Put Panasonic Lumix SZ7 AVCHD into iMovie ’11 for editing on Mac OS X

Put Panasonic Lumix SZ7 AVCHD into iMovie ’11 for editing on Mac OS X

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ7 is an advanced photographic tool for recording not only great photos but also beautiful full HD 1,920 x 1,080 videos in AVCHD (MPEG-4 / H.264) format*1 / MP4 format. The AVCHD format excels in the compatibility with AV equipment like HDTVs or Blu-ray Disc players, which brings you enjoyment of your full HD recordings much more conveniently.

While, AVCHD format doesn’t excel in the compatibility with some non-linear video edit programs. Some users become frustrated when put Lumix SZ7 AVCHD files into Movie ’11 on Mac for editing. As noted by many early adopters of iMovie ’11, the software still does not support the import of AVCHD (.mts) files from a number of camcorders; Panasonic DMC-SZ7 could be one of them. You will be eager to know how to make the AVCHD recordings from SZ7 editable for editing in iMovie ’11 without any trouble. Here we have an easy solution.

In fact, the favorable format of iMovie is Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) MOV. So the easy way is to convert AVCHD to AIC for iMovie ’11 before importing with the professional Mac AVCHD to AIC Converter. It provides Apple built-in codec with .mov as file extension, which is one of the only programs on Mac to open .mts and .m2ts files and convert them easily.

Guide: Transcode Panasonic Lumix SZ7 AVCHD to iMovie ’11 on Mac

Step 1: Run the top MTS Converter for Mac OS X as the best AVCHD to iMovie Converter on Mac, and click the "Add" button to download .mts files from camcorder to the application.

Step 2: Click the "Format" option, and select Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) as the exported video format. What’s more, you are free to choose the folder where you want to put converted MOV file by clicking the “Output” icon.

Step 3: Click the "Settings" button; choose 1920*1080 as output video size, 30fps as frame rate.
Tip: Before start AVCHD to MOV conversion, you need to deinterlace 1080/60i AVCHD footages to remove all these interlacing artifacts from videos via ticking the “Deinterlacing” box in the Video Editor interface.

Step 4: Click the button “Convert”; it will convert Panasonic SZ7 MTS to AIC .mov for iMovie ’11 immediately.

And after a few minutes, Panasonic DMC-SZ7 files are ready for you to import to iMovie ’11 for editing on Mac OS X without any trouble.

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