Best way to edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080 60p AVCHD files in FCE and Adobe Premiere

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 is a digital superzoom bridge camera by Panasonic. It features a 20 megapixel sensor and Leica-branded 25-400mm equivalent focal length lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 to f/4 (f/4 at about 170mm and higher), a 1 inch CMOS sensor and supports ISO film speeds from 80 to 25600, speeds from 1/16000s to 60s and RAW capture. The Panasonic FZ1000 is able to record 4K QFHD (3840 x 2160) video at 30p with a high bit rate of 100Mbps in the MP4 file format. Full HD 1080 video can also be recorded-at 60p, 30p, 24p, or 60i-in the AVCHD format.

You can record full HD 1080/60p videos in AVCHD format with Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 camera, this format is great for Full HD recording. While the AVCHD is unsupported by Final Cut Exprss or Adobe Premiere Pro. The 1920 x 1080p / 60 fps AVCHD full recordings from Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 can't be recognized by FCE/Adobe Premiere on Mac. If you want to import Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 60p AVCHD to FCE or Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS for editing, you will encounter the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD to FCE/Adobe Premiere importing troubles.

From Final Cut Express and Adobe Premeire official website, you can learn that AIC is native codec for FCE and MPEG-2 is native codec for Adobe Premiere, with the AIC/MPEG-2 codec, you can edit 1080/60p AVCHD videos with FCE/Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly. To edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD files in FCE/Adobe Premiere natively, you have the need to convert Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 1080 60p AVCHD to AIC/MPEG-2, which is specially designed for editing with FCE or Adobe Premiere Pro.

Convert Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD to AIC, MPEG-2 on Mac

Free download UFUWare AVCHD Converter for Mac



Step 1. Install and run the UFUWare AVCHD Converter for Mac as the top Panasonic AVCHD to FCE/Premiere Converter, click "Add Video" button to add Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD video files, or directly drag and drop the Full HD AVCHD files to the converter.



Step 2. Click "Profile" option to get the drop-down menu list, then select proper output format for Final Cut Express and Adobe Premiere Pro.

To edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD files smoothly, please choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format.



To edit Panasonic FZ1000 1080 60p AVCHD files natively please select "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2 Video(*.mpg)" as output format.



Tip: You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel by clicking "Settings" button.

Step 3. Click "Convert" button under the preview window, and the Panasonic FZ1000 AVCHD to AIC/MPEG-2 Converter will Convert Panasonic FZ1000 1080/60p AVCHD to AIC MOV/MPEG-2 MPG at very fast speed, video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed on Mac..

After the conversion completed, you can click "Open Folder" button to get the converted files. Import the generated AIC .mov or MPEG-2 .mpg video files to Final Cut Express or Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS for further editing on Mac without issues.

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