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DMC-ZS20 MTS to FCP X- Convert Lumix DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i AVCHD to FCP X on Mac


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    May Day is coming which is one of the best seasons for sightseeing. Are you planning to travel with your friends, families or just yourself? During your travel, you will probably take some photos and capture some videos of the beautiful scenery with your HD camera or camcorders. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 (also known as the TZ30 outside North America) is the latest travel-zoom compact camera from the company that practically invented the category. Panasonic claims it is the slimmest camera with a 20x optical zoom, while also sporting a new 14.1-megapixel Live MOS image sensor, 1080 60p/60i video capability, built-in GPS, and 3-inch touchscreen LCD. In this article, we aim to give you some tips of how to import Lumix DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i AVCHD to FCP X for further editing on Mac. If you’ve encountered the trouble, go through it.


    The Lumix DMC-ZS20 comes with the 60p/60i recording modes at 1920 x 1080 full HD resolution. When some user wanna import DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i AVCHD to FCP X or other non-linear editing software like iMovie, FCE do some editing on Mac, they often meet some troubles which makes numerous Mac users frustrated. They are looking for the best solution to make Lumix DMC-ZS20 generated AVCHD files playable and editable on FCP X on Mac.


    Well, this DMC-ZS20 AVCHD to FCP Converter will help you solve the problem at once. This professional DMC-ZS20 AVCHD to FCP Converter can help you convert DMC-ZS20 AVCHD files to Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro with the least loss of original video quality.


    The step-by-step guide below shows you how to convert/transcode Lumix DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i .mts videos to Apple ProRes for FCP X on Mac.
    Setp 1: Import DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i AVCHD(*.mts/*.m2ts) files to the best DMC-ZS20 AVCHD to FCP Converter.
    Connect your Lumix DMC-ZS20 to your Mac with USB2.0. Run the N DMC-ZS20 AVCHD to FCP Converter and then click the adding button to import your 1080 60p/60i MTS/M2TS files to it.
    Tip: If you wanna merge DMC-ZS20 AVCHD files for FCP X for editing without interruption, you can select the “Merge into one” box.


    Step 2: Select an output format for FCP X and set the output folder.
    Click on the “Format” and get the dropdown menu, then move you pointer to “Final Cut Pro”. Under the sublist are there a few formats compatible with FCP X. Here we recommend the Apple PreRes 422(HQ) which is the best format for you to edit DMC-ZS20 MTS files in FCP X on Mac. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.
    Step 3: Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters.
    Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface to optimize the output file quality.
    Note: You’d better set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best quality for editing in Final Cut Pro X.


    Note: Before start the conversion, if you got the 1080/60i .mts/.m2ts files from DMC-ZS20, you’d better deinterlace DMC-ZS20 1080/60i .mts/.m2ts for FCP X on Mac first.
    Click Edit and you will go to the Video Editor. Then click Effect and select "deinterlacing".
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    Step 4: Start converting Lumix DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i AVCHD to FCP X on Mac.
    Click the “Convert” button; it will convert DMC-ZS20 60p/60i .mts to Apple ProRes for FCP X on Mac immediately. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.
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    After the Mac AVCHD to Apple ProRes for FCP X conversion, you will be able to get the output files for FCP X by clicking on “Open” button effortlessly. Now you can easily import the Lumix DMC-ZS20 1080 60p/60i MTS/M2TS files in 30fps to FCP X for editing without any trouble keeping original quality.


    Tip:
    This professional DMC-ZS20 AVCHD to FCP Converter can help you convert DMC-ZS20 AVCHD files to AIC MOV for FCE/iMovie on Mac. More information get from Brorsoft Mac AVCHD MTS/M2TS Converter.


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