iMovie – AIC Converter-Import AVCHD/MTS to FCP/FCE/iMovie

How to Use iMovie to Edit Videos and Make a Home Movie?

Admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:44:34 +0000

This iMovie tutorial will teach you how to use iMovie (iMovie 08/09/11) to edit videos professionally so as to make an eye-catching home movie step by step.

Apple’s iMovie is welcomed by all Mac users for home movie making which allows people to edit video clips, add sound and voiceover tracks and share movies in various ways. And in this article, we will show you how to use iMovie to create a short film step by step.

How to Use iMovie to Make Movies?

First, from applications, launch iMovie. And from “File” at the main menu, select “New Project” to start a new iMovie project. If you want to create a movie trailer in iMovie, you can refer to how to create a movie trailer in iMovie.

Then a window will pop up as below. Type in the title name of your project and select a theme, then click “Create”.

In the File drop-down list, choose “Import” > “Import Movies” to browser the movies and videos in your computer and select the movies you want to edit to iMovie, then click “OK”.

Tips: Please make sure your videos are supported by iMovie, if the video shows grey, it means they are not compatible with iMovie. At this time, you should use a Media Magician for Mac to convert any videos to iMovie supported video formats first and then import the converted videos to iMovie. As for Blu-ray and DVD movies, you can use a Mac iMedia Converter to convert the Blu-ray or DVD to iMovie AIC MOV videos first and add the MOV videos to iMovie.

See Also: How to convert MTS video to iMovie supported video format?

The videos then will be displayed in the Event Library at the bottom of the screen. Double click on the video clips to mark it yellow to select the clip. Select and drag the video clip you want to make a movie to the project library.

And now you can edit your videos freely, such as add transition to iMovie, create picture in picture effect, speed up and slow down videos, etc.

After you finished your iMovie project, you can select the completed project and from the menu bar at the top, choose Share. You can share it in many ways, such as export iMovie to YouTube or burn iMovie to DVD. Just choose the one you want and follow the indication to finish iMovie project exporting.

Done! You have used iMovie to create a home movie, enjoy it!

What If You Need a iMovie for Windows?

If you don’t have Macbook but you really like the function and interface of iMovie or you don’t like iMovie, you just need some alternatives to run in your Mac or PC. Pavtube Media Magician will be your best choice, which can lossless trim, split, cut, rotate, flip, timeline editing without rendering and merge almost all kinds of input movies. It can operate in Mac or Win with high compatibility without any quality loss. Free trial version is available below.

iMovie related Tips, Guide

How to edit Canon PowerShot N footages on Mac (FCP, iMovie, FCE)?

Admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:52:23 +0000

Introduction

Canon has expanded its PowerShot line at CES 2013, with the 12.1-megapixel Canon PowerShot N unveiled as an ultra-compact snapper that features a new, unusually boxy design that is a combination of enjoyable and frustrating to use in equal measures.

Switching up conventional controls between an increasingly popular touchscreen and the rather unusual pairing of lens-mounted rings, one for zoom, one for the shutter, the Wi-Fi capable Canon PowerShot N is, on first impressions at least, a device that is designed for the Facebook ages, quick, quirky and extremely compact.

Key specifications

12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor
8x optical zoom lens
28mm to 224mm (35mm equivalent) zoom range
461k-dot, 2.8-inch tilting touchscreen
Wi-Fi connectivity
ISO 80 to 6,400
1080p full-HD video recording
174g

Full HD 1080p Video

A dedicated movie button makes it easy to switch directly to video mode. With one touch of the button you are able to capture video in Full HD 1080p video at 24 frames per second. Video is also available in lower resolutions and in miniature effect mode and Super Slow Motion mode. Short Movie “Digests” can be created at 1280 x 720 resolution.

How to Import Canon PowerShot N footages to Mac (FCP, iMovie, FCE)?

The Canon PowerShot N recorded videos are H.264 codec MOV format, which supports 1080p full HD recording, many people use Canon PowerShot N record vivid high-definition videos and images. The Canon PowerShot N recorded file format is H.264 MOV, this format is supported by many editing software, but it can’t be supported perfectly, take FCP, iMovie, FCE for example. Final Cut Pro supported best video format is Apple ProRes 422 Codec MOV format, and imovie/FCE best supported video format is AIC codec MOV format. You can edit video with these formats FCP, iMovie, FCE smoothly. So it’s great choice to change Canon Powershot N H.264 MOV to Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format, or to AIC codec MOV format, then you can edit video well on Mac. You can follow the steps below to convert Canon PowerShot N footages for FCP, iMovie, FCE.

