Both of GoPro Hero5 Black and GoPro Hero5 Session have 4K video at 30 fps as their top-end mode. You can record 3840x2160 4K video with MP4 format by them easily for celebrating the special time and sharing with families and friends. After uploading YouTube, Instagram, Vimeo etc, many users like to edit GoPro Hero5 4K videos in NLEs like iMovie. But you may get a poor experience in editing GoPro Hero5 4K video in iMovie. No worry, here we show you how to import GoPro Hero5 4K video to iMovie on macOS Sierra without any problems.
To ensure successfully importing GoPro Hero5 4K to iMovie smoothly, what you need to do is to convert GoPro Hero5 4K video to iMovie friendly video formats. Why converting GoPro Hero5 4K video to iMovie? Because iMovie friendly editing format is Apple Intermediate Codec not MP4 video. So you’d better get a GoPro 4K video converter to convert GoPro Hero 5 4K video for iMovie for perfecting on Mac.
Best GoPro Hero5 4K to iMovie Converter for Mac
Here the award-winning Pavtube Video Converter for Mac cut the buck at this point, letting you convert GoPro Hero5 4K video to iMovie ompatible formats so as to import 4K to iMovie for Mac without any compatibility issue. Besides, it also can convert GoPro Hero5 4K to other NLEs like FCP X, iMovie, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Davinci resolve etc supported formats. You can also use it to convert GoPro Hero5 4K to some devices like iPhone, iPad, Samsung etc for easy playback at home or on the travel. It also allows you to convert GoPro Hero5 4K video to any formats you need.
Moreover, this 4K video converter also performs great as a 4K video compressor to compress 4K to 1080P/720P with even smaller file size if you wish. Yet a 4K video editor as well to reduce GoPro Hero5 4K video file size, cut GoPro Hero5 4K video files, crop black bar, add SRT subtitles, add watermarks and so on. That’s great.
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Free download this GoPro Hero5 4K to iMovie Video Converter for Mac
How to Convert GoPro Hero5 4K video to iMovie on macOS Sierra
Step 1: Add 4K Video Source
Click "Add" button on the top of the main interface to load original GoPro Hero5 Black or GoPro Hero5 Session 4K videos to the program. Or you can simply drag & drop the videos to the software.
Step 2: Set Output Video Format
Click the Format column to select output format "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as the best compatible video format for editing 4K in iMovie.
Tips: 4K Video Settings
Click "Settings" button if you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels. Usually 1080p is the optimal setting for using in iMovie. You can downscale GoPro Hero5 4K to 1080p.
Step 4: Start Conversion
After confirming everything is alright, click the "Convert" button on the bottom right to launch the conversion. Since 4K video file is usually very large, please be more patient for the conversion. Thereafter, import, play and edit the GoPro Hero5 Black or GoPro Hero5 Session 4K files in iMovie. Enjoy.
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