How to convert Canon 5D Mark III MOV to 1080p AVI/WMV for editing and playing back ?

March 11th, 2012 No Comments

Canon has announced the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, the latest in its enthusiast full-frame 5D series and successor to the popular EOS 5D Mark II. Based around a 22MP full-frame sensor, it can shoot 6 frames per second and features a 61-point AF system much like the EOS-1D X. It can capture 1080p movies at 24, 25 or 30 fps and offers high quality intraframe (All-I) video compression amongst a host of movie-related improvements. Canon EOS 5D Mark III is an HD camcorder that record videos of 1080/30p s SD in MOV format. How good they play on your PC depends on how powerful your PC is. Basic editing software may have a hard time with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III footage, as it is H.264 encoded high-def streams. If you have a powerful PC with powerful editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5 (or Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD, Pinnacle Studio) installed, it won’t be a problem for playing and editing the 5D Mark III footage, otherwise you may get involved in playing back and editing issues. In that case, many people convert the H.264 codec into something more common, e.g. AVI and WMV. The following guide tells you how to convert Canon 5D Mark III MOV to 1080p AVI/WMV for editing and playing back.

The software does a good job in converting H.264 .mov files to AVI, WMV formats for editing in sync and not loose much quality. And it allows you to join the Canon 5D Mark III clips together, and add audio track to the video as background music.

Step 1. Load H.264 .mov footage to Canon 5D Mark III MOV Converter.
Transfer h.264 encoded .mov files from Canon 5D Mark III camcorder to computer via USB cable. Download a trial of MOV to 1080p AVI/WMV Converter and run the software as the best Canon 5D Mark III Video converter. Click the “Add” button to load .mov videos from 5D Mark III camcorder.

Step 2. Set AVI or WMV format as output format for editing.
Click “Format” bar to determine output format. Follow “Common Video” and select any format from “AVI MSMPEG4-V3 (*.avi)”, “WMV3 (WMV9)(*.wmv)” and “WMV2 (WMV8)(*.wmv)”.

Step 3. Adjust video and audio settings to keep 1080p HD quality
Click “Settings” button, then you will be able to adjust audio and video parameters on the popup window to customize the output file quality, these adjustable parameters include codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To maintain original HD quality, you may set “original” in the fields of “Size”, “Bitrate” and “Frame rate”. To downsize the Canon 5D Mark III .mov files, just set a smaller bitrate.

Step 4. Click “Convert” button to convert Canon 5D Mark III MOV files to HD AVI/WMV.
Once the conversion is finished by Canon 5D Mark III MOV to AVI Converter, you can click “Open” button to get the output files effortlessly. Now you have got it right, just import and edit Canon 5D Mark III MOV files with common editing software like Magix Movie Edit Pro or load the EOS 5D Mark III clips to Windows Media Player for playback.

Additional editing features of the Canon HD Video Converter:
Trim a section of the 5D Mark III clip- click ‘Editor’, switch to ‘Trim’ tab, and input time point in start and end box.

Combine Canon 5D Mark III MOV footgae together- check the files to be merged in file list and check ‘Merge into one’ box beside ‘Settings’ button.

Deinterlace- click ‘Editor’, switch to ‘Effect’ tab, find ‘Deinterlacing’ box, and check it to eliminate interlacing lines.
If you want to update EOS 5D Mark III cilps to Myspace, Flikr, YouTube, etc, just choose “Flash Video>>FLV” instead.

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How to Convert and Edit Canon EOS 5D Mark III video to FCP X with friendly format?

March 11th, 2012 No Comments

Canon has announced the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, the latest in its enthusiast full-frame 5D series and successor to the popular EOS 5D Mark II. Based around a 22MP full-frame sensor, it can shoot 6 frames per second and features a 61-point AF system much like the EOS-1D X. It can capture 1080p movies at 24, 25 or 30 fps and offers high quality intraframe (All-I) video compression amongst a host of movie-related improvements. All of these are great, till you find it is a problem importing the H.264 MOV footages to Final Cut Pro X for editing. Even the raw video could be successfully loaded to FCP X, the film will looks quite jumpy. H.264 is a delivery codec rather than editing code, and you need to transcode the video to a format more friendly for FCP X, for instance, Apple Intermediate Codec or Apple ProRes 422 codec.

The following passage guides you how to convert Canon EOS 5D Mark II to Apple ProRes 422 encoded MOV file for FCP X.