Step 1. Download and install Pavtube Canon MOV Converter for Mac. It’s can convert videos between rich video formats, such as convert media from Canon PowerShot N to ProRes 422/AIC for FCP, iMovie, FCE.

Step 2. Drag and drop the Canon powershot N recorded H.264 MOV video to this Mac Canon MOV Converter.

Tip: If you have multiple MOV files, you can select the “Merge into one” box to join your MOV files into one single file.

Step 3. Click “Format” column to choose the best output format for editing in FCP, iMovie, FCE.

For FCP or FCP X users, choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)
For iMovie or FCE 4 users, choose “iMovie and Final Cut Express” > “Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)”

Step 4. Click the “Settings” button and customize proper video/ audio parameters if necessary. E.g. set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate (from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p). You may skip this step as well.

Step 5. Hit “3D” icon, set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc. You may skip this step as well.

Step 6. Convert Canon Powershot N H.264 MOV for editing on Mac.

Press “Convert” icon, let this smart Canon MOV Converter for Mac to help you convert Canon Powershot N H.264 MOV to ProRes 422 MOV for FCP (X) or encode Canon Powershot N H.264 MOV to AIC MOV for iMovie/FCE importing and editing! This Mac Canon MOV Converter is specifically designed for Mac users (including Mac Mountain Lion 10.8, Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard). The video and audio quality are best guaranteed.

When the conversion task ends up, click “Open” button to get the generated ProRes 422 or AIC codec MOV files for using in Final Cut Pro or iMovie/FCE.

PS. You can also follow these Mac Importing Tutorial to import converted Canon Powershot N H.264 MOV files to the Mac Editing Software.

More about Video Files Importing Ways, pls reference File Importing Page.

How to import video files or projects to iMovie 8/9/11 on Mac?

Admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:58:04 +0000

If you are unfamiliar with iMovie Media Files Importing, the sections below will help you import video files or projects to iMovie 8/9/11 on Mac.

iMovie is consumer-level digital video editing software for Macintosh. You can use iMovie to edit the footage you film with digital video cameras and HD video cameras. If you are unfamiliar with iMovie, the sections below will help you import video files or projects to iMovie 8/9/11 on Mac. Let’s take iMovie 11 as an example.

Creating a new Project in iMovie 11

To open a new project:

1. Open the Applications folder
2. Click on the iMovie icon

3. When the iMovie 11 screen appears, click New Project, or you can access other projects by clicking on them in theProject Library located by clicking the Project Library Tab in the top left corner of the iMovie window.

The New Project button is the button designated with a plus sign in the lower right hand corner of the Project Library window

4. Click on the Plus sign button to create a new movie project.

5. You will name your project and then select the Aspect Ratio for your project, either 4:3 fullscreen or 16:9 widescreen.

Note: fullscreen footage is shaped more like a square; widescreen footage is shaped more a like a rectangle (often with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen). You also have the option to select what type of project you will be working on. iMovie 11 now allows for the creation of Movie Trailers using specified templates which can be selected from the New Project menu. If you want to create a normal movie project you may select a Theme at this time as well. A frame rate drop down menu is also available to select different choices. For playback in the United States you should leave the default of 30 fps – NTSC selected. There also is a check box and drop down menu which will allow you to apply transitions to every clip within a project. By checking the Automatically Add: check box you may specify a transition using the drop down menu.

Importing Video Clips into iMovie 11

Before you can edit your footage you must import it into the computer. When you import video, iMovie stores it as an Event in the Event Library. This is the footage you use to create movie projects in iMovie.

This task describes how to import from a camera/camcorder that records to DVD, hard disk drive, or flash memory.

Import video from a camera/camcorder that records to DVD, hard disk drive, or flash memory

1. Locate the cable that came with your camera, or any other similar USB cable.

The cable should have at least one connector that plugs into your Mac and looks like the connector on the left (A, below). The other end of the USB cable, which plugs into your recording device, might look different (as shown in B, below).

2. Connect the camera to your computer with the cable.

3. Turn on your camera and set it to PC Connect mode (this mode may have a different name on your camera).

4. The first time you import from a device that records high-definition (HD) video, an HD Import Setting dialog appears. Even if you aren’t importing high-definition video now, select Large or Full, and then click OK.

