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Summary: This article is about the tutorial how to import and edit Sony NEX-EA50UH 1080 60p AVCHD in Final Cut Pro (X) on Mac OS X(Mavericks).
NEX-EA50UH initiates Sony's new EA Series of camcorders. It is featured with the first E-mount lens with servo zoom, making the footage and the transitions steady and smooth. You can record Full HD 1080p AVCHD at 24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames per second for sharing your memories virtually anywhere.
After recording some 1080 60p footages, you probably would import 1080 60p AVCHD to Final Cut Pro or other Mac tools for editing. While, importing problems occurred as the FCP can't import Sony NEX-EA50UH recorded 1080 50/60P AVCHD video, the frame rate is so high and the AVCHD codec is not friendly to FCP for editing. And as we know Apple ProRes codec is the natively supported by Final Cut Pro. So, you'd better transcode Sony NEX-EA50UH MTS to ProRees 422 for Final Cut Pro first.
Taking the conversion speed, stability, quality, into account, Brorsoft MTS/M2TS converter for Mac is the best solution for you, which is the tool that can deal nearly all kinds of 1080p, 1080i, 720p MTS videos from Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic camcorders. With it, you can convert Sony NEX-EA50UH MTS files for FCP 6/7/X natively editing on Mac with the ProRes .mov output format. Besides, with this Mac MTS Convert program, you can transcode MTS/M2TS to an editable format like AIC for iMovie/FCE, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer
Summary: This article is about the tutorial how to import and edit Sony NEX-EA50UH 1080 60p AVCHD in Final Cut Pro (X) on Mac OS X(Mavericks).
NEX-EA50UH initiates Sony's new EA Series of camcorders. It is featured with the first E-mount lens with servo zoom, making the footage and the transitions steady and smooth. You can record Full HD 1080p AVCHD at 24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames per second for sharing your memories virtually anywhere.
After recording some 1080 60p footages, you probably would import 1080 60p AVCHD to Final Cut Pro or other Mac tools for editing. While, importing problems occurred as the FCP can't import Sony NEX-EA50UH recorded 1080 50/60P AVCHD video, the frame rate is so high and the AVCHD codec is not friendly to FCP for editing. And as we know Apple ProRes codec is the natively supported by Final Cut Pro. So, you'd better transcode Sony NEX-EA50UH MTS to ProRees 422 for Final Cut Pro first.
Taking the conversion speed, stability, quality, into account, Brorsoft MTS/M2TS converter for Mac is the best solution for you, which is the tool that can deal nearly all kinds of 1080p, 1080i, 720p MTS videos from Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic camcorders. With it, you can convert Sony NEX-EA50UH MTS files for FCP 6/7/X natively editing on Mac with the ProRes .mov output format. Besides, with this Mac MTS Convert program, you can transcode MTS/M2TS to an editable format like AIC for iMovie/FCE, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer
A. You did not tell us which version of FCP. I agree with Robert for the most part. I have the NEX-EA50UH and use it regularly with my year old iMac... with the older FCE or the current FCP X.
Generically, there are three ways.
1) Connect the camcorder to the Mac with a USB cable (you want to have the camcorder's power adapter in place of the battery). When you turn on the camera, the LCD panel will appear with a USB selection. Use the menu selection thumbwheel on the right side of the camcorder to select that, then press that thumbwheel. That will cause the flash memory card to appear on the Mac's Desktop.
Launch FCP. Import or Log and Capture the video.
2) In the box with the camcorder was a disc. Install the "Sony Browser". With the camcorder memory on the desktop, use that utility to import the files. When done, quit that, launch FCP, drag/drop the files to the FCP library.
3) Take the memory card out of the camcorder and use a card reader (external if your Mac does not have one built-in). There will be a single AVCHD file. You will need a transcoder like MPEG StreamClip to pull the segments from that single file. HandBrake might work, too. Maybe the Sony Browser just installed.
Generically, there are three ways.
1) Connect the camcorder to the Mac with a USB cable (you want to have the camcorder's power adapter in place of the battery). When you turn on the camera, the LCD panel will appear with a USB selection. Use the menu selection thumbwheel on the right side of the camcorder to select that, then press that thumbwheel. That will cause the flash memory card to appear on the Mac's Desktop.
Launch FCP. Import or Log and Capture the video.
