After using the camera to take many photos and some video, most of its users think Panasonic DMC-FZ45 is superb. Well, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ45 is a great HD camera, which can capture and store videos in AVCHD Lite format in .mts file extension.

The AVCHD Lite compression provides HD video in small file size, comparing to the Motion JPEG compression, but it's not ideal for edit on Mac OS X with FCP, iMovie, FCE or other video edit programs. So, how to transfer Panasonic DMC-FZ45 footages to Mac for easy editing? Seek the solution from the below page.

AVCHD Lite is really not a widely compatible formats. For Mac user, you need to convert AVCHD Lite to .mov for importing to iMovie, FCP, FCE, etc for editing using the top AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac, which is the right Mac driver for Panasonic Lumix FZ45 AVCHD Lite 720p videos to .mov for Mac.

Preparation: upload Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ45 videos to Mac
Connect Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ45 to Mac via USB cable, and the camera will be shown as a device on desktop. Access the device and go to PRIVATE > AVCHD > BDMW > STREAM to find the AVCHD Lite .mts files. Copy and transfer the .mts files to Mac hard drive disk to upload Lumix DMC-FZ45 videos to Mac.

Step 1: Download, install and launch the best Mac AVCHD Lite to MOV Converter, click the "Add" button to load the 720p .mts videos to it. Join several 720p AVCHD Lite into one, just check off the “Merge into one” box.

Step 2: Choose a decent output format as you need via hitting the Format bar.
a. For Final Cut Pro user, you can choose Final Cut Pro > “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)".
b. For iMovie/FCE users, iMovie and Final Cut Express> “Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" is the best choice.

Step 3: Click the Settings icon to adjust the video, audio parameters to get a best video for editing on your Mac tools. This smart Mac MTS Converter will rewrap 720p MTS videos to .mov keeping original 1280x720 resolution.

Step 4: Click the Convert button to start converting Panasonic FZ45 to MOV for Mac.

When the conversion ends, locate the output MOV video via clicking the Open button. Later, you can easily upload Panasonic Lumix FZ45 videos to Mac for smooth editing with FCP/FCE/iMovie.

Tip:
This AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac is also a professional 1080p/1080i AVCHD Converter for Mac. Learn more about it from Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.

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