Step through:
Step one. Run Canon EOS 5D Mark III Converter for Mac. Click ‘Add’ button, browse to the footages and load them to the converter.

Step two. Select the items to be converted, and click on ‘Format’ bar to set a FCP X friendly format in Final Cut Pro X template. There are Apple ProRes family, DVCPRO and HDV codecs for your choice. Basically, “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” is the best format for converting EOS 5D Mark III footage to FCP X. If you prefer smaller file size, choose “Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)” instead.

Step three. Click the “Settings” button and set proper video/ audio parameters. My advice is to set the video size, bitrate and fame rate to be exactly as the footages so that you will suffer least quality degradation. For example, when the video is shot at 1920*1080, 5mbps, 30fps, you could set Size-1920*1080, Bitrate-original, Frame rate-30. If you would like to use default settings, simply skip this step.

Step four. Click the ‘Browse’ button next to the Output File Name field and select a location on your HDD for the output video file.

Step five. Click the ‘Convert’ button to start conversion. After conversion you can click the “Open” button to locate converted video files for importing to FCP X without rendering.

Small Tips:
Preview the video- select it in file list and click ‘Preview’ button.
Thumbnail- click ‘Snapshoot’ button when previewing the video. Click ‘Option’ to set the image format of screenshots.
Deinterlace- click ‘Editor’, switch to ‘Effect’ tab, find ‘Deinterlacing’ box, and check it.
Combine files together- check the files to be merged in file list and check ‘Merge into one’ box beside ‘Settings’ button.

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With no rendering to Import Canon 5D Mark III 1080p mov to AIC for Final Cut Express

March 11th, 2012 No Comments

Canon EOS 5D Mark III also features enhanced video functions, offering improved speed,greater resolution, enhanced processing power and extended creative options for bothstills and Full HD movies. If you use Canon 5D Mark III recording mov files. You used iMovie to do the original edit but found it was very poor with some under-exposed video I had so I’ve moved to Final Cut Express which is able to process the video much better. I found though that reading the Canon 5D Mark III mov files directly into FCE meant an immediate render was required but that by converting all the mov files first in AIC makes rendering unnecessary. (Canon EOS 5D Mark III enables video recording with 1080p 29.97fps MOV. )

So I need convert my Canon EOS 5D Mark III .mov to Apple Intermediate Codec MOV for Final Cut Express, after google search, I found Canon EOS Video Converter for Mac is the recommended can convert Canon EOS MOV to AIC MOV for editing on Mac. Then I download and try it. And I had success with the Apple Intermediate Codec at 1920×1080 editing for my FCE without rendering.

Here is the step-by-step guide to quickly convert Canon EOS 5D Mark III MOV to Apple Intermediate Codec (*.mov) for editing in Final Cut Express on Mac without rendering.

Step 1. Upload Canon EOS files to EOS Mac video converter.
Use USB cable to connect Canon to iMac/MacBook Pro, after transferring .mov files from Canon EOS 5D Mark III to computer hard drive, run Canon EOS Video Converter for Mac as the fast Canon EOS 5D Mark III mov footage to FCE converter. Click the “Add” button to upload .mov files from camcorder to Mac application. The Mac Canon EOS video converter also supports .mov files from Apple Macintosh hard drive or external hard drive as input.

Step 2. Choose AIC codec with 1080 video size.
Click the “Format” option, and move mouse cursor to iMovie and Final Cut Express >>Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) as output format. To get 1080 video, click the “Settings” button and choose 1440*1080 for FCE 3.5, or 1920*1080 for FCE 4. If for FCE 3.5, you may also change frame rate to 30 from the drop-down box of video frame rate option.

Step 3. Merge/Edit and trim EOS MOV videos. (optional)
Tick the checkbox for “Merge into one file”, and the Mac EOS MOV joiner will combine and join the files on list into a single file.Select the file you want to trim and click the “Editor” button, you will face the Editor window with original video and output video preview. You can enter exact time point as the set in and set out for trimming.

Step 4. Convert Canon EOS video to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.MOV) for FCE.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Mac Canon EOS 5D Mark III MOV to AIC MOV Converter will start the conversion from Canon EOS MOV to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) MOV for Final Cut Express without rendering.

Soon after the conversion is finished, just bring the AIC videos to Final Cut Express for editing without rendering. After editing you can burn to Blu-Ray/DVD disc and upload to internet like YouTube, or email the videos to friends or others to play on Quicktime.

