Edit Panasonic Lumix G3 MTS file to Final Cut Pro X/6/7

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3,  smaller than a DSLR and larger than a pocket point-and-shoot, the G3 offers an interchangeable Micro Four Thirds lens mount, a 16 megapixel sensor, full HD video, and a rotating LCD touch screen.



Smaller, lighter, and faster: all three made the list of what we wanted from Panasonic Lumix G3, grip and sporting a new 16-megapixel sensor, a 3-inch articulating LCD, and the same processor as the high-powered GH2, the Panasonic G3 is quite capable.

Now it’s important to put this into perspective: thanks to its traditional DSLR shape, the G3 when equipped with anything other than a pancake lens is still not going to squeeze into most pockets, but it will occupy considerably less space in a bag than the Canons and Nikons of this world, while also being noticeably lighter. Indeed once you’ve got the G3 in a bag, you’ll hardly know it’s there, and I found myself very happy to take it out everywhere I went.

Panasonic Lumix G3 is capable of recording Full HD 1080i and 720p AVCHD videos. For the 1080i video, you can choose high quality with 30fps ,If you want to put the AVCHD videos from DMC-G3 to Final Cut Pro for editing, you need to use a converting software to handle the 1080/60i and 720/60p footage to ProRes 422 for FCP 6/7 and FCP X. Lumix video converter for mac lion is the recommended Panasonic Lumix AVCHD to ProRes converter for high quality video editing on Mac with less compressed Apple ProRes format.

Panasonic AVCHD converter for Mac OS X Lion is also workable with other Panasonic Lumix camcorders, like Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2/GF2, DMC-ZS3/TZ7, DMC-TS1/FT1 and DMC-FZ35/38. With this program, edit AVCHD (Lite) in Final Cut Pro 6, Final Cut Pro 7 and the new version Final Cut Pro X, With FCP preferred editing video codec Apple proRes or AIC, importing and editing AVCHD Lite is at their fingertips.

Below is the fast guide for you to convert Lumix DMC-G3 AVCHD to Apple ProRes for FCP 6/7 and Final Cut Pro X.

Step1: Download and install Lumix Video Converter for Mac

Step2: Import Lumix AVCHD files to Lumix Video Converter for Mac

Connect Panasonic Lumix G3 to Apple iMac/MacBook Pro via USB 2.0 cable, Click the“Add” button to browse and import the .mts files from Lumix camera to Mac application.



Step3: Set output format and define the output location

Click the drop drown menu next to the “Profile” field, select DV,HDV,MP4,MOV etc format for FCP, then you can tick the “Apply to all” option that it will convert all added MTS files into selected Final Cut Pro supported format.
Click the drop drown menu next to the “Destination” field, chose the folder to save the converted MTS video.



Step4: Start to convert Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 MTS to Final Cut Pro X/6 /7

Press the “Convert” button, the application will complete converting MTS file to Final Cut Pro Mac for you.



Tips: If you want to edit Lumix DMC-G3 AVCHD Files in Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, Avid, Sony Vegas etc ,just free download the Panasonic AVCHD converter for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

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