Have you got a Sony Cybershot HX200V Digital Camera?Do you know how to convert Sony HX200V AVCHD to ProRes on Mac OS Lion easily and with best quality? If you haven't found the answer to this question, now let's work together to see if there are any good methods.
As we all know Sony Cybershot HX200V Digital Camera delivers a huge zoom with crystal clear images and amazing low light capabilities. Featuring a 30x zoom and 18 megapixel sensor, which help us get really close to the action and shoot very high resolution images. The Full High Definition video is of very high standard and the Optical Steady Shot Active mode cancels out camera shake so no one hope to miss that perfect moment.
But there seems no perfect thing in the world. FCP can not support AVCHD, especially without log and transfer. Even though FCP provide AVCHD footage editors with the Log and Transfer. If you meet with the problem of incompatibility while importing Sony HX200V AVCHD 1080p MTS/M2TS to FCP for editing, here we recommend a solution to the problem. With the best Sony HX200V 1080P AVCHD to ProRes Converter, you can easily transcode your MTS/M2TS files to the videos compatible with FCP and import the converted files to FCP for editing without any problem.
Here goes the step-by-step guide on how to Sony HX200V AVCHD 1080p files to Apple ProRes for FCP, then import the converted videos to FCP.
Step1: Import Sony HX200V AVCHD 1080p files to the top Sony HX200V 1080p MTS files to Apple ProRes Converter for Mac.
Connect your Sony HX200V to your Apple with USB2.0. Launch the AVCHD to Apple ProRes Converter and then click the adding button to import your AVCHD 1080p MTS/M2TS files.
Step 2: Select an output format for FCP and set the output folder.
Click on the “Format” and get the dropdown menu. Here we recommend the Apple PreRes 422(HQ) if you give the priority to the quality of the converted videos. Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.
Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters.
Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
Note: You’d better set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best quality for editing in Final Cut Pro. If you want to have a smaller file size but keep the good quality, you can change the video size to 1440*1080.
Step 4: Start converting your Sony HX200V 1080p MTS/M2TS files to Apple ProRes for FCP.
Click the “Convert” button; it will transcode Sony HX200V AVCHD 1080p MTS to ProRes for FCP on Mac immediately. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.
When the AVCHD to ProRes conversion is 100% completed, you will be able to get the output files for FCP by clicking on “Import” button effortlessly. Now you can easily ingest the converted and/or merged Sony HX200V AVCHD 1080p MTS/M2TS files to FCP for editing with high quality without any trouble.