How to Import video clips from Nikon D90/D7000 to iMovie for editing smoothly

How to Import video clips from Nikon D90/D7000 to iMovie for editing smoothly


In this guide, you will learn how to import and edit Nikon D90/D7000 recorded H.264 mov footages in iMovie smoothly on Mac by transcoding Nikon D90/D7000 videos to iMovie friendly format.

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Nikon cameras are very excellent in the market, as the biggest competitor to canon. Many of you may have one DSLR camera like Nikon 90, D7000. Both of them are wonderful to be taken to take photos and record HD videos when you travel or commute. As you see, the Nikon D800/D4/D3S supports h.264 mov recording up to 1080p. Sometimes, you may want to edit those h.264 mov footages in iMovie on Mac before sharing with others. But you may encounter some problems when you want to import Nikon D90/D7000 videos to iMovie for editing, like import it slowly, and couldn't edit videos smoothly.



So how to import and load video clips from Nikon D90/D7000 to iMovie for smoothly editing on Mac? As far as I know, the reason behind that is Full HD "MOV" movie files created by Nikon DSLRs use the H.264 codec for the video. Generally, mov is friendly for iMovie, however, H.264 is a delivery codec rather than editing codec. The best method to solve those problems is to transcode Nikon h.264 mov footages to iMovie native format, for instance, Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) codec. The following passage guides you how to convert D90/D7000 h.264 mov footages to AIC encoded MOV file for iMovie.

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Guide-Convert/Transfer Nikon D90/D7000 h.264 mov footages into iMovie for editing smoothly

Step 1. Free Download and run the Nikon D90/D7000 Video Converter for iMovie on your Mac and import D90/D7000 recordings to the program.

Step 2. Click format bar to choose the best output format, you are recommended to choose iMovie -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov).



Step 3. Click convert button to convert Nikon h.264 mov footages to AIC for iMovie under Mac OS X with this best Canon EOS Video Converter.

After conversion completes, you can easily import Nikon D90/D7000 h.264 mov files into iMovie for smoothly editing on Mac as you want.

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Nikon Video Converter for FCP 7-Import/convert Nikon MOV to FCP 7