Sony Vegas 7.0e, Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus, and Pinnacle Studio Plus 11 video editing software supports the AVCHD format. Despite Sony's partnership with Apple on some aspects of Final Cut Studio 2, their product lacks AVCHD support. Other developers have pledged their support but it may still take some time for the implementation. The recently released Canopus AVCHD Converter can convert AVCHD clips into a format which can be edited using Canopus' Edius 3/4. A related tool, Canopus ProCoder 2, can then perform an additional conversion that produces files which are usable by other video editing suites. Because of this limited availability of editors and converters (As of 2007), AVCHD offers limited practical utility to the advanced operator.
Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced, is a software suite which contains the AVCHD editor Nero Vision. Also included in this suite is Nero Showtime, which plays AVCHD files natively. Nero Vision can convert AVCHD files to other formats such as MPEG-2 or AVI and can import them for use in video editing projects. Nero Vision can also export Sony's M2TS format to MPEG-4 files that can be viewed by Quicktime 7. Edited video can also be burned to DVD discs in AVCHD format for playback on hardware players or in Blu-ray format.