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How to Import AVCHD to iMovie 11/iMovie 09/iMovie 08/iMovie HD

AVHCD is the HD standard for full-size consumer camcorders like Canon, Sony, Panasonic, JVC, etc. Using Mac, you may have known that iMovie claims to support most of the popular HD cam. But pratically speaking, importing AVCHD to iMovie might be tricky, due to the version of iMovie, your Mac processor (PowerPC- or older Intel-based Mac don't support AVCHD editing) , and the model of camcorder.

For a hassle free experience, you may need to convert your AVCHD cam files to iMovie friendly format like MOV with a professional AVCHD to iMovie Video Converter for Mac, which will maximally preserve the quality of your original AVCHD footage.

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Import AVCHD shoot to iMovie

Drag & drop M2TS/MTS files to the program. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Add Video/Audio files" to locate the M2TS/MTS files you want to add.  Since the AVCHD to iMovie Mac app supports batch conversion, you can add more than one AVCHD file for converting. In addition, you are allowed to combine your files into one by checking “Merge into One File”.

Import AVCHD shoot to iMovie

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Select "iMovie" from the output format list.

Select "iMovie" from the output format list

This smart AVCHD to iMovie converter will automatically set the format, resolution and frame rate for you, maintaining the video quality, and the output video can be imported to iMovie 11/iMovie 09/iMovie 08/iMovie HD.

Note: If you just want to import certain segment of the AVCHD shoot for editing, you can trim the clip before conversion.

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Start AVCHD to iMovie conversion

Hit "Convert" to start converting AVCHD files to iMovie compatible format. During conversion, you can let this AVCHD to iMovie Video Converter for Mac automatically run background and enjoy surfing on the Internet. When the conversion is done, just import your converted footage to iMovie and start your own masterpiece.

What's more

The Video Converter for Mac mentioned above is a professional video solution for converting video files to video in any popular format so that you can import your media file to your device like iPhone, iPad, Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry etc. It supports nearly all the popular portable devices in the market and popular editing tools on Mac, say, iMovie and Final Cut Pro. To simplify your video conversion, the Mac app supplies some optimized presets for devices and apps. Moreover, it provides some useful yet easy-to-handle edit functions. To learn the details, you can go to User Guide of Video Converter for Mac. The Mac app works on iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion etc.

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