2) In the box with the camcorder was a disc. Install the "Sony Browser". With the camcorder memory on the desktop, use that utility to import the files. When done, quit that, launch FCP, drag/drop the files to the FCP library.
3) Take the memory card out of the camcorder and use a card reader (external if your Mac does not have one built-in). There will be a single AVCHD file. You will need a transcoder like MPEG StreamClip to pull the segments from that single file. HandBrake might work, too. Maybe the Sony Browser just installed.
Help on Final Cut Pro X?
Q. I have a HDR-CX580V Sony HD Camcorder and when I transfer the video I took to my iMac Final Cut Pro X Software it seems when ever the camcorder moves the video playback is fine on the camcorder screen, but on FCP and the DvD I downloaded from the video it Seems like it is Fluttering and Blurry as it moves side to side.PLEASE HELP and additional would help to I'm 15 and trying to start a wedding videography business.
A. Hi Luke:
Even though your footage may look OK on the smaller camcorder screen (where you have both a tiny image plus the added benefit of the camcorder's "hardware codecs" to display the uncompressed video signal), what you are seeing after your transfers is the result of your Handycam's AVCHD compression (a/k/a H.264/MPEG-4) that reduces your motion footage from 60 images per second down to approximately 5 full-frames (called "I-Frames"), and the other 55 merely "interpolated" (called "P-Frames" & "B-Frames") on playback using the few full-frames (and each other) as guides. (Most MPEG-4 footage uses this 12:1 compression method, but it can get as bad as 32:1.) This is called "Group Of Pictures" (or "GOP") encoding, and I'll use this term again later in my discussion.
We also don't know what "quality" setting you used for your footage, which determines the "video bit-rate" that's stored. Your Sony has several selections, from the "FX" 28Megabits/second down to "LP" 5Megabits/second. Anything lower than 24Mbits/s can create digital artifacts called "mud" in the low-contrast areas of the image.
In addition to frame compression, the quality setting changes how individual pixels are handled (divided into "Macroblocks"), so even in the full I-Frames some pixel detail can be discarded due to compression.
For editing AVCHD footage in FCP, you should always transcode the original footage into Apple Intermediate Codec ("AIC") or Apple ProRes, since these don't use GOP-encoding, making your edits easier and preserving as much picture quality during the edit & rendering process.
Always start off with the highest-quality setting your camcorder can capture, in order to end up with the best possible end-product.
And since you are below the age of being able to enter into contracts, you should know that the wedding photography/videography field is serious business (serious enough to get you & your parents sued if you mess up), so you should spend a few years working as an assistant to a professional before you attempt any paid assignments on your own.
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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Even though your footage may look OK on the smaller camcorder screen (where you have both a tiny image plus the added benefit of the camcorder's "hardware codecs" to display the uncompressed video signal), what you are seeing after your transfers is the result of your Handycam's AVCHD compression (a/k/a H.264/MPEG-4) that reduces your motion footage from 60 images per second down to approximately 5 full-frames (called "I-Frames"), and the other 55 merely "interpolated" (called "P-Frames" & "B-Frames") on playback using the few full-frames (and each other) as guides. (Most MPEG-4 footage uses this 12:1 compression method, but it can get as bad as 32:1.) This is called "Group Of Pictures" (or "GOP") encoding, and I'll use this term again later in my discussion.
We also don't know what "quality" setting you used for your footage, which determines the "video bit-rate" that's stored. Your Sony has several selections, from the "FX" 28Megabits/second down to "LP" 5Megabits/second. Anything lower than 24Mbits/s can create digital artifacts called "mud" in the low-contrast areas of the image.
In addition to frame compression, the quality setting changes how individual pixels are handled (divided into "Macroblocks"), so even in the full I-Frames some pixel detail can be discarded due to compression.
For editing AVCHD footage in FCP, you should always transcode the original footage into Apple Intermediate Codec ("AIC") or Apple ProRes, since these don't use GOP-encoding, making your edits easier and preserving as much picture quality during the edit & rendering process.
Always start off with the highest-quality setting your camcorder can capture, in order to end up with the best possible end-product.
And since you are below the age of being able to enter into contracts, you should know that the wedding photography/videography field is serious business (serious enough to get you & your parents sued if you mess up), so you should spend a few years working as an assistant to a professional before you attempt any paid assignments on your own.
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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