If you are facing problems working with Panasonic HC-250 1080-60p AVCHD files in FCP X, you may wish to read this post. It displays a smooth way for editing Panasonic HC-250 1080-60p AVCHD files in FCP X.
Panasonic HC-250 Video Capture Capability
AVCHD – 1920 x 1080 – 60 fps – 28Mbps
AVCHD – 1920 x 1080 – 60 fps – 24Mbps
AVCHD – 1920 x 1080 – 60 fps – 17Mbps
AVCHD – 1920 x 1080 – 60 fps – 13Mbps
AVCHD – 1920 x 1080 – 60 fps – 5Mbps
iFrame – 960 x 540 – 30 fps – 28Mbps
H.264 – 1280 x 720 – 9Mbps
H.264 – 1920 x 1080 – 28Mbps
The Panasonic HC-V250 is a neat, compact camcorder that weighs 255g, comes with a 50x zoom. It could be a good budget-minded choice for anyone who wants to capture their holidays and family moments. The HC-V250 is able to shoot 1920 x 1080 video files at 60 fps in AVCHD format up to 28Mbps. For a fast and fluid workflow Panasonic HC-250 in FCP X, users sometimes need to transcode HC-250 1080-60p mts clips to ProRes codec before editing. This requires third party 60p AVCHD Converter. Read on to check a quick guide on how to convert HC-250 1080-60p MTS files for editing in FCP X smoothly.
Panasonic HC-250 and FCPX – transcode Panasonic HC-250 1080-60p AVCHD footage to QuickTime .mov with ProRes codec for editing in FCP X
Software requirement
HD Video Converter for Mac
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Run HD Video Converter for Mac as a professional Panasonic HC-250 to FCP X Converter. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add File’ to load source video to it.
Step 2: Select ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as output format for opening with FCP X
From the Format bar, move to ‘Final Cut Pro’ catalogue, and select ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as target format. Apple ProRes is the best suited editing codec for FCP X and its former version FCP 6 and 7. When loading them into FCP (X), you needn’t wait for a long time for rendering.
Important: If you’ve loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off ‘Apply to All’ option before you start.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings (for advanced users)
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available.
Step 4: Click ‘Convert’ to start Panasonic HC-250 1080-60p AVCHD footage to ProRes MOV conversion.
Step 5: Click ‘Open Folder’ to get generated ProRes 422 QuickTime files for transferring and editing in Final Cut Pro X with optimum performance.
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