July 5, 2011 8:31 am / Posted by Jack Fisher to iMovie Tips
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How to convert videos to iMovie '08/'09/'11 on Mac with iMovie Converter for mac easily?

iOrgsoft iMovie Converter for mac is specially designed for iMovie lovers to convert all popular video files like WMV, AVI, MPG, MP4, FLV, SWF, RM, RMVB, HD videos etc to DV, MPEG-4, MOV formats that iMovie supports on mac, and it can also supports export iMovie videos to other video files that compatible with multimedia devices and popular websites such as iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, iRiver, Creative Zen, Nexus one, Kin, mobile phones, YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, Hulu, etc on Mac OS X.

Mac iMovie Converter allows you to work on your videos with total freedom on iMovie: you’ll be able to convert AVI to iMovie, MPG to iMovie, MP4 to iMovie,VOB to iMovie, The powerful programme supports all iMovie versions as follows: iMovie 4, iMovie HD 5, iMovie HD 6, iMovie '08 and iMovie '09, iMovie '11 and its easy-to-use and user-friendly interface will look familiar to anyone who has ever edited video, makes iMovie Converter for mac an excellent choice.

iMovie Converter for mac doesn't only allow you to export iMovie video like export iMovie to AVI, export iMovie to MPG,export iMovie to MP4, etc, its another big additions/improvement is the ability to do some editing by cobbling some clips, Apply effec like adjusting contrast, color and brightness and merging into one video file,Snapshot, Rotate on Mac.

The best iMovie to the Instagram converter that we recommend for Windows and Mac is Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate).

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Key Features:

1. What you can do with this iMovie video converter for Mac: 1. Video to iMovie files. The program converts anything including 4K UHD videos, SD and HD videos 3GP, MKV, WMV, FLV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WebM, MOD, TOD, etc.,) to the native iMovie format on Mac OS X for eventually editing in iMovie.
2. Bigasoft iMovie Converter for Mac is a Graphic Apps::Multimedia software developed by Bigasoft.com.After our trial and test, the software was found to be official, secure and free. Here is the official description for Bigasoft iMovie Converter for Mac: Bigasoft iMovie Converter, a professional iMovie video converter, is especially designed to convert all kinds of movies including AVI, MTS, MKV.
3. Bigasoft iMovie Converter has been exclusively designed for Mac computers. It has a simple and intuitive interface that's accessible to any type of user. The application offers some editing options you can use before the conversion, such as cropping, taking screenshots, including a watermark, and even adding some special effects.

Convert video to iMovie on Mac
Easily convert almost popular formats like WMV, AVI, MPG, MP4, FLV, SWF, RM, RMVB, HD videos etc to DV, MPEG-4, MOV that iMovie supports on Mac os x.

Extract audio from any videos
Profession extract audio from all video files and save as aac, ac3, amr, m4a, mp3, mp2, ra, wma, aiff, flac etc on Mac.

Export iMovie video to other video files
Quickly export iMovie video to other popular videos like WMV, AVI, MPG, MP4, FLV, SWF, RM, RMVB videos etc

Put any videos to various devices
Perfect transfer videos to iPad, iPad2, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, iRiver, Zune, Palm, cell phone on mac os x.

Profesion edit videos on Mac
Allows us to edit video: Clip(set start and end time), Crop(set aspect ratio 16:9/4:3 etc), Merge(join several files into one), Apply effect(adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation etc), set output parameter(adjust resolution, Frame Rate, Encoder and Bitrate ), Snapshot, Rotate on Mac.

Take Snapshot
With this powerful programme,it can help you capture your favorite pictures when you preview, then the image can be saved automatically.

How to convert videos to iMovie '08/'09/'11 on Mac by using iMovie Converter for mac easily?

1. Download iMovie Converter for Mac, install and launch it. The main interface is following:

Imovie Converter For Mac

2. Select Video Converter for mac, Then do as following steps:

a. Click 'Add File' to load videos.
b. Open Profile drop down list and choose an output format. you can choose DV, MPEG-4, MOV that iMovie supports on mac.

c. Click 'Destination' and choose an output folder.

d. Click 'Convert' button to start the converting.

How do I import movie files that are .wmv format from a hard disk into iMovie, it will not let me import these files or drag & drop then into the program. Is there a simple way or any video to iMovie converter handles this?

