Mac Import Panasonic ZS10 720p AVCHD Lite to Apple Aperture 3 with Final Mate for Mac

How to Make Apple Aperture support AVCHD Lite videos?

Panasonic DMC-ZS10 is the compact camera with HD video recording. The recording mode could be GFS and FSH modes for 1920x1080 AVCHD files, GS and SH modes for 1280x720p AVCHD Lite or Motion JPEG.

Apple Aperture was released as a photo management system for creating slideshow, enhance photo on Mac. Aperture 3 is becoming more of a hybrid Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution with the support of HD video from digital SLR cameras and compact cameras. However, it does not support the videos recorded in MPEG H.264/AVCHD as AVCHD or AVCHD Lite format.

If you would like to manage videos together with the photos, or create multimedia slideshow with AVHCD Lite in Aperture 3, it could be done easily with Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac. Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac can help you handle 1080i/1080p AVCHD files and 720p AVCHD Lite footage in Aperture.

Below is the step-by-step guide for you to make Apple Aperture support Lumix ZS10 AVCHD Lite files and AVCHD files for multimedia slideshow.

Step 1. Import Panasonic AVCHD footage to Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac.
Run Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac as 720p AVCHD Lite to Apple Aperture converter, and you can capture videos from camcorder or import videos from Mac computer. To capture videos from camcorder, just connect your HDcam to iMac via USB cable and follow the camcorder wizard. To load videos from computer folder, just click the Resource tab, click the Add Path button and browse the folder with .mts or .m2ts file.

Step 2. Add AVCHD MTS/M2TS files to timeline.
Click the drop-down button of the "Create a New Movie" button, choose "For Conversion". Then drag and drop the files from camcorder tab or resource tab to the new movie ID to join the AVCHD clips with one file output. You can create another movie if you would like to have more files as output.

Step 3. Export Lumix AVCHD Lite to Apple Aperture 3 on Mac.
Click the "Export" button, and go to the "Export into Editor" button. Choose Apple Aperture > Apple Aperture MOV(*.mov) as output format. Click the OK button, and the Lumix AVCHD Lite to Aperture converter will start conversion.

When the conversion process is done, you can import Panasonic ZS10 videos to Apple Aperture for creating multimedia slideshow.

Tips:
1. If you are using other cameras with AVCHD Lite like Lumix FZ100, FZ45/FZ40, TZ20, ZS8/TZ18, you can also use Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac to make Apple Aperture support AVCHD Lite camera videos, or join the AVCHD Lite videos for VLC, Dune player without re-encoding.

2. If you would like to backup your DVD/Blu-ray disc movies, TiVo videos on Mac, Aunsoft iMedia Converter for Mac will be the first choice for you.

Fix EOS plugin problem on FCP-Edit Canon 7D H.264 Movies on Mac
FCP transcoder alternative-EOS MOV to Apple ProRes no frame drops
I have Canon EOS 7D for excellent picture, and sometimes shoot movie with it. However, I could edit it on my iMac with Final Cut Studio 2. I am running Mac OS X (10.6.3) with quad core and 4G RAM. I then installed Canon EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro, and it helps me import the video without error message. however, I found that some clips are shorter than what they are really taken. It seems that some frames were dropped when transcoded to ProRes.

When looking for solutions to fix EOS plugin problem, I find Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as FCP transcoder alternative to convert EOS MOV to Apple ProRes no frame drops. It provides Apple ProRes 422, ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes (LT) and ProRes (Proxy) and ProRes 4444 for editing in Final Cut Pro.

Below is the fast guide for converting Canon EOS movies to Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) with best quality.

Step 1. Import Canon footage to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.
Run Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as FCP transcoder alternative for Apple ProRes, click the "Add" button to import the H.264 .mov files from Canon 7D.

Step 2. Choose Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).
Click the "Format" option, and navigate to Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(HQ) (*.mov) as output format. Click the "Settings" button and choose 1920*1080 from the drop-down box of video size to keep HD resolution.

Step 3. Convert Panasonic 1080p 28Mbps MTS to MOV for FCP.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the H.264 MOV to Apple ProRes converter will start converting Canon 7D video for Final Cut Pro.

You can then import the Apple ProRes 422 HQ video to Final Cut via File > Import > Files without any problem.