How do i transfer video from my canon power shot sd780 is to imovie? I have the included usb cable connected but I don't see anything in imovie. Thanks

<span> <span><img src="maggiena_8.jpg" /><br /></b></span>Canon PowerShot SD780 IS</b> may be the slimmest Digital ELPH Canon has ever created with dimensions 2.10" h x .70" w x 3.40" l, .26 pounds and 2.5 display size. It captivates the senses with bold saturated colors and a daringly original design that matches the intensity of Canon's most innovative camera technology.</span> <span><br /></span> <span><span> <p>Owning to its wonderful picture quality as well as high resolution, it becomes the first choice for many photographer lovers. One more reason that it turns out to be so popular is it supports various standard storage media like SD/SDHC, Multimedia Card, MMC Plus and HC MMC Plus memory cards</b>. images, Video and other multimedia file like songs can be saved there. Usually, keeping a backup of data like pictures and other multimedia files is recommended at the very beginning in case the data was lost by mistake in the process of using the camera. However, if you forgot to backup, you have to use a third party program to <a href="http://www.card-data-recovery.com/">retrieve Canon PowerShot SD780 IS data</a>.<br /> <p><br />Cases about losing data</b><br /> <ul> <li>1. When connect Canon PowerShot SD780 IS to your computer and being transferring vocation photos from SD card to computer, accidently your camera shut down due to low battery. After change the battery and restart camera again, you may encounter the error message "memory card error" that means the memory card is inaccessible.</li> <li>2. While reading data or writing data to SDHC card, "I/O device error" occurs and all photos and video miss.</li> <li>3. On the process of shot, message "memory card is full" pops up to you. However, after deleting some pictures, it shows the same result.</li> <li>4. Connect your SD card reader to computer, the window pops up with message "you have to format SD card before using it". After formatting SD card, all your pictures and video lose.</li></ul> <p>Resolution</b><br />If the above phenomena happen, don't panic, lost photos and video in Canon PowerShot SD780 IS are recoverable. First thing to do is stop using camera to shot for fear that the data was overwritten. For the first two cases, make sure the SDHC memory card is properly inserted. If it still can't be recognized, try to use a card reader to connect it to PC. Or else you have to format memory card and use effective photo recovery software to get back lost photos. For the last two cases, you should rely on <a href="http://www.card-data-recovery.com/">Canon PowerShot SD780 IS picture recovery</a> program. There are many effective Canon digital camera photo recovery program available in the internet, just choose the perfect one for your camera. <br /></b><br /><br /></span></span>

"Vixia HV30 HDV camera help! Mac and iMovie? I cant get my vixia HD30 HDV canon camera to import any video to my iMovie. ive set the video type to HD-1080i-30 but still nothing. any ideas on how to fix this?"
"I cannot get my mac to recognize my new Canon Vixia hf200 video camera. How do I get it to import my videos? I have a mac tiger, 10.4. My imovie is '07. The Canon is HD and connects through USB."

As Canon VIXIA HF series camcorders becoming more and more popular among people, you may have problem of uploading Canon VIXIA HF video to iMovie, or Mac. Because some of Canon VIXIA camcorders cannot be compatible with iMovie, iMovie' 08, iMovie' 09, such as Canon VIXIA HF200, VIXIA HV30, VIXIA HFS100, etc. Or even though Canon VIXIA camcorders can be compatible with iMovie or Mac, but sometimes video off Canon VIXIA series is not recognized by iMovie due to different aspect ratio or video codec.

If you cannot import Canon VIXIA video like Canon VIXIA HV30, VIXIA HF200, VIXIA HF S100, etc to iMovie for editing, you need a powerful Canon VIXIA to iMovie Converter to convert Canon VIXIA AVCHD video to MOV, MP4, DV for iMovie firstly, then you can import them to iMovie to share or edit.

Doremisoft Canon VIXIA to iMovie Converter is designed for Mac users to convert camcorder video like AVCHD MTS/M2TS to MOV, MP4, DV for iMovie and Mac. It also support converting video such as MOD, TOD, MKV, etc to Mac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Blackberry, iDVD , FCP, FCE, etc.

But how to transfer Canon VIXIA video to iMovie? Here, quick guide for you to follow to convert Canon AVCHD MTS, M2TS files to iMovie step by step:

Step1: Install and Launch Doremisoft AVCHD Converter for Mac

Step2: Import Canon VIXIA Video
Click "Add File" to input your Canon VIXIA AVCHD MTS files to Mac AVCHD Video Converter. You can upload several videos one time.

Step3: Set Output Video Format for iMovie
Click "Profile" to open the Profile drop-up list to select MOV, MP4 or DV as output video format for iMovie.

Step4: Convert Canon VIXIA Video to iMovie
Click "Start" button to convert Canon VIXIA AVCHD files to iMovie. After conversion finished, you can edit your converted Canon VIXIA videos with iMovie as you like.

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