MTS To ProRes- Import And Edit Canon HF S20 MTS Files In Final Cut Pro Without Rendering
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MTS to ProRes- import and edit Canon HF S20 MTS files in Final Cut Pro without rendering

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Transcode Canon HF S20 MTS footage to Apple ProRes 422 for Editing in FCP on Mac OS X Lion
MTS to FCP - How to import Canon HF S20 MTS files to FCP for editing without rendering on Mac OS X Lion
How to import and edit Canon HF S20 MTS files in Final Cut Pro without rendering
MTS to ProRes- import and edit Canon HF S20 MTS files in Final Cut Pro without rendering

Final Cut Pro is really a powerful editing tool for mac users, most people use it for editing AVCHD .MTS or M2TS footage from a variety of camcorders. However, FCP isn't able to import all AVCHD footage. It definitely cannot import AVCHD footage from specific Canon camcorders like Canon HF S20. The best solution to solve this problem is converting AVCHD/MTS to Apple Prores 422, which is compatibled well by Final Cut Pro.



I am a Canon HF S20 camcorder user. As you see, Canon HF S20 MTS files can not be accepted by FCP natively. In this case, a professional video converter is necessary. We can use Canon HF S20 MTS to FCP Converter to import MTS files from Canon to Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X Lion. Pavtube MTS to Final Cut Pro Converter is an all-in-one video converter on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Mac OS X Lion (10.7), The Mac video conversion software supports Apple ProRes encoding to help you quickly transcode any video to ProRes 422 for FCP, FCPX in a short time with quality lossless.

The following article will supply all the information you need to convert Canon .MTS files to FCP. At first, please make sure you have installed this Mac MTS to FCP converter on your computer. Then, just follow the guide to operate it.

Step 1. Capture MTS Videos from Canon HF S20 camcorder.

Connect Canon HF S20 camcorder to Mac, when prompted, choose .mts video clips. You can directly drag and drop MTS files to MTS to Final Cut Pro Converter for Mac or you can click “Add” button to import MTS files.



Step 2. Setting output format.

Click “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output video format. You can slick “Setting”, set Video/audio prameters you need.



Step 3. Convert Canon HF S20 MTS to ProRes 422 for Editing with FCP.
Click “Convert” to start transcode MTS to Apple ProRes Codec on Mac Lion. The conversion time is determined by the file size. As far as I know, the Pavtube MTS to ProRes Converter for Mac OS X Lion os faster than most other MTS Conversion tool. And it will not bother to render the converted files in FCP. After conversion just click the “Open” button to locate converted video files for FCP post-production seamlessly.
Once the conversion is done, you could easily import the .mov files into Final Cut Pro X without rendering. Now you can edit Canon HF S20 MTS footage in FCP as you like.
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