Canon VIXIA MTS to FCP X-Convert Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS Videos to Final Cut Pro X on Mac

Tue May 14 20:30:14 PDT 2013

Small and light with a sleek new design, the Canon VIXIA HF M500 
camcorder’s image quality is unsurpassed, thanks to the 
camcorder’s newly designed, professional-level Canon HD CMOS Pro 
Image Sensor. The high-sensitivity sensor provides outstanding 
resolution, better low-light performance, and beautiful, natural 
detail in both shadow and highlight areas. Intelligent IS and 
SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization designed for the Genuine 
Canon 10x HD Video Lens make every scene clear and steady, and 
new built-in features make it easy to give your videos added 
creativity. Operation is fun and simple with a Flat Touch Panel 
LCD you’ll control with your fingertips. This camcorder has the 
flexibility you crave: enjoy the convenience of recording video 
in either AVCHD or MP4 format or to a removable SD/SDHC/SDXC 
memory card.

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Final Cut Pro X, the latest version of video-editing software 
geared for professionals from a company increasingly focused on 
mainstream consumers. Final Cut Pro X is a follow-up to Final Cut 
Pro 7, software Apple released in 2009 as part of Final Cut 
Studio. Like Apple’s newly released of Mac OS X Mountain Lion, 
Final Cut Pro X was only be available to customers through the 
Mac App Store. However, this new released FCP X does not support 
well with Canon VIXIA HF M500 AVCHD Videos.

So if you want to edit Canon VIXIA HF M500 1080 AVCHD Videos in 
Final Cut Pro X, you are recommended to use Firstarsoft MTS 
Converter for Mac, which is the superior Mac Canon VIXIA HF M500 
MTS to FCP X converter for Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion. 
It does not only convert Canon VIXIA HF M500 AVCHD to MOV on Mac, 
but also merge 1080 MTS files for import into Final Cut Pro X.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and edit Canon 
VIXIA HF M500 MTS to Final Cut Pro X on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac 
OS X like Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Load Canon AVCHD videos to Firstarsoft MTS Converter for 
Mac.

After transferring .mts files from Canon VIXIA HF M500 camera, 
run Firstarsoft MTS Converter for Mac as the best Mac Canon VIXIA 
HF M500 MTS to MOV converter, and click the “Add File” button to 
load .mts videos.

Step 2. Choose H.264/AVC MOV output format.

Click the “Format” option, and choose HD Video or General Video > 
MOV – QuickTime(*.mov) for converting AVCHD videos from MTS to 
MOV with H.264/AVC as video codec for loading to Final Cut 
Studio. With this option, the output video will be kept as high 
definition 1920×1080.

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Step 3. Merge Canon VIXIA HF M500 AVCHD MTS files. (optional)

Select all the files and then click “Merge”, and the Canon VIXIA 
HF M500 MTS converter will join and combine the video clips into 
a single file as output.

Step 4. Convert Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS to MOV for Final Cut Pro 
X.

Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac 
Panasonic MTS converter starts converting Canon VIXIA HF M500 MTS 
videos to H.246 .mov, and joining the MTS files for editing in 
Final Cut Pro X.

After converting and merging the MTS files, just import the 
output files to Final Cut Pro X and the video is in HD 1920×1080. 
You can also import the output videos to Final Cut Express (FCE) 
4 for editing in full HD.

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