Apple iMovie is a stunning video editing application available for the Mac and iOS. It includes most of the video editing tools that basic and intermediate users will need, such as themes, special effects, audio editing and titles. While iMovie natively supports H.264, MPEG-4, DV, HDV, AVCHD (and AVCHD Lite), Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC), Apple Animation Codec, Motion JPEG and iFrame as input, it's still a possible you come across incompatible issues when you're trying to import other videos like WMV, MPEG, FLV, AVI into iMovie. In that case, you will have to convert the files to a manageable format that iMovie accepts on Mac.

Although there are dozens of video converter options out there for converting videos to iMovie format on a Mac, we prefer iMovie Video Converter for Mac offering given its level of simplicity. It's capable of converting all kinds of your video files into iMovie supported files without a hitch, such as AVI to iMovie, WMV to iMovie, FLV to iMovie, etc. It also comes with ready-made presets if you want to convert videos for playing on a device of your choice. In addition, this iMovie converter gives you ability to convert videos exported from iMovie to any other file formats you want in a fast manner.

for Windows | for MacOS

Note: if you're on a Windows machine and want to convert your videos to an iMovie natively-supported format, you can refer to the PC version of the program, so that you then directly copy the new files into your Mac and edit in iMovie.

What you can do with this iMovie video converter for Mac:

1. Video to iMovie files. The program converts anything including 4K UHD videos, SD and HD videos 3GP, MKV, WMV, FLV, AVI, MPG, VOB, WebM, MOD, TOD, etc.,) to the native iMovie format on Mac OS X for eventually editing in iMovie.

2. iMovie videos to other formats. You can also convert an iMovie project file to a popular video format you like with this iMovie video converter. There has a ton of conversions for video. Please note that the iMovie project file isn't a real video, you'll have to first export the project from iMovie and save as a QuickTime .mov file or .mp4 file before attempting to convert it other formats like WMV, AVI, WebM, FLV and more.

3. Extract audio and screenshots from Video. The program features audio ripping function that lets you extract audio track from any type of formats, including iMovie video files, to save in MP3, WMA, M4A, MKA, OGG, MPA, AC3, AAC, etc.

4. Device-targeted presets. If you happen to want to convert your (iMovie) videos for watching on a device, this iMovie converter for Mac is just the tool go with. Apple iOS and Android devices are covered, along with the Game consoles, streaming media players, social networks.

Using Imovie On Mac

5. Compress file to a smaller size. The iMovie converter also offers a group of optimization and interactive features behind the interface, letting you compress your big file to a smaller size with minimal sacrifice on quality, or something like 1080p to 720p, 4K to 1080p, 60 fps to 29.97 fps, 50 fps to 25 fps.

6. Merge multiple files into one. Before importing the video clips to iMovie you may wish to combine several clips into a big one. This iMovie converter for Mac understand it and gives you 'Merge into one file' option in the main interface, all you need to do is check the option, and let it go.

7. Edit the video. One very useful feature of the application is that it allows you to edit the video with a few filters like 'Trim', 'Crop', 'Enhance', 'Effect', 'Watermark', '3D'.

The following are the steps to convert videos to iMovie video formats on Mac OS X, the Windows process is actually the same as that in Mac:

1) Click the 'Add File' button on the top menu bar, in opened dialog select source files you want to convert to iMovie format, and press 'Open'.

2) Next, select the output options. In 'Profile' drop-down menu located at the lower side of program window pick an iMovie readable format, such as M4V, MP4, MOV.

If you want to convert your video, including videos exported from iMovie for playback on a device like iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, PS4, it makes sense to convert the video directly to that device by selecting a preset profile from list at the left side of panel, so that you do not need to tweak the output parameters according to your device's specs separately later.

3) Once everything sets up, press the blue 'Convert' button on the bottom to begin converting the video to iMovie format (or any other digital formats) in Mac.

iMovie video to DVD Converter

Sometimes, you may want to burn videos exported from iMovie onto a DVD for playback on a DVD player with big screen TV, at such, you can take a close look at this cross-platform program: DVD Creator for Windows, and DVD Creator for Mac, and download the correct copy according to your computer.

Here are the full instructions for burning iMovie project to DVD on Mac with the tool.

for Windows | for MacOS

DVD to iMovie Converter

On the contrary, if you have a large collection of DVD movies at shelf, you can choose to rip those DVDs to iMovie video so that you can keep your DVDs from scratching and damaged.

See at: DVD Ripper for Windows and its Mac version - DVD Ripper for Mac

for Windows | for MacOS