Import Sony NEX-F3 1080/60i AVCHD to iMovie for editing on Mac OS X

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I'm using this camera at 3 month. It's really amazing taking pictures at night both inside and outside. With stabilizing the camera, shooting at night landscape I can get very clear images. It's very easy to setup the camera even the shortcuts at the manual mode. The recording in HD resolution has a good quality, even seen on Full HD LED TV. But the recorded file is AVCHD format. That means the 1080/60i MTS/M2TS recordings are can't be edited directly in iMovie on Mac OS X like NEX-5N and NEX-7. That means we have to convert Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD MTS/M2TS recordings to iMovie editable video format on Mac OS X.

I was glad to find Brorsoft AVCHD MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. Which gives me the fast Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD to AIC for iMovie conversion and best video/audio setting. Now I will ahare my best and easiest solution about convert Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD MTS/M2TS to iMovie perfectly supported video format- the Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) MOV format.

Step 1: Launch the best AVCHD to iMovie Converter and load the 1080i 60 MTS files to it.
Tip: If you wanna join MTS/M2TS files for iMovie, tick the "Merge into one" box. This Mac AVCHD converter also works as the MTS/M2TS joiner.

Step 2: Click on “Format” and you will get a dropdown menu; move your pointer to iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) which is the AVCHD transcoding format you need for iMovie. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.

Step 3: Click the “Settings” icon to make the best settings for editing Sony MTS/M2TS in iMovie on Mac. You can set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best output quality.
NOTE: Before start the conversion, you’d better to deinterlace 1080i AVCHD files for iMovie editing in the Video Editor interface.

Step 4: Start to convert Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD to AIC for iMovie on Mac via clicking the “Convert” button.

After the Sony NEX-F3 AVCHD to iMovie conversion, you will be able to get the output files compatible with iMovie via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly. Now, don’t hesitate to import the and edit Sony NEX-F3 mts/m2ts files in iMovie no longer with any importing or editing trouble on Mac.

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Nowadays, video shooting become increasingly common, for there are so many electronic devices has the video shooting capabilities. When you capture the exciting or precious moment, what will you do next? Try to polish the recorded movie? If your answer is definitely Yes, you may rend to some video editing software. In the article, I would like introduce the 4 best video editor desktop applications for you, especially video editing novices.

1.Window Movie Maker (For Windows OS)
Window Movie Maker is available for PC owners to deal with their handy shooting editing. Take its 2.6 version as an example, it can well run on both Windows OS 7 and Windows Vista. While advanced users are likely using a more sophisticated video editing program, there’s no denying that Movie Maker is an excellent, full-featured option for the average home user. The plain interface promises simplicity with drag-and-drop storyboard options, though during testing, it was more like drag and freeze.

Tip 1: Sometimes, you may find your handy file formats can’t be recognized by Windows Movie Maker. In the case, Windows Movie Maker Video Converter AVI or WMV should be an easy way out.

2.Pinnacle Studio 14 (For Windows OS)
The Pinnacle Studio 14 utilize user-friendly video capture and editing process. It is largely based around three tabs; Capture, Edit, and Make Movie. Keeping this style of interface makes it very approachable to novices and helps to keep the editing task focused. Meanwhile, there are multiple options to export your final video like uploading video to YouTube, export to iPod format, etc.

3.iMovie (For Mac OSX)
iMovie makes it easy to turn your home videos into your all-time favorite films. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll watch them over and over again. And you’ll share them with everyone.

iMovie makes it easy to edit or share your home videos. It has a unique, combined timeline-storyboard editing view, and continues to be a marvel of ease and power among consumer video editing apps. The upgraded version 11 has brand new movie tailer and more powerful audio editing, one-step effects like slo-mo replay, and even the ability to detect scenes with people in them.

Tip 2: Do you have problem in importing your videos into iMovie for editing? You can render to a video conversion software for transcoding the original one to iMovie supported MP4 or DV. With it, you can easily convert AVI, M4V to iMovie, MPG to iMovie, etc.

4. Final Cut Pro
Take Final Cut Pro X 10 as an example:
Compared with the original version of Final Cut Pro X, the updated version 10.0.3 has some feature improvements. It is much more professional than iMovie, which has XML export and more.

Pros:
64-bit and multicore-CPU support for speedier performance. Friendlier interface. Compound clips. Auditions for alternative clips. Magnetic trackless timeline. Background processing. Good organization tools—ratings, tagging, auto analysis for faces, scenes, and stabilization. Powerful new multicam support. Powerful keying features. Supports Thunderbolt and studio-monitor output.

Cons:
Can't import projects from previous Final Cut versions natively (though a third-party plugin can). Custom export settings require separate Compressor app.

OS requirements: OS X v10.6.8 or OS X v10.7.2 or later (OS X v10.7.2 or later for broadcast monitoring); Intel Core 2 Duo

Tip: You will find there are still some popular file formats can’t be supported by Final Cut Pro. In order to make them well playback in FCP, you have to use a third party video converter for Mac, which can convert AVI to Final Cut Pro or import MP4 into Final Cut Pro for editing.

5.MPEG Streamclip (both Windows OSX and Mac OSX version available)
The software is comprehensive multimedia software, which can act as video player, video editing, video conversion for MPEG, QuickTime, transporting streams, etc.

It can do the following job:
Play MPEG files or transport streams; play them at full screen
Edit them with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Trim;
Convert a certain time-length video and export them to QuickTime, AVI, DV and MPEG-4 files

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Learn more:
import M4V into iMovie: doremisoft.net/guides/convert-m4v/import-m4v-into-imovie.html
Windows Movie Maker tip: doremisoft.net/guides/windows-movie-maker-video-converter.html
Edit MP4 in Final Cut Pro: doremisoft.net/guides/convert-mp4/import-edit-mp4-to-fcp.html