How to Edit/Convert Canon XA10 1080i AVCHD to Final Cut Pro X on Mac?

Canon XA10 HD Professional Camcorder is a fully featured, ultra-compact pro video camera that shares nearly all the functionality of the XF100, but in an even smaller, run-and-gun form factor. Sporting a 64GB internal flash drive and two SDXC-compatible card slots, the XA10 can record literally for days without running out of memory. Able to capture AVCHD video at bitrates up to 24Mbps, the camcorder’s native 1920 x 1080 CMOS sensor also lets you choose 60i, 24p, PF30, and PF24 frame rates for customizing the look of your footage. Bringing further professional oomph to that footage is a Genuine Canon 10x HD video lens, with lowlight sensitivity and a 35mm equivalent zoom range of 30.4mm-304mm.

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 Mavericks, 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 XA10 AVCHD Videos.

So if you want to edit Canon XA10 1080i AVCHD Videos in Final Cut Pro X, you are recommended to use UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac, which is the superior Mac Canon XA10 MTS to FCP X converter for Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Canon XA10 AVCHD to MOV on Mac, but also merges 1080i MTS files for import into Final Cut Pro X.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and edit Canon XA10 MTS to Final Cut Pro X on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Load Canon AVCHD videos to UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac.

After transferring .mts files from Canon XA10 camera, run UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac as the best Mac Canon XA10 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 > HD MOV (*.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.



Step 3. Merge Canon XA10 AVCHD MTS files. (optional)

Select all the files and then click “Merge”, and the Canon XA10 MTS converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

Step 4. Convert Canon XA10 MTS to MOV for Final Cut Pro X.

Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Canon MTS converter starts converting Canon XA10 MTS videos to H.264 .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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