Panasonic 50p/60p AVCHD Import Tips for iMovie - Transcode TM700/TM900 MTS to AIC format
Panasonic HDC-TM700 is a camcorder introduced in early 2010 that is able to shoot 1080p 50/60P videos in AVCHD format. Generally the TM700 is proposed with 1080/50p (Full HD 1920x1080 with 50 progressive recording) in Europe, and 1080/60p (full HD 1920x1080 with 60 progressive recording) in America. As the successor to the lauded HDC-TM700,
Panasonic HDC-TM900 offers the same fantastic video performance as its predecessor, particularly with its widely-praised 1080/60p mode.
With Panasonic TM700/TM900 cameras, you can take it to shoot full HD videos. However, bad news is currently the Panasonic 1080p 50p/60P AVCHD format is nearly impossible to be directly loaded to iMovie for editing. So how to solve those problems when you want to import Panasonic TM700/TM900 AVCHD files to iMovie for editing? As far as I know, the best method is to
transcode Panasonic AVCHD footages to iMovie native formats (e.g. Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) encoded .mov format). To help those who wanna edit Panasonic TM700/TM900 50/60p MTS videos in iMovie without crashing and rendering, here I will throw this quick guide up on how to convert Panasonic AVCHD to Apple ProRes and then load the encoded 1080p 50/60p AVCHD files into iMovie for editing.
Required Software: Pavtube's MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac - a top Panasonic AVCHD Converter for Mac users.
The Mac Panasonic 50/60p Video to iMovie Converter is an easy to use yet professional AVCHD Converter on Mac OS X which can not only transcode Panasonic TM700/TM900 AVCHD files to Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) videos for Mac editing, but also provide simple video editing functions for you. Besides, the program can also 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. Below is how. If you have the same problem about editing Panasonic TM700/TM900 AVCHD videos in iMovie, check out the brief guide below.
Guide - Convert/Load Panasonic TM900/TM900 AVCHD to AIC for iMovie editing smoothly on Mac Note: If you wanna import the 1080 50/60P AVCHD recorded from Sony NEX-5N/NEX-7/A57/A65/A77 to iMovie for editing, check out the guide on how to edit Sony 1080 50/60P MTS in iMovie under Mac OS.
Step 1. Free Download the
Panasonic 50p/60p MTS Converter for iMovie, install and run. And then import Panasonic recorded full hd videos to the converter.
PS: It's excellent Panasonic 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.
Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format.
Step 3. Click convert button in the main interface to start transcoding Panasonic 1080p 60P AVCHD to iMovie AIC on mac.
Some more helpful features of the Sony MTS to iMovie Converter: 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.
After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to log and transfer or
import/edit Panasonic TM900/TM900 AVCHD files in iMovie under Mac without problems.
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