How to transcode Nikon D800/D810/D800E video for editing on Mac with iMovie, FCP and Avid?

Summary: If you are looking for the best workaround to Nikon D800/D810/D800E H.264 videos work smoothly with iMovie, FCP and Avid. you will need to use third party converter software to transcode Nikon D800/D810/D800E footage to an intermediate code. This guide tells you how to do it in detail.

You can record 1080 60p/50p/30p/25p H.264/MPEG MOV with Nikon D810 and D800/D800E footage easily, However, you may encounter troubles while editing Nikon D800/D810/D800E footage on Mac NLEs, like iMovie, FCP and Avid. In such a case, we would recommend that you convert Nikon D800/D810/D800E to a format that is compatible with yout editing apps. For instance, you can transcode D800, D810, D800E video to AIC for iMovie, encode Nikon D800/D810/D800E movies to ProRes for FCP, and encode Nikon D800/D810/D800E footage to DNxHD for Avid, To do format conversion, third party converter program is required. considering the case of use and lossless quality. we would recommend HD Video Converter for Mac.

Here HD Video Converter for Mac is the best Nikon MOV Converter. With this powerful Nikon Camers to NLEs Converter, you can convert Nikon D800/D810/D800E 1080P MOV to any video format on Mac. Apple ProRes MOV, AIC MOV and DNxHD MOV are included. If you want to upload your Nikon D810 footage to YouTube for sharing. This Nikon Video Converter can help you do some work. Such as trim your Nikon D800/D810/D800E videos, add effect onto Nikon Camera footage, etc.

Free download HD Video Converter for Mac here.



Follow these steps:

Step 1. Install and run HD Video Converter for Mac as a Nikon Video Converter for Mac. When its main interface appears, click ‘Add Video’ to ‘Add from folder’ to import Nikon D800/D810/D800E H.264 MOV media.



Step 2. Select output format for iMovie, FCE, FCP and Avid

1. Convert Nikon MOV footage footage to ProRes for FCP 6/7 and FCP X
Click on the “Format” bar and choose “Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422″ or “Apple ProRes 422 HQ” or “Apple ProRes 4444″ as the output format.

2. Transcode Nikon MOV footage to DNxHD for Avid
Click on the “Format” bar and choose “Avid DNxHD (*.mov) as output format from “Avid Media Composer” catalogue.

3. Convert Nikon MOV footage to AIC for iMovie and FCE
Click on the “Format” bar and choose “Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) as output format from “iMovie and Final Cut Express” catalogue.

Step 3. Click “Settings” button to adjust output profile settings, Here your can adjust bitrates, encode, frame rate, resolution, aspect ratio, sample rate, channels etc.



Step 4. Click the big “Convert” button to start encoding Nikon D800/D810/D800E footage for using smoothly within iMovie, FCP and Avid. After a few minutes, the process will be done and you can hit “Open” button to get the generated files for post production in NlEs.

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