Monday, May 6, 2013

Deinterlace and Convert Canon VIXIA HF G20 1080 60i AVCHD recordings to FCP X

This article will show the best way to convert Canon AVCHD to ProRes 422, so that you can import Canon Vixia HF G20 1080 60i .MTS files into Final Cut Pro X for smooth editing work.
Canon VIXIA HF G20 Full HD camcorder, as the Canon's VIXIA family's a new member, has come to us along with the HF R-series. According to the camera maker, the G20 is designed to rival pro-level camcorders in image quality. It captures Full HD 1920x1080p videos in MPEG4 or AVCHD format. Intended for professionals, the G20 features nine Cinema-Look Filters to create video with a variety of professional cinematic look and Professional Shooting Assist functions.

As a Mac and FCP user, I like to edit 1080p AVCHD video with FCP X. Final Cut Pro X users always have the headache since they find the problem editing Canon VIXIA HF G20 AVCHD 1080i files in FCP X on Mac. How to solve the incompatibility is the key to make Canon HF G20 more convenient for shooting and editing. And as far as we know Apple ProRes is perfectly compatible with Final Cut Pro.

So the problem becomes easier to solve. Just find out a converter, which can transocde Canon HF G20 AVCHD recordings to ProRes on Mac and keep the quality as original. Plus, 1080i videos are not perfectly readable for these video edit programs including FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer, etc. Thus, deinterlacing Canon 1080/60i MTS on Mac is imperative to be considered.

If you haven't found out a decent AVCHD convert tool yet, you may try the top AVCHD to FCP X Converter we recommend here. It can not only convert HF G20 AVCHD files to ProRes 422 with the original high definition, but also deinterlace 1080i files to make the converted files more smoothly in FCP X.

Here we show you the guide on how to deinterlace and convert Canon VIXIA HF G20 1080/60i MTS to FCP X

1. Download Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, it’s a professional Canon AVCHD converter for FCP X  which can convert G20 AVCHD files to ProRes 422, AVI, etc.


2. Install and launch this Canon MTS converter for FCP. Import the footages to the converter.

3. Click format bar to choose output format, you can click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).


4. If you want to customize the output parameters, you can click "Settings" button and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust the resolution and other A/V settings as you need.



5. Click convert button to start the Canon G20 AVCHD to ProRes 422 conversion.

With Canon AVCHD converter for FCP, you can easily not olny transcode Canon G20 AVCHD to Prores 422 for FCP, but also convert Canon XA10 AVCHD files to Final Cut Pro, convert VIXIA HF M500 AVCHD to FCP, convert Vixia HF M300 to FCP, convert Vixia HF S10/S100 to FCP, etc. Just try and have a good time.

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