How to convert Canon Legria AVCHD to iMovie/FCP for Personal Editing

Camcorders are playing a more and more important role in people's life, or we may say, they have become an indispensable part in our daily life, especially for the people who like making home videos. There are many brands of camcorders on the market. We can see Sony HDR series like Sony hdr xr150, Panasonic series, Canon series like canon legria, canon vixia, canon EOS and so on. We have to admit that all of these camcorders are doing a great job in shooting videos since they always give us videos in superb good quality. Of all these, I like Canon legria hf g10 most. Canon LEGRIA HF G10 is an excellent fashion high-end camcorder with a wealth of features. After reviewing the below main specs, you will find it really amazing. LCD screen size: 3.5 inch Digital Zoom: 200 x Optical Zoom: 10 x Sensor Resolution: 2.37 megapixels Video capture resolution: 1920 x 1080 Internal memory: 32000 MB Even though it is good at shooting video of high quality, it disappoints me sometimes.

 When I try to import the videos recorded to Mac for playback, the system would show me “ERROR”, which is to say, it is not possible for me to directly import canon legria g10 avchd to mac for playback. I was wondering if something was wrong with the camcorders, so I tried to use Sony hdr xr150, the problem was the same. Finally, I found out the reason. The videos shot by those camcorders (as mentioned in the first paragraph) are in AVCHD format, while unluckily, Mac is not compatible with the avchd mts/m2ts files. So, next time when you are about to transfer Sony hdr xr150 avchd to mac but it doesn't work, don't be surprised. Actually, the same problem exists when you try to import AVCHD videos into iMovie or Final Cut Pro for editing. For example, you may be blocked when you are trying to import Panasonic avchd to imovie or perhaps you will be frustrated after trying every effort in order to convert lumix avchd to imovie  for personal editing.

Take it easy, it's not a big deal. We have got the best way to work it out Doremisoft AVCHD video converter is good at converting the avchd files generated from Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC AVCHD video to other format like MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, SWF, FLV, DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MKV, etc.

Spare a little time to see the tips on how to how to convert Canon Legria HF series AVCHD files to iMovie:

Step 1: Download the converter based on the system you are running, install and then run it. Mac users: AVCHD Video Converter for Mac

Windows users: AVCHD Converter for Windows

Step 2: Import the AVCHD files into the program. Press the "Add File" button to import AVCHD MTS/MT2S files to the program, you can also preview it in the screen.

Step 3: Choose the output format You can personalize the video effect such as cropping, trimming, adjusting the brightness by using the function provided in the "Edit" column. Then, click the "Profile" menu to select "iMovie video"->"iMovie MOV" as the output format. "iMovie MPEG-4" or "iMovie AVI" is OK.

Step 4: Begin to convert Click the "Start" arrow, and start the conversion which will be done in several minutes.

After the conversion finished, click “open” to find the output file, then you can import the converted files into FCP/iMovie/Avid MC for editing easily.