subject: How To Transfer Camcorder Video To Final Cut Pro For Editing? [print this page] Transfer Camcorder to Mac Transfer Camcorder to Mac
Shoot some excellent videos with your Camcorder, unfortunately cannot transfer them to your Mac, iMoive, Final Cut, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro for editing? Final Cut Pro cant recognize .mod, .tod, avchd (.mts, .m2ts), mpeg-2 files, in this stage you should change the video files into iMovie compatible formats: MOV, MPEG-4.
How to transfer Camcorder video to Mac iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro for editing?
Step 1: Transfer Camcorder video to Mac.
Plug your camcorder into the AC adaptor, and connect USB plug to your Mac. A new drive will appear. Open it. Copy the contents of the SD or HD Video folder onto your Mac.
Step 2: Download and install Camcorder video transfer for Mac
iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac can be used as Camcorder video transfer. Launch it, and import your camcorder footage to the program.
Free Download: Intel Version, PowerPC Version
Launch it, and import your camcorder footage to the program.
Step 3: Edit Camcorder video files
Click Trim button to open the trim dialog box
set the start time and end time by dragging the start time and End Time slider to convert a clip, here you can set the time according to your require. After you set the start time and end time, you can clickOK to finish the trim work. Futuremore, you can presscancel button to end the trim work.
Crop movie video black edges with Video Editor for Mac
convert part of the video area from your camcorder video file or remove the black edges
Click crop button, you shall get the crop window just like below:
Step 4: Change Camcorder video to MOV, MPEG-4 format.
Define the desired video format and location from the format and output list, then press Convert button to start converting camcorder video to MOV, MPEG-4.
Step 5: Transfer the converted Camcorder video MP4 and MOV to Final Cut Pro.
