How to import and convert Canon EOS 60D HD MOV files on iMac/MacBook Pro

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Canon’s X0D series has, throughout its life been the company’s offering for a range of photographers from enthusiasts and semi-pros through to some pros who appreciated having a lightweight option. Each model offered a high enough specification (usually in terms of build quality and AF sophistication) to ensure it was both aspirational and attainable for users who had out-grown their Rebel/XX0D series. However, the feature set always left a sizeable gap below the company’s full-blown ‘pro’ models.Designed for the evolving, tech-savvy user, the EOS 60D features HD Video capture technologies – manual exposure control for more creative control, for example – borrowed directly from professional Canon DSLRs to capture stellar video with all the benefits of shooting with a DSLR. By shooting video with the EOS 60D, photographers as well as filmmakers can take advantage of the creative features native to DSLR cameras. Along with its manual controls, the EOS 60D allows for full use of Canon EF and EF-S lenses, including Macro and Fisheye, providing a plethora of shooting options once reserved only for still photography. The resulting HD video is a standout in its beautiful depth-of-field characteristics and remarkable capture capability under poor lighting conditions. Additionally, a Movie Crop function is included: An SD-quality video (640 x 480) can be cropped to the equivalent of about 7x magnification of regular shooting.More Canon EOS 60D Features.

The Canon EOS 60D also captures Full HD 1080p H.264 MOV video at 30p (29.97 fps), 24p (23.976 fps) and 25p with an array of manual controls, including manual exposure during movie shooting and ISO speed selection. But this MOV video format came from EOS 60D is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format. So you will not playback or edit smoothly the highly compressed MOV on your Mac with QuickTime Player, iMovie, FCE, Final Cut Pro. You need to convert the 1080p HD MOV footage off your Canon 60D with Aunsoft Mac Canon EOS 60D MOV Converter for Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Canon EOS 60D MOV to a playable/compatible Mac MOV, Apple DV, DV AVI, etc on Mac for FCP, FCE, iMovie, QuickTime Player, iDVD, etc, but also supports other Canon EOS cameras like EOS 5D, EOS 550D, EOS 7D, etc.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and convert Canon EOS 60D HD MOV files on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Load Canon EOS 60D HD MOV videos to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.
After transferring .mov files from Canon EOS 60D camera, run Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as the best Mac Canon 60D to DV/AVI/MOV Converter, and click the “Add” button to load .mov videos.

Step 2. Choose MOV(AVC) (*.mov), Apple DV, DV AVI, etc output format for FCP/iMovie/FCE.
Click the “Format” option, and choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MOV (AVC)(*.mov) , or DV > Apple DV (*.dv) or DV AVI (*.avi) for converting the highly compressed Canon HD MOV to compatible Mac MOV, Apple DV, MPG, DV AVI, etc for loading to Final Cut Studio/Pro, iMovie etc. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition1920×1080.

Step3. Merge Canon EOS 60D 1080p H.264 MOV files. (Optional)
Tick the checkbox for “Merge into one file”, and the Canon EOS 60D 1080p H.264 MOV converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

Step4. Convert Canon EOS 60D 1080p H.264 MOV on Mac
Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Canon EOS MOV converter starts converting Canon MOV videos to DV, DV AVI, MOV, and joining the files for playing/editing on Mac.

After converting and merging the EOS 60D MOV files, just import the output files to Final Cut Studio/Pro, Final Cut Express (FCE) 4, iMovie 8/9 for editing still in HD, to Mac QuickTime Player for playing, to iDVD for burning with high quality.

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