Monday, July 27, 2015

Import Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects for Editing

Summary: Facing problems when importing Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects? Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. If you are in such issue, read on to get the quick solution.


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Panasonic expands its line of wearable POV action cameras with the new HX-A1. The camera is incredibly lightweight, at only 1.6 ounces, yet has a rugged design that can withstand harsh environments. It is waterproof to depth of 5' without an additional housing, shockproof from drops of up to 5', dust proof (IP6X), and freeze proof to 14°F. This “quad-proof” design makes the A1 an ideal choice for nearly any action sport or adventure. It sports a cylindrical design that can be mounted in a variety of positions for hands-free action footage.

When got some recordings generated from Panasonic HX-A1, some people would choose to edit these videos before sharing. For Windows user, After Effects is the best choice. Whereas, most of us having no luck with After Effects. It fails to accept Panasonic HX-A1 recorded MP4 files still.
Related: HX-A1 MP4 to YouTube

Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics, visual effects and compositing app developed by Adobe Systems used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Actually, After Effects like CS4, CS5, CS6, CC supports MP4 natively. However, MP4 codec is a final delivery codec, it is not one you want to use for editing. Thus, there are many video, audio codec problems while importing MP4 video into After Effects for editing. Plus, even the Adobe program can ingest your MP4 files directly, it takes a long time for rendering. The best method to avoid those problems and save time is to convert MP4 to a more editing-friendly format, such as AE's MPEG-2 (the most compatible video format for AE).

Along with the help of Pavtube Video Converter, you can complete the task effortlessly. It supports creating high quality MPEG-2 video for After Effects and all the Adobe products at super fast speed effectively.

                     

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How to import Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects for editing?

Step 1: As soon as you download and install the program, launch it and when the main interface pops up in front of us, just click the “Add Video” or “Add from Folder” to let in.



Step 2: Click the drop-down list in the format line to get the format box. Then choose “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas>>MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format.



Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.

Step 4: After that, click “Convert” to start the Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects MPEG-2 conversion.

Conclusion: After conversion, you can get the generated files by clicking “Open” button. Now, you’ll get no troubles in editing HX-A1 MP4 in After Effects.

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