I recently bought my first camcorder (a Canon HFS10), which records in high definition. I haven't yet uploaded any of the video to my computer (a 2007 MacBook Pro) for editing purposes because I am aware that I need to have certain software on my computer that can recognize and edit the footage. The camcorder had some Pixela-brand software bundled with it, but the Internet tells me that that bundled software is crap.

I know that Final Cut Express is available for Mac users. I'm curious as to other options that people here might know about and like? I also have a PC, so the suggestions need not be Mac compatible.

Whatever insights anyone might have in this arena for this clueless former academ would be very much appreciated!

Have you played with iMovie at all? It's part of the iLife suite (which comes bundled with newer macs but can also be bought for about $80 for single site license or $100 for 5-license family pack).


Nevermind... I didn't realize it converted AVCHD down to AIC.

I did some research when I got a Panasonic ZS3 camera before last Christmas that had AVCHDlite, but don't remember too much about what I found. It wasn't promising. I wound up going with the built in MPEG approach instead for recording movies. That may not be as much of an option on your handicam, though.

One thing I do recall is that supposedly Vista has much better support, at least for playback of AVCHD recordings on the PC.

This page recommended a couple of different editing packages, but I haven't used either: http://www.jakeludington.com/camcorder/2...rders.html . I use Roxio Easy Media Creator for my video editing on a PC (again, non AVCHD).

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Tanbee AVCHD Converter for Mac is necessary for AVCHD camcorder users to convert and edit AVCHD videos in MTS, M2TS, TS, TP, MOD, TOD format on Mac OS X. the AVCHD converter helps you convert videos to popular mobile players such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, iRiver, Creative Zen, PSP, Blackberry, etc.

Import converted files to some popular applications like QuickTime, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, etc. on Mac OS X. AVCHD Converter Lets you upload converted video to YouTube, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, etc. for sharing with others.

AVCHD Converter for Mac has powerful video editing function, such as video trimming, cropping and effect adjustment.

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Only a few clicks to complete the conversion with previewing all the process on real time.

Tanbee AVCHD Converter for Mac converts AVCHD(MTS/MT2S/MOD/TOD/MKV) videos to all popular HD/Common videos suitable for different mobile devices.

AVCHD Converter for Mac can be used like MTS Converter, M2TS Converter, TS Converter, MOD Converter, TOD Converter, MKV Converter etc.

Input File Format Support

Video : M2TS, MTS, TS, TP, TRP, MOD, TOD, WMV, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, VOB, MPG, ASF, FLV, AVI, RM, RMVB, DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP4, MKV, etc
Audio : MKA, MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, FLAC, WMA, MP2, etc

This step-by-step guide will show you how to convert video files with this software.

Before you start, please download, install and launch
Intel Version (9.00M).
PowerPC Version (8.64M).

Step 1: Load video files

Click "Add Files" button to add video files you want. After video files are imported successfully, you will see all of them listed in the program:



Step 2: Select output format

Select one or more files in the file list, click "Profile" drop-down button, and select an output format for the selected files in the drop-down list that opens.



Step 3: Edit Video (Trim,Crop,Effect)

Select a video file in the file list, click "Trim","Crop","Effect" button to open window for edit.



Step 4: Convert

After the above settings, check the needed files to convert in the file list, and click "Convert" button on the window to start converting.



More info
http://www.avchd.converter-for-mac.com

Tanbee Flip Video Converter is a powerful software for Flip Video Camcorder which can be used to put Flip videos or audios on their players. This video converter can encode Flip videos to popular video formats: AVI, MPG, WMV, FLV, SWF, DV, 3GP, MOV, RM, RMVB and extract audio track from the referred video formats to MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, AMR, M4A files.

Setp 1: Save your Flip camcorder videos to Computer

Connect the Flip camcorder to your PC and launch the Flip Video for PC software, save your videos to your PC by clicking the Save Videos link in the Features section, choose the videos you want to save by selecting them, click the 'Save' button in the 'Save to Computer' box.



Select Create New Album and click Save, choose a name for your album. The default saving fold is 'My Documents > My Flip Video Library'.

Setp 2 : Get Flip camcorder videos in Tanbee Flip Video Converter

Open Tanbee Flip Video Converter and Click 'Add' button, this will open a windows for you to navigate to folder(likely in My Documents > My Flip Video Library) or video files you wish to load and convert. Press 'Open' to confirm the files you choose.



Setp 3: Output Settings

Select the converting format from the output format list.



Setp 4: Video Eidt

This is a platform for you to express who you are and what you like it to be.



Setp 5: Start Convertsion

Click "Start" button to start converting your flip videos.

The output video files can be playback on most popular players, such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, Zune, BlackBerry, Google Phone, Moilbe Phone and so on.

Download :
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