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Canon 5D Mark III Video Converter – Import 5D Mark III 1080/30p Video to Final Cut Pro 6/7 without rendering

March 10th, 2012 No Comments

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III builds on the performance of the legendary EOS 5D Mark II, offering improved speed,greater resolution, enhanced processing power and extended creative options for bothstills and Full HD movies 1920 x 1080 29.97fps– providing unparalleled artistic freedom for the most demanding photographers.

After shooting some footage on the 5D Mark III, you may want to edit them in Final Cut Pro. Some users have reported abut the choppy output video from Final Cut Pro 6, Final Cut Pro 7, and there are lags or skipped frames even when exported to 30fps. Canon EOS Video Converter for Mac is the first choice for you to make smooth videos for editing in FCP. It makes it easy to convert Canon DSLR 5D Mark III footage to ProRes 422 for FCP.

Below is the quick guide for those who have a hard time editing H.264 files in Final Cut Pro 6 or 7. Here I take the .mov files from Canon EOS 5D Mark III as an example, and convert to ProRes 422 at 30p.

Step 1. Download Canon 5D Mark III MOV files to Canon EOS Video Converter for Mac.
Run Canon EOS Video Converter for Mac as the best Canon EOS 5D Mark III H.264 MOV to ProRes MOV converter on Mac OS X. Click the “Add” button to import .mov files from the camera.

Step 2. Choose MOV format with ProRes 422.
Click the “Format” option, and navigate to Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format. The Mac Digital SLR camera video converter will convert H.264 mov to prores 422 mov.

You may notice that there are also other options like Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), DVCPRO HD 1080p30, HDV, etc.

Step 3. Choose 1080p size with 30.
Click the “Settings” button and choose 1920*1080 from the video size drop-down box to keep the original HD resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio. Click the drop-down box for frame rate, and you can choose 30fps.

Step 4. Convert DSLR video to ProRes 422 HQ MOV for FCP.
Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Canon EOS 5D Mark III video converter will start converting DSLR video to ProRes 422 in full HD 1080p for FCP editing.

Hope you enjoy the optimal way to convert Canon H.264 mov to ProRes 422 for FCP 7 and 6, so that you can edit the H.264 files easily.

Tips:
1. If you are using Final Cut Pro 5 or lower version, ProRes is not the best format for you. However, you can choose QuickTime Movie Format > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) as output format for editing on Mac.

2. If you records videos in 1080i, you will need to deinterlace 1080i video to progressive mode for smooth playback on Mac computer. Click the Editor button and go to the Effect tab to make sure the checkbox for deinterlacing is ticked before clicking the convert button.

3. If you would like to edit Canon EOS 7D, 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III, 1D Mark IV, 60D videos in iMovie 8/9, FCE 4, go to the QuickTime Movie Format group in step 2 to choose AIC codec. You can also set 1080p output video size.

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MXF to FCE 4 Converter -Import/transfer MXF footage to Final Cut Express 4 for Mac OS X

March 10th, 2012 No Comments

Do you have some Panasonic or Canon .MXF files but cannot open them in Final Cut Express 4? FCE only supports DV and HDV, it doesn’t accept material from the MXF file structure, either DV or DVCPRO HD. If you want to import MXF to FCE, you should convert MXF files into a format that can be edited properly in Final Cut Express. MXF to FCE 4 Converter for Mac is such a program that helps you convert mxf files to FCE supported video format keeping the highest quality.

Download the professional MXF Converter and install it on your Mac, launch it, now you can start to convert MXF files to AIC (Apple InterMediate Codec), QuickTime movie, MPEG-4, or DV for using in FCE 4.

Step 1: Upload and Add .mxf files
Use USB cable to connect Camcoder to iMac/MacBook Pro, run MXF to Final Cut Express Converter for Mac. Click the “Add” button to upload .mxf files from camcorder to Mac application, no matter which they are from Panasonic P2 card, Sony XDCAM, or Canon XF camcorders.

Step 2: MXF to FCE video
Choose the proper video format that is accepted by Final Cut Express, such as iMovie and Final Cut Express >>Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov). Click “Settings” button to adjust the output audio and video parameters.

Step 3: MXF files conversion
Finally, hit “Convert” button, the software will start converting MXF to AIC format. You’ll get the AIC .mov files waiting for a short while.

