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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Converting Canon XA25 MTS recordings to Apple FCP and Aperture 3

Summary: In this tutorial, we intend to elaborate how to enable Apple Final Cut Pro and Aperture 3 to work with AVCHD MTS clips taken by Canon XA25.                                               


The XA25 is a compact, high-performance Professional camcorder designed specifically for "run-and-gun," ENG-style shoots with enhanced I/O connectivity. The XA25 offers a unique combination of high-precision optics, outstanding image processing, multiple Recording formats, flexible connectivity and intuitive User features.

The camcorder features both MP4 (up to 35 Mbps) and AVCHD (up to 28 Mbps) codecs at up to 1080/60p Resolution for virtually blur-free, high-quality capture of fast-moving subjects. Dual-band, built-in Wi-Fi technology allows easy FTP File transfer and Upload to the internet.

I have a ton of footage a client brought in that was shot on a Canon XA25 HD camcorder. They are .MTS files. I don't see any timecode on them. I need to get them into FCP and Aperture 3 to edit with. But FCP/Aperture 3 does not see this kind of format and will not import. Anyone have an efficient workflow for this?

Why would you meet the trouble? Because FCP, including FCP 6/7 and FCP X, and Aperture 3 cannot support the native AVCHD footages from Canon XA25. In order to transfer MTS files from the XA25 to FCP and Aperture 3, you need to transcode the MTS to ProRes 422, FCP and Aperture 3 compatible video format. 

Luckily, we found an app called Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac, which is a versatile and professional AVCHD to FCP Converter, tired it and succeeded. 

Overall, it is not only the best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac which can aid you to convert Canon XA25 AVCHD to ProRes 422 for FCP and Aperture, but also designed for fast transcoding, deinterlacing AVCHD MTS footage from Canon, Panasonic, JVC, and Sony full HD AVCHD camcorder/cameras that makes the MTS editing work much easier with Non-Linear Editing Systems on Mac.  

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Easy Guide on Converting Canon XA25 MTS recordings to FCP and Aperture 3

1. Download Pavtube AVCHD to Prores Converter for Mac, it's an professional AVCHD converter on Mac which can convert Canon XA25 AVCHD files to different formats.

2. Install and launch this AVCHD Converter for Mac. Import the 1080p .mts footages from Canon XA25 to the converter.



3. Click "Format" bar to choose output format, you can click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as the best codec for editing in Apple Final Cut Pro and Aperture 3.



4. If you want to customize the output parameters, you can click settings button. Adjust the resolution and others as you need.

5. Click convert button to start the Canon XA25 AVCHD to ProRes 422 MOV conversion.

With Pavtube MTS/M2TS converter for Mac, you can easily convert Canon XA25 AVCHD files to Apple Final Cut Pro and Aperture 3 for editing with Prores 422 codec MOV format.

After converting, you can import videos to Final Cut and Aperture 3 for editing as you want.
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