Using HD footage in FCE

Hi all, I'm new to FCE and HD editing. I have a Panasonic TM300 HD camcorder. I have shot a video in 1920 x 1080 and am editing it. I have successfully transferred the video to my imac but the video appears jerky with motion even when I view the original transferred clip. I have heard that FCE does not support 1920 x 1080 but there is a setting for it in Easy Setup which I used. How do I solve the jerky motion? Do I need to record in 1440?

Hi(Bonjour)!
FCE support AVCHD 1920X1080 through Apple Intermediate Codec.
This camera shoot in AVCHD but what is the framerate?
Michel Boissonneault

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I do not have any experience with Final Cut, but if you have existing projects that you MUST access; then you are in need of a solution on your new iMac in Mountain Lion!
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2264
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After importing the footage into iMovie and then adding simple transitions and titles, the resultant part of the edited footage loses some of the quality of the original footage. This is not noticed when playing back on my computer screen but it is visible when viewed on my 50" plasma TV.
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Previous versions a joke.
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