Tips:
If you want Merge Multiple MXF files into one, Click “Merge into one file”, and the Mac OS X Lion MXF Video Converter will merge and combine Various mxf videos into a single file as output for FCE.

After Conversion, You can Import Canon/Panasonic MXF footage to FCE successfully and Edit MXF videos in Final Cut Express 4.

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MXF to iMovie Converter- Convert MXF to iMovie’08, iMovie’09, iMovie HD, or iMovie’11 for Mac OS X

March 10th, 2012 No Comments

As you know iMovie is the free and useful part of the Apple Mac iLife, you can use it to edit your movie or camcorder video which is shot by yourself. iMovie is designed to work with a wide range of video recording devices, including camcorders, digital still cameras, iPhone, iPod and iPad. It helps you organize and edit your home video so they become your all-time favorite films. But not every video format is supported by iMovie, such as MXF, MTS, M2TS, MOD, TOD, TS, TP, TRP, FLV, SWF, etc. Thanks to MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac, you can convert any popular video formats to iMovie supported movie types on Mac OS X.

MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac is the great Mac application for those who want import MXF to iMovie’08, iMovie’09, iMovie HD, or iMovie’11 on Mac OS X, Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard and Tiger are supported. Before import MXF to iMovie, you should first convert mxf to iMovie supported video format, such as MPEG-4, QuickTime MOV, MPEG-1, Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov).

Step 1: Transfer and Add MXF to Mac
First, transfer MXF files to your Mac using the USB cable. Open Mac MXF to iMovie Converter, and add .mxf files to the application.

Step 2. Choose iMovie AIC MOV output format.
Click the “Format” option, and choose iMovie and Final Cut Express >>Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) for converting mxf videos from MXF to MOV with AIC as video codec for loading to iMovie. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition 1920×1080. The format is developed by Apple and is natively supported by iMovie. AIC encoded .mov video can be instantly imported to iMovie without long-time rendering.

Step 3: Convert MXF to iMovie
Press “Convert” button to start the conversion of MXF to iMovie on Mac OS X.

After converting and merging the MTS files, just import the output files to iMovie 11 and the video is in HD 1920×1080. You can also import the output videos to iMovie 8/9, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro 7/X, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc for editing in full HD.

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MXF to Avid Converter for Mac- Import/Edit MXF to Avid Media Composer on Mac OS X

March 10th, 2012 No Comments

Canon 50Mbps XF Codec Video and P2 MXF video format came from Panasonic Camcorder is a special format, it is not a good editing format. So you may have the difficulty of playing and editing the MXF video files on some players and editing software on Mac. If you want to transfer Canon MXF, P2 MXF video to Avid Media Composer edit with high quality on Mac, you can convert MXF files to Avid Media Composer MOV before editing. MXF to Avid Converter for Mac has the ability to convert MXF files to Avid DNxHD video in MOV format. After converting MXF to Avid DNxHD for Mac, you can import MXF to Avid Media Composer or Avid Studio to edit your favorite video files. Mac MXF to Avid Converter supports convert MXF files from Panasonic P2, Canon XF and Sony EX camcorders, such as Panasonic AG-HVX200, Panasonic HPX3700, Canon XF300/XF305, etc.

How to convert MXF to Avid DNxHD for Mac OS X Lion & Snow Leopard?

Step 1: Import MXF files
Download Mac MXF to Avid Converter, install and run it on your Mac. Then click “Add Video” button to import MXF files to the software.

Step 2: Set output video
Select output video format: Avid DNxHD (*.mov) for your MXF files. Click “Browse” button to specify the output folder to save the final converted MXF files.

Step 3: Audio & Video settings
Press “Settings” button if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like video codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels. Then click “OK” to confirm your settings.

Step 4: Convert MXF to Avid for Mac
Hit “Convert” button, it will fast convert MXF to Avid DNxHD MOV on Mac. After converting MXF to Avid DNxHD video, you can find the final files and import MXF to Avid and do some editing.

Tips: Avid DNxHD, which stands for “Digital Nonlinear Extensible High Definition”, is a lossy high-definition video post-production codec engineered for multi-generation compositing with reduced storage and bandwidth requirements. It is an implementation of SMPTE VC-3 standard. DNxHD codec was developed by Avid Technology, Inc. It is comparable with Apple’s ProRes 422 which uses similar bit rates and has the same purpose.

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