How to Edit XAVC Files in Final Cut Pro 6/7 to edit

Since Apple stops updating FCP 6 and 7, not adding new plugins to them, some new video formats such as the brand new Sony XAVC recording format, cannot be opened by them. In this case, what can the FCP 6/7 users do? For example, how can they import XAVC to FCP 7 to edit? Actually, it is quite simple. What they only need to do is to convert the unaccepted videos like XAVC to Apple ProRes 422 MOV format.

Recently, Doremisoft has developed a program called the XAVC Converter (Mac XAVC Video Converter) which can perfectly have this task done. I have downloaded it to convert the XAVC footages from my Sony PMW-F5 to FCP 7 to do the post production and found it works nicely without losing the original video quality after the conversion. It can also convert the Sony PMW-F55 XAVC to Final Cut Pro. You can download it and have a try.

Step 1:Drag and drop to import XAVC footages to the XAVC to FCP converter. You can add multiple XAVC files to the program at a time.

Step 2: Choose "Convert to" > "Final Cut Pro" > "Apple ProRes 422 MOV" as the output format

Step 3: Press "START to launch the conversion. After the conversion, you can easily import XAVC to FCP 6/7 with ease.

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Effortlessly Convert XAVC to MP4/MKV/WMV/AVI/FLV/DivX/XviD/VOB/MOV/M4V, etc

XAVC is a recording format that was introduced by Sony on October 30, 2012. XAVC is an open format that will be licensed to companies that want to make XAVC products. XAVC uses level 5.2 of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC which is the highest level supported by that video standard. XAVC can support 4K resolution (4096 × 2160 and 3840 × 2160) at up to 60 frames per second (fps). XAVC supports color depths of 8-bits, 10-bits, and 12-bits. Chroma subsampling can be 4:2:0, 4:2:2, or 4:4:4. The Material Exchange Format (MXF) can be used for the digital container format.

XAVC is quite new a format that most of the devices, application and programs such as Mac, Smart TV, QuickTime, Media Player, FCP, iMovie, AE, Sony Vegas and more, cannot run such footages. In this case, you need to transcode the XAVC footages to other kind of popular video formats like MP4, MKV, WMV, AVI, DivX, XviD, VOB, MOV, M4V, etc. for better compatibility. Here I suggest to use the Doremisoft XAVC Video Converter (XAVC Video Converter for Mac), which can effortlessly convert XAVC to MP4XAVC to AVI/XAVC to MOV/XAVC to FLV and more without losing the original video quality at a high conversion speed.

Step 1: Load XAVC footages to the XAVC Video Converter

Download and install the XAVC Video Converter beforehand and then double click to run it. After that, click the “Add Files” icon or directly drag and drop to load the XAVC footages to the converter.

Step 2: Set target output format

Doremisoft XAVC Converter supports to convert XAVC to most popular video formats, devices and applications. Just hit the “Convert to” menu bar and you can easily convert xavc to mp4, .xavc to .mkv, .xavc to .wmv, .xavc to .avi, or to FCP, iMovie, smartphones, etc.

Step 3: Launch the Conversion

Last but not least, press the big blue button on the bottom right to start converting the XAVC videos. The smart XAVC Video Converter will automatically finish the conversion for you, so you just need to sit down and rest there drinking a cup of coffee till the conversion ends.

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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HTML5

You may well ask: “How can I start using HTML5 if older browsers don’t support it?” But the question itself is misleading. HTML5 is not one big thing; it is a collection of individual features. So you can’t detect “HTML5 support,” because that doesn’t make any sense. But you can detect support for individual features, like canvas, video, or geolocation.

Now, if you want to improve your web applications, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a concrete example: HTML5 supports all the form controls from HTML 4, but it also includes new input controls. Some of these are long-overdue additions like sliders and date pickers; others are more subtle. HTML5 can be used as an alternative to Adobe Flash. As we all know, the older standard videos were encoded in FLV (before MP4 was supported in Flash), so we need to convert FLV to HTML5 such as converting FLV to WebM so as to make the videos be supported by HTML5 pages.

If you want to convert FLV to HTML5, first you need to get a smart FLV to HTML5 Video Converter (Video Converter for Mac). Doremisoft Video Converter will be your perfect assistant! It can fast convert .FLV to HTML5 OGG/WebM/MP4 file format for IE, Chrome, Safari and more, as well as converting other kind of videos like AVI to WMV. Besides, it’s available for Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 8.

