HD Video to Final Cut Pro X: 1080 60p MTS to FCP X-Convert/Join Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD to FCP X

Panasonic HC-X920 3MOS Ultrafine Full HD Camcorder features three 1/2.3" BSI MOS sensors for recording Full HD 1080/60p video in the AVCHD format. The 12x Leica Dicomar zoom lens has a fast max aperture of f/1.5 and a 35mm equivalent of approximately 29.8-399.2mm, and the optical zoom is supplemented by an 25x Intelligent Zoom. Built-in Wi-Fi enables real time streaming and remote control via a smartphone or tablet. Other features include a 3.5" LCD touchscreen monitor, Five Axis Hybrid OIS, 5.1-channel surround sound, and iA Plus Mode.

Final Cut Pro X, the latest version of video-editing software geared for professionals from a company increasingly focused on mainstream consumers. Final Cut Pro X is a follow-up to Final Cut Pro X, software Apple released in 2009 as part of Final Cut Studio. Like Apple’s newly released of Mac OS X Lion, Final Cut Pro X was only be available to customers through the Mac App Store. However, this new released FCP X does not support well with Panasonic HC-X920 1080/60p AVCHD Videos.

So if you want to edit HC-X920 1080/60p 28Mbps in Final Cut Pro X, you are recommended to use UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac, which is the superior Mac Panasonic AVCHD to FCP X converter for Mac Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Panasonic 1080/60p AVCHD to ProRes 422 MOV or H.264 MOV on Mac, but also merges 1080/60p MTS files for import into Final Cut Pro X.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and edit Panasonic HC-X920 60p MTS to Final Cut Pro X on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger.

Step 1. Load AVCHD 1080/60p videos to UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac. After transferring .mts files from Panasonic HC-X920 camera, run UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac as the best Mac 1080/60p MTS to H.264 MOV converter, and click the “Add File” button to load .mts videos.

Canon AVCHD to Apple ProRes Converter

Step 2. Choose ProRes or H.264/AVC MOV output format. Click the “Format” option, choose the Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(*mov) or HD video > HD MOV Video (*.mov) as output format. We are choosing .mov format, as this is the Mac compatible file extension. You can keep the 60fps by clicking the “Settings” button and enter 60 for the frame rate option.

Canon AVCHD to FCP X

Step 3. Merge Panasonic AVCHD files. (optional) Select all the files and then click “Merge”, and the AVCHD to FCP Converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

Step 4. Convert Panasonic HC-X920 MTS to MOV for Final Cut Pro X. Click the convert button under the preview window, the AVCHD to ProRES Converter starts converting 1080/60p MTS videos to ProRes/H.246 .mov, and joining the MTS files for editing in Final Cut Pro X.

After converting and merging the MTS files, just import the output files to Final Cut Pro X and the video is in HD 1920×1080. You can also import the output videos to Final Cut Express (FCE) 4 for editing in full HD.

Tips: If you are using Final Cut Pro 7 or lower version, you can also choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(*mov) or HD video > HD MOV Video (*.mov) as output format for editing on Mac.

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