Monday, April 15, 2013

Best solution to ingesting Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD files to iMovie on Mac


Sony's Alpha NEX-F3 is Sony's entry-level mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, it's the replacement to the NEX-C3, with the most significant change being a new 3-inch LCD that can flip upward 180 degrees and face your subject. Have you ever tried to edit the 1080/60p AVCHD videos, shot by Sony Alpha NEX-F3 Digital Camera, in iMovie? If so, you may have found that when you try to ingest 1080p Sony MTS to iMovie, you will get many AVCHD importing problems there and the reason is that 1080p AVCHD format can not be recognized by iMovie.

If you want to edit Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD in iMovie, you need to convert Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD MTS/M2TS to iMovie best supported video format, iMovie best supported video format is Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) MOV format, you can follow the steps below then you can edit Sony NEX-F3 MTS/M2TS video in iMovie smoothly.

1. Download Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.This software can convert Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD video to iMovie or other common formats.


2. Install and run this Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD to AIC Converter.

3. Click format column to choose the output format for iMovie. Click and choose iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov), it's the best format for editing Sony NEX-F3 in iMovie.


4. You can click settings button to adjust output parameters, such as resolution and bitrate.

5. Click convert button to start.

The Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD Converter will convert MTS/M2TS for iMovie quickly. After conversion, you can edit Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD video in iMovie as you want.

With this Sony AVCHD to MOV Converter, you can also edit Sony NEX-F3 video in FCP

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