How to edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD videos in iMovie and Sony Vegas Pro?

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 is a digital superzoom bridge camera by Panasonic. It features a 20 megapixel sensor and Leica-branded 25-400mm equivalent focal length lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 to f/4 (f/4 at about 170mm and higher), a 1 inch CMOS sensor and supports ISO film speeds from 80 to 25600, speeds from 1/16000s to 60s and RAW capture. The Panasonic FZ1000 is able to record 4K QFHD (3840 x 2160) video at 30p with a high bit rate of 100Mbps in the MP4 file format. Full HD 1080 video can also be recorded-at 60p, 30p, 24p, or 60i-in the AVCHD format.

You can record full HD 1080/60p videos in AVCHD format with Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 camera, this format is great for Full HD recording. While the AVCHD is unsupported by iMovie or Sony Vegas Pro. The 1920 x 1080p / 60 fps AVCHD full recordings from Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 can't be recognized by iMovie/Sony Vegas on Mac. If you want to import Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 60p AVCHD to iMovie or Sony Vegas Pro for editing, you will encounter the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD to iMovie/Sony Vegas importing troubles.

From iMovie and Adobe Premeire official website, you can learn that AIC is native codec for iMovie and WMV is native format for Sony Vegas, with the AIC MOV/WMV format, you can edit 1080/60p AVCHD videos with iMovie/Sony Vegas Pro smoothly. To edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD files in iMovie/Sony Vegas natively, you have the need to convert Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 1080 60p AVCHD to AIC/WMV, which is specially designed for editing with iMovie or Sony Vegas Pro.

Hwo to convert Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 1080 60p AVCHD to AIC/WMV on Mac?

Free download UFUWare AVCHD Converter for Mac



Step 1. Install and run the UFUWare AVCHD Converter for Mac as the top Panasonic AVCHD to iMovie/Sony Vegas Converter, click "Add Video" button to add Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD video files, or directly drag and drop the Full HD AVCHD files to the converter.



Step 2. Click "Profile" option to get the drop-down menu list, then select proper output format for iMovie and Sony Vegas Pro.

To edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD files smoothly, please choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format.



To edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080 60p AVCHD files natively please select "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> WMV(VC-1) Video(*.wmv)" as output format.



Tip: You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel by clicking "Settings" button.

Step 3. Click "Convert" button under the preview window, and the Panasonic FZ1000 AVCHD to AIC/WMV Converter will Convert Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD to AIC/WMV at very fast speed, video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed on Mac..

After the conversion completed, you can click "Open Folder" button to get the converted files. Import the generated AIC .mov or .wmv video files to iMovie 8/9/11 or Sony Vegas Pro for further editing on Mac without issues.

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