How to edit AG-HMC150 video in Premiere CS5/CS6?

The AG-HMC150 handheld is Panasonic’s exciting new introduction to the AVCCAM series. Representing a major step forward in affordable HD video capture, the HMC150 utilizes highly efficient AVCHD recording, the industry’s new long GOP standard based on MPEG-4, to provide stunning image quality and longer record time.

I use my new Panasonic AG-HMC150 to shoot kids videos in an AVCHD model, and would like to upload the AVCHD  files to Mac, and  edit it in Premiere  CS5. However, Premiere does not recognize the AG-HMC150 AVCHD video footage.

Panasonic AG-HMC150 is a sign that the AVCHD format has matured from a cumbersome consumer format to a nimble HD choice for event videographers and burgeoning pros. While, the importing issues always occurred between AVCHD and Premiere Pro, since AVCHD is not the friendly format for Premiere Pro. Though, you may found the Log & Transfer can do the AG-HMC150 AVCHD to  MPEG-2 conversion work for you; most users are not pleased with the MPEG-2 codec, which means loss of quality, let alone sometimes it cannot successfully ingest the AVCHD .mts videos. Well, get this Panasonic AVCHD Video Converter, which is the best solution key for you.

This Acrok HD Video Converter is a professional video convert tool for Mac/Windows users to transcode AG-HMC150 AVCHD for Premiere so that you can do editing with least quality loss. Another thing you should pay attention to is that Panasonic AG-HMC150 shoots 1080/60i videos, you need to deinterlace them in case they will look horrible some computers. This program can help you to solve the problem indeed.

Tutorial on converting Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCHD to Premiere CS5/CS6

Step 1. Connect your Panasonic AG-HMC150 to your Apple with USB2.0. Launch the Panasonic AVCHD Vdieo Converter, then click the adding button to import your AG-HMC150 video files.

Step 2. Click the Format bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get the MPEG-2 (*.mpg) under Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas.

Step 3. Press the “Settings” icon and you’d better set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 for editing Panasonic AG-HMC150 footages in Premiere CS5/CS6 with best quality.

Step 4. Hit the Convert button in the main interface to start the AG-HMC150 AVCHD to MPG conversion.

After converting and deinterlacing the Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCHD files, you can import Panasonic AG-HMC150 footages to Premiere CS5/CS6 for editing without any trouble.

Tip: If you are Mac user, you may like editing Panasonic AG-HMC150 AVCHD video in Final Cut Pro, this video converter can help you transcode AG-HMC150 AVCHD to FCP best video codec-ProRes. Let you edit AG-HMC150 video in FCP X, FCP 7 and FCP 6 freely.