I’m a bit confused now, as to, does CS4 handle avchd or even with CS4 I would still require a converter, and if it does handle it, why does Neoscene mention CS4, not CS3?
1. CS4 can handle AVCHD fine as long as your CPU is a quad core 2.6 Ghz or better.
2. CS3 can handle Cineform as long as your hard drive throughput is adequate as the file size is 3X AVCHD.