5. If the Import window doesn’t open, choose “File” > “Import from Camera…”

The Import window displays all the video clips on the device. You can use the playback controls below the viewer to play the clips.

6. Select which video clips to import:

To import all clips, set the Automatic/Manual switch to Automatic, and then click Import All.

To import specific clips, set the Automatic/Manual switch to Manual. Deselect the clips you don’t want to import, and then click Import Checked.

7. Choose the disk where you want to store the video from the Save To pop-up menu.

8. Choose how you want to organize the imported video in your Event Library.

9. To have iMovie smooth the shaky portions of your video (a process called stabilization), or to have iMovie analyze your video for the presence of people, select “After import analyze for,” and then choose an option from the pop-up menu.

10. If you’re importing HD video, choose a size from the “Optimize video” pop-up menu.

11. Click OK.

It can take several minutes to more than an hour for iMovie to import the video, depending on how much video you have.

What to do if import error occurs?

People may encounter issues one or another when importing footage into iMovie from different cameras. For example, to import AVCHD footage correctly, iMovie requires the directory structure of the camera footage must be the same as when it was recorded to the camera/card. If you’ve copied your footage onto a hard drive or other storage media and only kept part of the file structure you’re going to be presented with a Nothing to Import error message like this one…

Or the .MTS files turned gray and did not allow selecting for importing to iMovie. In that case, you’d better transcode AVCHD to AIC for using with iMovie by using a Mac converter app, like Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac or PavtubeMedia Magician for Mac.

More than importing issues concerned with AVCHD MTS clips, you may also encounter problems when loading MXF footage into iMovie, or editing H.264 MOV footage with iMovie. This also requires you to rewrap these camera videos to a format that best suited for iMovie editing.

The articles below will help you use iMovie 8/9/11 to edit your camera video efficiently:

After format conversion finished, you are allowed to add the converted camera clips to your Event Library through “File” > “Import” > “Movies…”

Stream AIC MOV videos from iMovie to WD TV Media Plus Player in Full HD Best Quality

Admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:59:24 +0000

“I imported MTS files from camcorder to iMovie, which automatically transcodes them into Apple Intermediate Codec with a .mov wrapper. These files play fine on my Mac computer, but then when I streamed these AIC .mov videos to WD TV Media Plus, the device gave an error message saying unsupported format. I suppose the original MTS files work with the WD Media plus player but I have I deleted them. Anyone please recommend a video encoder that work with AIC (I plan to convert the AIC .mov to H.264 video)?”

You can have a try with Media Magician for Mac. I always use to encode and upload camera footage to YouTube, but there are H.264 video formats in output option. You should have no trouble converting the AIC files to H.264 MP4 files. The software exports AIC codec for iMovie so I suppose it imports AIC. By the way, AIC is not suitable for streaming – it’s an intermediate codec for further video editing processing – Best bet is to go with H.264 MP4, as it is better for media players, iPad, iPhone, etc and work just fine on a PC as well.

Free Trial Download Link:

How to convert AIC MOV from iMovie to H.264 MP4 (so that you can stream the video to WD TV Media Plus Player):

Step 1. Import iMovie MOV files to Media Magician for Mac.

Open up Media Magician for Mac, choose “Import Media Files” to browse and load MOV video files from computer.

Step 2. Drag and drop videos onto Timeline for editing/organizing. Here you can preview, trim, cut, delete, rearrange order, and merge videos. Also, if you like, it’s easy to set special effect to image and audio.

Step 3. Click the “Output” button on the top and switch it to output interface, where you set H.264 output.

Step 4. Convert AIC MOV to H.264 MP4 for WD TV Media plus player.

To choose an optimized format for WD plus media player for conversion:

1. Press on “Device” tab.

2. Pick up “HD Player“. The default format “WD TV Live Video (*.mp4)” is oriented for the WD TV Live plus streaming media player.

3. On the upper left of the interface, find and click the plus sign to add the output as a conversion task.

4. Then click on the triangle sign on it to start converting and joining AIC MOV from iMovie to H.264 MP4 for WD TV Media Plus Player.

Now take some coffee and leave it be. When you’re back, your film should be ready for streaming to WDTV Live Plus Player with best quality.

Read More: Remux MKV/M2TS with no Conversion for WD TV Live Plus HD video playback