Transfer Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 AVCHD footage to FCP 6 on Mac

Transfer Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 AVCHD footage to FCP 6 on Mac

Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-ZS30 (TZ40 in Europe) and ZS25 (TZ35 in Europe) compact superzoom cameras. The higher specified ZS30 features a 20x optical zoom, 1080p60 video and Wi-Fi capability. Are you ready to get it? If so, you can take the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 reviews as below for a reference.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 reviews:
Pros: Compact, Convenient, zoom
Cons: bad image quality in low light
"The camera is very good for day time use with sleek body, good zoom, good gps etc however it fails to take good pics in dark conditions especially at night. There is lot of noise in every picture I have taken at night."

If you have got this WiFi enabled compact long zoom camera, you can use it to record 1080 60p AVCHD and MP4 videos. When the capturing process is over, you may want to do some post workflow with the video to make them more delicate and amusing to share with your friends. Here we share the solution to transfer Panasonic DMC-ZS30 AVCHD to FCP 6 on Mac with you.

Take the Lumix DMC-ZS30 and Mac compatibility into account, we find the common Mac tool Final Cut Pro 6 can’t ingest the 1080 60p footage from Panasonic DMC-ZS30. The best workaround is to transcode the 1080 60p AVCHD to ProRes for FCP 6. You can get the best and yet professional MTS Converter for Mac to fast convert Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 video to ProRes 422 without losing quality. This tool is also can be applied for Lumix DMC-ZS25 users. Now let’s start the AVCHD to ProRes conversion on Mac OS X.

Step 1) Install and launch the AVCHD Converter on your Mac computer. Hit “Add Video” icon on top toolbar to import the AVCHD .mts captured with Panasonic Lumix ZS30 to the program.

Step 2) Click the Format bar and select Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 for Final Cut Pro 6. In the profile list, Apple ProRes 422(HQ) is also the recommended output format.

Step 3) Adjust video and audio parameters on the Profile Setting as you need. We recommend 1920*1080 as video size, 30fps for users in NTSC area and 25fps in PAL area as video bitrate to get the best video quality.

Step 4) Press the convert button on the main interface to start the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30 1080 60p AVCHD to ProRes 422 conversion for editing in Final Cut Pro.

After the conversion, get the output files via clicking the Open button. You can import DMC-ZS30 footages to FCP 6 without any problem.

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