Tricks for Editing MTS files from Canon Vixia HF R42/R40/R400 in Premiere Pro CS6

Summary: If you encountered problems with Canon Vixia HF R42/R40/R400 AVCHD when importing to Premiere Pro CS6 on Mac OS X, you can follow this article to find the solution and solve it.


Canon HF R42, R40, R400 camcorders are all very popular sellers in the Canon Vixia series, and also in the photography market. You may have bought one and need to edit Canon MTS files in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. So, come with a question- can Premiere Pro CS6 edit AVCHD mts files from the Canon Vixia HF camcorders?

Well, a bit frustrating. The Canon MTS files are still not well supported by Premiere Pro CS6, as you may encounter many audio and video problems. And I know that Premiere Pro CS6 can’t handle raw AVCHD videos, so there is no doubt that it will take more time on rendering while ingesting MTS files. The Canon site lists various compatible editors for this camcorder, but Premiere Pro CS6 is not in the list (It includes Final Cut, Avid, etc). So, how to import Canon MTS footage in Premiere Pro CS6 for editing smoothly?

Sony FS100 1080/60p AVCHD Importing Tips for Final Cut Pro X (FCP X)

Summary: Having issues when importing and editing Sony NEX-FS100 50P/60P AVCHD footage in Final Cut Pro X? Get the best Mac MTS to ProRes Converter to achieve your goal smoothly.



As the first affordable and fully professional large-sensor video camera, Sony NEX-FS100 comes equipped with a stabilized 11x zoom lens while using the same S35-size CMOS sensor as the higher-end PMW-F3. Able to shoot full 1080p video in a range of frame rates up to 60p, the FS100 provides the option of recording 28Mbps AVCHD footage onto SD or Memory Stick media, or it can output uncompressed 4:2:2 video (with embedded timecode) and RGB via HDMI 1.4 to an external recording unit. Using the FS100, you can record full HD .mts cliops at 1080/60p or 50p mode. While enjoying the stunning HD image quality, many folks are having problems when importing FS100 60p/50p AVCHD footage to Final Cut Pro X like the below:

Sony NEX-FS700 and FCP Workflow - Convert/Import FS700 AVCHD footage to Final Cut Pro 7/X

Summary: Cannot import 60p/50p AVCHD video footage from Sony NEX-FS700 to Final Cut Pro 7 or FCP 7 for editing? Get the best Mac MTS to ProRes Converter to achieve your goal smoothly.


“I have purchased the newly released Sony FS700 Camcorder, it records MTS videos, when I import the recordings to Final Cut Pro 7 I always got problems, can you give me some suggestions to help me import Sony FS700 MTS clips to FCP?”

Sony NEX-FS700 is able to shoot full 1080p video in a range of frame rates up to 60p, the FS700 provides the option of recording AVCHD footage onto SD card/MemoryStick or via the FMU (flash memory unit) port, or it can output 4:2:2 video (with embedded timecode) via HDMI 1.4 or 3G/HD-SDI to an external recording unit. Using the FS700, you can record Full HD .mts clips at 1080/60p or 50p mode. While enjoying the stunning HD image quality, many folks are having problems when importing FS700 60p/50p AVCHD footage to Final Cut Pro 6/7 (even with the lastest FCP X). If you’re in such a situation, you can read on the article to learn more, which mainly shows you how to get Sony NEX-FS700 1080 50P/60P footage and FCP 6/7/X to work beautifully.

Nikon MOV to ProRes-Convert/Import Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 footage to Final Cut Pro X/7

Summary: Facing issues when importing and editing Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 MOV footage in Final Cut Pro X/7? Get the best Nikon Video Converter to transcode Nikon MOV to Apple ProRes to achieve your goal smoothly.



Nikon 1J1 Compatible with final cut pro 7?

Having issues with importing the 1J1 HD footage in Final cut pro 7. It doesn't seem compatible (appears as unrenedered) even after the footage has been converted. Solutions?

This question is asked by a Nikon user. As a series of Nikon's striking DSLRs, the Nikon 1J1, 1J2, 1J34 is wonderful to be taken to take photos and record HD videos when you travel or commute. If you have got the Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 camera and often use it to shoot 1080P video, you may have the need to edit Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 video footages in Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7 on Mac. But, Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 video format is in H.264 codec MOV format, it is not the best codec for FCP editing, you will need to render, and some importing problems when be occured.

So how to import Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 MOV footage into Final Cut Pro 7 or FCP X for editing without crashing problem and avoid rendering? As far as I know, the best method to solve these problems is to convert Nikon 1J1/1J2/1J3 MOV footage to Apple ProRes

Best Workflow for importing footage from Canon C300 to Avid Media Composer

The Canon C300 camera has two CF cards slots and records in 50 Mbps 422 8-bit MPEG2 compression. Video can be recorded to either card, or both at the same time for redundant recording. Video resolutions and frame rates include 1920×1080 at 23.98p, 29.97p and 59.94i fps. Additionally, a true 24p mode is available for those doing film outputs. In 1280×720 mode, frame rates from 1-60p are also available for slow motion. However, when you tried to import Canon C300 footage to Avid Media Composer for further editing, you will find Avid MC does not work well with Canon C300 1080p/60i or 720/60p MXF videos. Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix this issue. Below, I outline how to ingest footage onto a hard drive, and how to import into Avid Media Composer.

Convert/Import 4K footage to Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7/6 for editing smoothly

Summary: With the 4K Camcorder video converter, you can easily import and edit Sony, Blackmagic, GoPro, Panasonic 4K Camcorder AVCHD/MTS/M2TS/MXF videos in Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7 by transcoding to Apple ProRes format.


Are you got a 4K camcorder? When you traveling with your friend or family, I think you often take up the instantaneous which the camcorder pats to like. Before you share it with others, you may edit these HD video in FCP 7 and FCP X. FCP 7 and FCP X can’t import your camcorder video? What a pity.

What video format can import to FCP 7 and X? You can get answer from Apple’s official website.

How to import video files from Nikon D7100 to iMovie

As the eagerly anticipated successor to the very popular two-and-a-half year old D7000, the enthusiast-targeted Nikon D7100 is the company's latest APS-C DSLR to feature a 24MP sensor, joining the D3200 and D5200 models that were announced in 2012. Though it has the same sensor resolution as the D5200, the D7100 uses a new and different sensor that does away with the optical low-pass filter (OLPF), aka antialiasing filter, much like the Pentax K-5 IIs. Overall, the Nikon D7100 is a fast-shooting, well-designed camera that's comfortable to use.

As you see, the Nikon D7100 is wonderful to be taken to take photos and record HD videos when you travel or commute. Before shring your recordings with others, many of you may want to import Nikon D7100 videos to iMovie on Mac for some editing. However, you may encounter some problems when you want to ingest D7100 footage to iMovie, like import it slowly, and couldn't edit videos smoothly.

How to import and load video clips from Nikon D7100 to iMovie for smoothly editing?