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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

How to Edit Canon 5D Mark IV 4K in iMovie Natively?

Canon's new 5D Mark IV succeeds the Mark III with more of everything. But most importantly, it records 4K video, something mirrorless cameras like Panasonic's GH4 have had for years and Sony's Alpha-series cameras now come standard with. However, when you import Full HD MOV videos from Canon 5D Mark IV to iMovie, you will find that the iMovie can not play it.

As we all know, MOV is said to be supported by iMovie, why iMovie doesn't accept Canon 5D Mark IV MOV files? Actually, the highly compressed H.264 MOV files from 5D MK 4 is good for editing in iMovie. To get iMovie working beautifully with 5D Mark IV video files, the best method is to transcode 5D Mark IV MOV to iMovie natively supports. The following guide will detail you how to convert 5D Mark IV MOV to iMovie friendly file type.

Canon 5D Mark IV Video recording Size and Format:

The quick workaround is to use the easy-to-use yet professional app called Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac. This program is good at encoding camera shootings in different formats (H.264 MOV, MTS/M2TS, MXF, XAVC, etc.) to video editing software compatible file types, i.e. AIC for iMoive, Prores for FCP, MOV/MPEG-2 for Adobe, and DNxHD for Avid Media Composer. Besides, it can convert and share 5D Mark IV 4K video to iPhone, iPad, HTC, Samsung, etc. with the best 4K converter. If you are Windows user, please turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate.

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Simple Steps to convert Canon 5D Mark IV 4K video for iMovie editing

Step 1: Click on "Add File" to import your files. Alternatively, you can directly drag and drop your 4K videos to the program for converting to iMovie.

Step 2: Select "iMovie" from the "Editor" as output format.

Step 3. Hit the "Start" button to convert your Canon 5D Mark IV 4K video file to iMovie. Please wait for a few minutes, and you will can edit the 4K video in iMovie 11/09/08. Besides, you can convert other formats to iMovie, such as MP4 to iMovie, MKV to iMovie, FLV to iMovie, etc.

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