AVCHD to iMovie-Transfer Sony NEX-FS700 Files to iMovie Editing

Published on June 11 2014 by Terry

Sony NEX-FS700 is a kind of Full HD Super Slow Motion interchangeable E-mount video camera of Sony's NXCAM line-up. The FS700 is shipped with a 4K Exmor Super 35 CMOS sensor (11.6 million total pixels) designed for high-speed shooting at a maximum of 960 fps, recording Full HD 1080 50p/60p MTS/M2TS files in AVCHD format. With its features of professional design, large sensor, and high quality shooting, Sony NEX-FS700 can be a top-notch camcorder and is definitely worth buying.

Are you currently preparing to edit your 1080 50p/60p AVCHD recordings from Sony NEX-FS700 with iMovie 8/9/11? If that’s the case, I am sorry to let you know iMovie does not compatible with 1080 50p/60p AVCHD format very well. AVCHD is the HD standard for full-size consumer camcorders like Canon, Sony, Panasonic, JVC, etc. Using Mac, you may have known that iMovie claims to support most of the popular HD cam. But pratically speaking, importing Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD to iMovie might be tricky, due to the version of iMovie, your Mac processor (PowerPC- or older Intel-based Mac don’t support AVCHD editing) , and the model of camcorder.

In fact, it is dead easy to solve it! The following will introduce a UFUSoft powerful AVCHD to iMovie Converter and provide a step by step guide on how to import Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD to iMovie 8/9/11 with almost no loss of video and tone quality.

Step 1. Load Sony NEX-FS700 MTS/M2TS files to UFUSoft Mac AVCHD Converter Download, install and run the Mac Sony AVCHD to iMovie Converter to load your 1080 50p/60p AVCHD footage from Sony NEX-FS700 camcorders to the program.

Step 2. Choose iMovie compatible MOV format

Click the “Format” option, and choose HD Video > HD MOV-QuickTime (*.mov) as output format. The Sony AVCHD MTS converter will transcode Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD to iMovie compatible MOV with H.264 as video codec in HD 1920×1080.

Step 3. Customize Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD video Settings

You can click “Settings” button to adjust output parameters, such as resolution and bitrate. Set video size as 1920*1080, video frame rate as 30fps is optimal.

Step 4. Start Sony NEX-FS700 MTS to MOV for iMovie 8/9/11 conversion

Click “Convert” button; this top Sony NEX-FS700 1080 50p/60p AVCHD to iMovie Converter will start transcoding Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD to MOV on Mac OS X immediately.

Once the conversion completes, you can click “Open” button to get the generated MOV files for importing to iMovie 8/9/11 for editing easily.

Tips for Sony AVCHD to iMovie conversion:

1. Joining files: Select all files and click“Merge” on the main interface.

2. Preview: Double click on the file and you can get a preview on the converter.

3. Crop: Edit —> Crop and you can get the imported videos cropped as you want.

4. Auto shutdown: Click Option and tick the box “Shut down the computer after conversion” before conversion starts.