To convert FLV to HTML5, or convert AVI to WMV, please follow the guide below:

Step 1: Add the source videos to the converter by clicking “Add Files” icon. Batch conversion is allowed.

Step 2: Hit the profile box of “Convert to” to choose the output format you need. For example, to convert FLV to HTML5 videos, pick up the output format from “Web Share” tab.

Step 3: After the settings, press the big blue “START” button to launch the conversion.

Tips: Doremisoft MP4 to MOV Converter offers users powerful video editing features: You can edit video by Trimming, Cropping, adding special Effect and Watermark to feature the video if necessary.

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iMovie Supported Formats

iMovie makes it easy to turn your home videos into your all-time favorite films. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll watch them over and over again. And you’ll share them with everyone. With iMovie, every video you’ve ever recorded is right in front of you, ready to roll. Grab the popcorn and enjoy the show. Chances are you have a camcorder, a digital camera, or an iPhone — and maybe all three. That means one thing: You have a ton of great video. iMovie puts it all in one place and organizes it for you so your video is easy to browse and fun to watch. Just plug in your device, open iMovie, and start importing your video. It appears in your Event Library — the one place you’ll find everything you’ve ever recorded.

iMovie is meant by concept for imports from camcorders, so, it is not meant as an all-purpose, all-codecs editor. Camcorders actually do use dv, mp2 and AVCHD. The last two can only imported via a camcorder, not for instance via drag'n drop a file. iM09 also supports a few other codecs, the underlying QT engine can de-code on the fly, as h264, photojepg and a few others. Site note: 'mov' ist just a media container, no format - means, not all .mov are compatible with iMovie. 'mp4' is a bit confusing: aside ISO-proofed mpeg4, an mp4 can also contain divx encoded video - which is not supported by iMovie. Same with avi: this is an old Windows media container, no 'format' - could contain codecs, which are not supported. Import from camcorder - and you're on the safe site. have a look on Apple's website, about supported devices.

In this regard, if we want to edit all kinds of videos with iMovie such as to import AVI to iMovie we need to do some conversion.

To convert iMovie unaccepted videos, Doremisoft Video Converter (Video Converter for Mac) will absolutely help you a lot. For example, it can convert MOD to iMovie, or MP4 to iMovie with ultrafast speed and high quality.

Besides, it can also convert iMovie files to other file format, such as to Convert iMovie to AVI and more. You can Download it and have a try.

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How Can Mac/Windows Users Edit Panasonic HC-X900 1080/60P AVCHD Videos

Panasonic HC-X900 has evolved from 4-axis to 5-axis correction, this new system provides powerful hand-shake compensation over the entire zoom range. With the manual ring and manual operation, the X900 is a pleasure to use and gives you the freedom to craft unusually expressive images. What’s more, it is sporting 3MOS System Pro which has achieved a revolutionary leap forward in each of its elements – lens, sensor and engine. The Advanced 3MOS Sensor employs a pixel shifting technology to achieve the equivalent of four times the pixel count of Full-HD. And the Crystal Engine Pro II processes this huge amount of pixels at high speed to produce a remarkable level of Full-HD picture quality.

Panasonic HC-X900 can record FULL HD 3D images in the MVC format by simply mounting the optional 3D Conversion Lens. The optional VW-CLT2 3D Conversion Lens is required for shooting 3D images. Moreover, it shoots 1080/60p (50p) videos (Full-HD, 1920 x 1080, 60 (50) progressive recording) with the ultimate beauty in image quality. But to some extent, it is a headache for most Mac users (and sometimes Windows users) to edit HC-X900 AVCHD in iMovie, FCP, etc. That’s because of Mac does not support AVCHD MTS/M2TS file format. MTS files can only typically be opened and edited using the software included with Sony and Panasonic HD camcorders.

How can we solve this problem? Well, solution can be very easy only if you have a professional Mac AVCHD Converter (AVCHD Converter for Windows) to help. For example, Doremisoft AVCHD Converter can help Panasonic HC-X900 users convert HC-X900 AVCHD to AIC .mov for iMovie/FCP to edit.

