How to Import GoPro Hero3 to iMovie for Editing Smoothly

November 19, 2013 6:31 pm / Posted by Taylor Scorpio to Cameras/Camcorders

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For many photographers, especially the ones who love outdoor activities and recording every interesting moment with camcorders, GoPro Hero3 is definitely an ideal choice. It is hard to image that such an tiny and light gadget is able to capture videos at ultra-high-resolution of 1080p or even up to 4K.

Almost every camcorder comes with certain problem, this is also true to the GoPro Hero3. It's not hard to figure out what troubles users the most. Yes, the footage editing! The truth is that, there are lots of users having no idea of how to edit GoPro Hero3 footages in editing applications like iMovie 11. To tell you what, it is impossible for us to edit GoPro Hero3 file in iMovie directly because of the format incompatibility. In this case, the conversion between GoPro Hero3 to iMovie must be conducted by a third-party GoPro Hero3 to iMovie Converter.

There is a free converter in GoPro's support website, claiming to be able to transcode GoPro Hero3 files to iMovie, however, as some users feedback "there is no option for choosing the output file format, only the resolution (1920x1080) and the frame rate (59.94p), neither of which I changed." In this regard, Doremisoft Video Converter for Mac will be the ideal program to help you. It does well in converting GoPro Hero3 footages to iMovie acceptable format, say ProRes MOV with ZERO original quality loss.

A detailed guideline is specially offered to tell you how to import GoPro Hero3 to iMovie for extension editing with the assistance of the smart converter.

Download Mac GoPro Hero3 to iMovie Converter, set up and run it. After entering its interface, drag and drop GoPro Hero3 footages directly into the program. Or, you can try this way: click the "Add Files" menu bar, browse to where you keep the footages and then load them into the converter. They will be displayed one by one in the interface.

In order to edit GoPro Hero3 file in iMovie smoothly, the key point is to choose the proper output format from the format list. Actually, it's quite easy: click the "Profile"-"iMovie"-"iMovie ProRes (*.mov)" and the output format is set automatically. In fact, this program can not only help you to import GoPro Hero3 to iMovie, it can transfer the footages to any other software(Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, etc) or devices(iPhone, iPad, HTC, Galaxy, etc) as you like.

Now, you will succeed with one more click. Simply press the "Start" button in the lower right corner of the interface. The program will start the conversion without any delay. During the process, you can view it in real-time, besides, you can pause or even stop the process at any time if needed. After a little while, you will get the converted file with amazing quality. Afterwards, you can edit GoPro Hero3 file in iMovie without any problems.