Edit Panasonic Lumix GX8 AVCHD and MP4 in Premiere Pro

Having issues loading Panasonic Lumix GX8 AVCHD and MP4 footage to iMovie for further editing? Read this post to learn tricks for converting Lumix GX8 AVCHD/MP4 media to H.264 .mov format for use in Premiere Pro smoothly.


The Panasonic Lumix GX8 is the first dual Image Stabilisation CSC camera from Panasonic and features a new 20.3 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor with sensor-shift image stabilisation. 4K / UHD video options include: MP4: 3820x2160, 25p or 24p, 100Mbps, AAC. Full HD 1080p video options include AVCHD or MP4 compression, with the camera offering AVCHD: 50p, 28Mbps / 25p, 24Mbps / 24p, 24Mbps, MP4: 50p, 28Mbps, AAC / 25p, 20Mbps, AAC and there are lower resolution options including 720p (at 25p), and VGA (at 25p).

To help keep your Lumix GX8 workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro (CC, CS6, CS5) steady, we write this post to display a way of transcoding Lumix GX8 Full HD AVCHD/MP4 files to H.264 codec video for editing in Premeire Pro flawlessly.
Here’s what you need

Acrok HD Video Converter (Mac | Windows)

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How to rewrap Lumix GX8 MP4/AVCHD video to H.264 for Premiere Pro editing?

The steps:
Step 1: Open up Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac as a Lumix GX8 Video Converter. When its main interface comes up, click "Add File" to load your source media.


Step 2: Select output format for Premiere Pro
To convert Panasonic Lumix GX8 MP4/AVCHD for Premiere Pro, from "Format" list, choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas MOV (*.mov)" as output format under "Editing Software" column. This codec is also suitable for use in the discontinued Sony Vegas Pro 13, 12, 11, etc.



Important: If you've loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off "Apply to All" option before you start. If you are Final Cut Pro user, and want to edit Lumix GX8 4K MP4 in FCP X, you can transcode the 4K footage to FCP X best editing codec (Apple ProRes) on Mac or Windows.

Step 3: Custom video and audio settings (optional)
If necessary, you can click "Settings" button and go to "Profiles Settings" panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available.

Step 4: Begin Lumix GX8 AVCHD/MP4 video to H.264 MOV Conversion
When ready, click "Convert" to start format conversion. Once the conversion process is complete, you can click "Open" button to get the generated H.264 MOV files for editing in Premiere Pro (CC, CS6, CS5) with optimum performance.

Tips:
If you don't want to wait for the entire conversion process, you can tick off "Showdown computer when conversion completed" and go away to do other things.