In addition, if you have such a camcorder video tool, you can also solve the format incompatibility problems caused by other kinds of cameras like Sony NEX-FS700. For example, when you aim to transfer Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD to FCP or iMovie, you can use it to convert the AVCHD footages, especially converting Sony NEX-FS700 AVCHD to iMovie/FCP.
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An Introduction to the New Web Standard: HTML5

What is HTML5?

HTML5 is a markup language for structuring and presenting content for the World Wide Web and a core technology of the Internet. It is the fifth revision of the HTML standard (created in 1990 and standardized as HTML 4 as of 1997) and, as of December 2012, is a W3C Candidate Recommendation. Its core aims have been to improve the language with support for the latest multimedia while keeping it easily readable by humans and consistently understood by computers and devices (web browsers, parsers, etc.). HTML5 is intended to subsume not only HTML 4, but XHTML 1 and DOM Level 2 HTML as well.

HTML5 - New Features

Some of the most interesting new features in HTML5:

The <canvas> element for 2D drawing

The <video> and <audio> elements for media playback

Support for local storage

New content-specific elements, like <article>, <footer>, <header>, <nav>, <section>

New form controls, like calendar, date, time, email, url, search

Browser Support for HTML5

How to Convert SWF to HTML5

When you get a flash video that is encoded with .swf format, and you want to transform it into HTML5 file, then you should choose the HTML5 Video Converter specially-made for SWF videos to convert SWF to HTML5. Recommended program: Doremisoft SWF Converter (SWF Converter for Mac).

It is king of powerful yet easy-to-use program that can help users convert all flash to HTML5 format easily, supporting both Mac and Windows including Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 8.

After the conversion, the converted videos will be perfectly loaded on all HTML5 pages supported by IE, Chrome, Safari and more browsers. What’s more, if you need to conduct other kinds of video conversions, like converting MKV to AVI, or WMV to MP4, you can also ask Doremisoft for help.

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How to Create a Slideshow with iPhoto’11 and Burn to DVD

How to Create a Slideshow with iPhoto’11

1. Select the photos (or an Event, a Faces or Places group, an album, or a project such as a book, card, or calendar) you want in your slideshow.
You can always change the photos in the slideshow later.
2. If you’re in full-screen view, exit it by moving your pointer to the top of the screen and clicking the Full Screen button that appears in the top-right corner.
3. Do one of the following:
 Click the Create button in the toolbar and choose Slideshow from the pop-up menu.
 Choose File > New > Slideshow.
The new slideshow appears in the Source list, below Slideshows.
4. Type a name for your slideshow.
5. To reorder photos, drag photos in the photo browser at the top of the window.
To display photos in random order, see Change slideshow settings.
6. To choose a theme, click the Themes button in the toolbar.
To see a preview of each option, move your pointer over the thumbnail.

How to Export iPhoto Slideshow to DVD on Mac

iPhoto is a great application for people to create picture slideshows with transitions, music. After making a saved slideshow, many friends would like to burn the exact slideshow to a DVD so it can be played automatically and smoothly when inserted to a DVD drive or home DVD player. But always there are problems when they burn iPhoto slideshow to DVD The problem can be summarized as:

1. Fail to sync all contents to DVD, like no music or no iPhoto transitions.
2. "Out of sync" problem.
3. Export to iMovie then to iDVD with very large size.
4. Have burned successfully but can't be played on normal DVD player.

Well, to burn iPhoto slideshow to DVD, you should note that two things are must to do:

1) Export iPhoto slideshow in a right format

a. Go to "The File"-> "Export"-> Sideshow menu option, and then click "Export".
b. In the Export Save As dialog box, click Custom Export and choose "Movie to QuickTime Movie" or "Movie to MPEG-4", depending on which format you want.
c. Click Options to set QuickTime video and sound options, such as compression settings and filters, and then click OK.
d. Type a name for the QuickTime movie and choose where to save it on your hard disk, and then click the Save button.

2) Use a third-party Lion DVD Burner to help

To generate the best DVD from iPhoto slideshow, you should use a professional DVD Burner for Mac to help. A cool DVD tool like the Doremisoft Mac DVD Creator can help users easily burn iPhoto slideshow to DVD losslessly with high efficiency as well as customize the DVD disk Background, Menu Title (DVD Name), Button Style and more.

Following the steps above, you can then enjoy the slideshow on DVD players. Have fun!