera archive. If you'd like to import single .mts file from C100 to Final Cut Pro 7/6, here's a Canon C100 camera user's issues.

"I'm using a Canon C100 AVCHD camera. I want to log and transfer the raw footage to Final Cut Pro 7 for editing, then export the video and compress it to H.264 HD for normal playback. But I am confronted with a warning that reads "Invalid directory structure."…

Is there any easy way to do this?"

It's kinda complicated but could be easy if you have every step done easily and efficiently.

The correct way to backup AVCHD is copying the entire AVCHD folder with all directories and files to your Mac HDD. The AVCHD folder structure and all of its files must stay intact. If not, the video editing program will throw an error message when trying to import. You can try importing AVCHD from C100, or getting an AVCHD to Apple ProRes decoder that reads single .mts files, for instance, above mentioned Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac.

Here you need to do two conversions, first convert Canon C100 MTS clips to ProRes 422 MOV for FCP editing, then convert ProRes MOV to H.264 MOV for normal playback. Have a try firstly.

Notes:

The free trial version is provided for you to see if it would be able to convert your AVCHD format video from a Canon C100 camera.
The trial version will create videos with PAVTUBE logo standing in the center of the output image. To bypass the watermark, you should purchase its full version.

How to import Canon C100 raw footage to edit in Final Cut Pro? First convert C100 MTS clips to ProRes 422.

Step 1. Load source mts files shot with your Canon C100 camera

Launch Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac as C100 MTS to ProRes Converter. Click "Add video" or "Add from folder" icon to load your source files directly from your Canon C100 camera, or from a card reader, or from the file folder that contains the source MTS videos stored on your computer's hard disk drive. Or drag and drop Canon C100 AVCHD MTS file to the program. You can batch load several files to the program directly.

Step 2. Select "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format for Final Cut Pro

Go to "Format" menu, move to "Final Cut Pro" option, and choose "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as target format for FCP 6/7 or FCP X.

Tip: If you want to get to a smaller file, you’d better choose ProRes 422(LT)(*.mov).

Do some settings as you want before conversion:

Click "Edit" to deinterlace 1080i MTS files for FCP.

Step 3. At last, hit the "Convert" button to convert Canon C100 MTS clips to ProRes 422 MOV for FCP editing.

After the fast conversion process, you are able to get the converted file by clicking "Open". Then you can import C100 MTS files to FCP 7 for editing.

Launch Final Cut Pro 7, choose "File > Import > Files…", and browse to where you save the converted AVCHD clips to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add.

Apple ProRes encoded videos should be added instantly to FCP project. No rendering is required. Just drag the clips to timeline for editing.

If you want to export the video from FCP and compress it to H.264 HD for normal playback, Pavtube HD Video Converter for Macis the best choice for you.

Good Luck

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Watch Canon PowerShot SX260 1080p HD Videos on Sony Bravia TV

"I want to convert .mov files from my Canon PowerShot SX260 camera to 1080p HD video with the very best possible quality and playback on my 1080p Sony Bravia TV. What can I try or which program can help me out?"

The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS is a very nice update of the SX230. The 4:3-format screen has returned, the zoom lens and electronics are great quality, and the flash now only pops out when you actually want to use it. It has a slightly boxier design than 2011's SX220/SX230, but the cameras still look very similar. The controls are identical and have almost exactly the same layout as last year's cameras. Build quality is as good as ever too, as the SX260 is a nice-to-use camera that's clearly been made with attention to detail.

In addition to the Canon HS SYSTEM, the combination of the advanced CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5 Image Processor in the PowerShot SX260 HS makes it possible to shoot crisp, clear high definition video. Imagine the fun and excitement of being able to shoot spectacular 1080p Full HD video with stereo sound that you can later watch on your HDTV or download to your computer to share with family and friends. It's able to shoot Full HD 1080p video at 24 frames per second. But the H.264 MOV it outputs could not work very well on HD 1080p devices like Sony Bravia TV.

In order to get this solved, we will need to get help from this powerful Canon SX260 HS Converter for Mac, an all-in-one video transcoding program which enables you convert various video formats to each other smoothly.

You can try with the Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac trial version to get 30% OFF (save $19.5) on Pavtube Facebook.

Now let's get this Mac iMedia Converter installed and transfer your raw footage to TV in a few clicks.

How to playback Canon PoweShot SX260 HS footage on Sony Bravia TV?

Step 1. Add Canon SX260 MOV files

Install and launch Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, and click "Add File" to load individual video files; or click "Add from folder" to load videos in batch.

Step 2. Adjust output settings.

Choose output video format from the "Format" preset, and click "Output" to change converted video path. Then pls click HD Video>H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) to get Sony Bravia TV preferred format.

If you want to locate your videos quickly, click Browse. The "Settings" icon will meet your requirements of adjusting video bitrate, frame rate and so on.

Moreover, you can edit your Canon PowerShot SX 260 videos before converting. By clicking the pencil icon on the top of Mac Canon Camcoder to TV Converter, you can trim/crop the video clips, add or adjust video effect, or take snapshots from video as you like.

Step 3. Start converting Canon SX260 HS videos.

Click the big red circle to convert your footages on Mac.

After conversion finished, you then are able to playback your 1080p HD videos on Sony Bravia TV.

Tips:

1. This program is not only able to import most mainstream camcorder footages but also capable of converting various video formats to each other; moreover, iMedia Converter can backup Blu-rays and DVDs in HD 1080p which may enlighten your movie collections in an efficient way.

2. Get more step-by-step guides about how to work with Canon camcorders.

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