Get LEGRIA HF R306 AVCHD videos to Avid Media Composer for editing on Mac


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lisa198754

Posted: 8/7/2012 Quote message   

The Canon LEGRIA HF R306 is the perfect camcorder for the budding home-movie maker that wants quality High Definition recording. It delivers brilliant Full HD movies at an affordable price and incorporates a host of new features, including a 51x Advanced zoom. All of this is recorded straight to memory card so you can quickly and easily share your movies with friends and family. Have you got one? If so, you may meet some troubles about AVCHD recordings from LEGRIA HF R306 to Avid Media Composer importing on Mac.



Although Avid claims it can support AVCHD your files by using AVCHD AMA plug-in, but usually it doesn’t work and it only be used for Avid Media Composer 6.0. The how to make Canon HF R306 AVCHD editble for Avid Media Composer on Mac? As a Canon Legria HF R306 user, I will share my easy way to get Legria HF R306 AVCHD .mts/m2ts to Avid MC ( http://www.brorsoft.com/how-to/convert-canon-hf-r306-avchd-to-dnxhd-for-avid-media-composer-mac.html ) by encoding AVCHD to Avid best codec DNxHD on Mac.

Firstly, you need to download and install a AVCHD Converter to help you change AVCHD on your Mac computer. Here I take the top Mac AVCHD to DNxHD Converter ( http://www.brorsoft.com/mts-converter-mac/index.html ) as an example. It is a professional AVCHD Converter for Avid MC. I have successfully convert Canon AVCHD to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer on Mac at super fast speed without quality loss. Below is the detailed guide, you can follow it to have a try, you will get the perfect video qualiy.

Step 1: Import Canon AVCHD to the best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.
Launch the recommended software and then click the adding button to import your MTS/M2TS files to it.

Step 2: Select output format for Canon HF R306 video to compatible with Avid.
Click Format on the main interface and choose Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as output format for Avid Media Composer.

Step 3: Adjust the Adjust video and audio parameters as you need.
Tap the Settings icon, and you can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the Profile Setting to get the output in best quality.
Tips:
1. You'd better set the video frame rate as 25fps, video size as 1920*1080 and select the audio channels as 5.1 channels to keep the best quality for editing in Avid Media Composer.
2. If you shot 1080/50i video by Canon HF R306, you need to deinterlace Canon 1080i AVCHD first in the Video Editor interface.

Step 4: Start converting AVCHD to Avid DNxHD for Avid Media Composer on Mac.
Click “Convert” button to start the AVCHD to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer conversion on Mac OS X with this professional AVCHD to DNxHD Converter for Mac.

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Bnimen

Posted: 8/7/2012 Quote message   

MXF to FCP X-Convert/Import XF300 MXF to FCP X with ProRes 422 editing on Mac

The Canon XF300 is a high definition camcorder, its stylish design, brings a unique look to the HD market. The Canon XF300 Professional Camcorder features 50Mbps MPEG-2 4:2:2 recording to Compact Flash (CF) Cards for unsurpassed image quality and efficient, robust workflow at an affordable price. It is ideally suited to match the requirements of electronic newsgathering (ENG) crews, independent filmmakers, documentary producers, event videographers and military agencies.

The Canon XF300 records in MXF format, which is the standard for high definition camcorders. I like easy editing MXF vidoes with Final Cut Pro X for family movies like interesting events, cats, building a snowman and so on. MXF files are not supported by many editing software and devices, such as FCP X, iMovie, etc. How to edit MXF videos in FCP X on Mac? Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac which is the best [url=http://www.pavtube.com/guide/convert-mxf-video-to-apple-prores-422-codec.html]MXF to ProRes Converter[/url] to transcode Canon XF300 MXF Videos to Apple ProRes 422 perfectly compatible with FCP X.

If you have the same problem about editing Canon XF300 MXF Videos in Final Cut Pro X, you may follow the step-by-step guide.

Step 1. Load Canon XF300 MXF videos to Pavtube [url=http://www.pavtube.com/mxf-converter-mac/]MXF Converter for Mac[/url].
Just connect Canon XF300 to iMac with USB cable, and copy the files to hard drive. Run Pavtube Video Converter for Mac as the best Canon MXF to FCP X Converter, and click the "Add" button to load Canon XF300 1920×1080 MXF videos.


Step 2. Select "Apple ProRes 422" as output video format compatible with FCP X.
Click the drop-down list in the Format line to get the format box. Then choose the Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) for full HD 1080p MXF files.


Step 3. Adjust the output video's parameters as you want.
Click the Setting button after the Format to get the Profile Settings. Change the Size to 1920×1080, the Bitrate to original and the Codec after Audio to AAC for getting the perfect effects.


Step 4. Click the "Convert" button to start converting Canon XF300 MXF to ProRes 422 for FCP X.

After conversion, you can [url=http://www.pavtube.com/guide/import-video-files-to-final-cut-pro-x.html]import videos to FCP X[/url] on Mac for editing without any problems.
 

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