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Convert/Play/Edit Nikon D3000 DSLR AVI Videos to FCE/FCP/iMovie/Avid on Mac
Topic Started: Jul 31 2011, 08:59 AM (114 Views)
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Nikon D3000 is a 10.2 megapixel DX format DSLR Nikon F-mount camera announced by Nikon on 30 July 2009. It replaces the D40 as Nikon's entry level DSLR. It features a 3.0-inch 230,000-dot resolution LCD monitor, CCD sensor with ISO 100–1600 (3200 with Boost) and 3D tracking Multi-CAM1000 11-point AF system which makes it quite similar to the Nikon D200 in these main parts. Initially priced with $599 MSRP, actual prices are much lower. The D3000 was superseded by the D3100 on August 19, 2010.

HD movie mode is the second major feature of the Nikon D3000, capturing 1,280 x 720 resolution movies at 24 frames per second. Called D-Movie clips, movie files are recorded in Motion JPEG AVI (Raw AVI) files. But this AVI video format came from Nikon D3000 is not a good playing/editing format. So you will not playback or edit smoothly the raw MJPEG AVI on your Mac with FCP/FCE/iMovie/Avid/Adobe Premiere Pro. You need to convert the 720p HD AVI footage off your Nikon D3000 with Mac Nikon D3000 AVI Converter for Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Nikon D3000 AVI to a playable/compatible Mac Motion JPEG AVI on Mac for FCP 6/7/X, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro but also supports other Nikon D3000 cameras.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and convert Nikon D3000 HD AVI files to FCP/FCE/iMovie/Avid/Adobe Premiere Pro on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Load Nikon D3000 HD AVI videos to Nikon AVI Converter for Mac.

After transferring .AVI files from Nikon D3000 camera, run Nikon Video Converter for Mac as the best Mac Nikon D3000 to Mac MOV Converter, and click the “Add” button to load .avi videos.

Step 2. Choose HD MOV output format for FCP/FCE/iMovie/Avid/Adobe Premiere Pro.

Click the “Profile” option, and choose HD Video ] HD MOV Video (*.mov) or iMovie > iMovie MOV (*.mov) for converting the highly compressed Nikon D3000 Raw AVI to compatible MOV for loading to Mac Editors. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition 1,280 x 720.

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Step3. Merge Nikon D3000 Raw Motion JPEG AVI files. (Optional)

Select the files in the filelist and click Merge, and the Nikon D3000 720p MJPEG AVI converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

Step4. Convert Nikon D3000 Motion JPEG AVI to Mac QuickTime MOV on Mac

Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Nikon D3000 AVI converter starts converting Nikon D3000 AVI videos to H.264 MOV, and joining the files for playing/editing on FCP/FCE/iMovie/Avid/Adobe Premiere Pro.

After converting and merging the Nikon D3000 AVI files, just import the output files to FCP/FCE/iMovie/Avid/Adobe Premiere Pro for editing still in HD on Mac.

If you are on a Windows computer with Windows XP/2003/Vista, Windows 7, Windows Home Server, and would like to put Nikon D3000 AVI videos to Windows Moive Maker,Adobe Premiere,Sony Vegas for editing, or to Window Media Player for Playing, just use the Windows Nikon D3000 video converter.




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