Panasonic Lumix LX100 II is a compact 4K camera, it has used the new CMOS and it is able to shoot high resolution images. You can use this excellent camera to take photos as well as record high quality 4K videos, the recorded videos will be in MP4 format. If you want to make your recordings better, you may need to edit the footages with editing programs. What’s the best Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects workflow? In this article you will get the best 4K video converter software, which can transcode Panasonic Lumix LX100 II 4K videos to iMovie and After Effects native supported format for editing natively.
How to edit Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 in iMovie and After Effects?
“Can you help me to solve the Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects issue? I purchased a Lumix LX100 II camcorder which can record videos in 4K MP4 format, recently I am working on a project that needs to edit Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 with iMovie and After Effects, when I tried to load Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects, the two programs said this format is not supported, is there something wrong with my method?”
Powerful features of Lumix LX100 II:
17MP 4/3″ MOS Sensor
Leica DC Vario-Summilux f/1.7-2.8 Lens
4K Video and 4K Photo Capture
3″ LCD TFT Touchscreen & Electronic Viewfinder
Wireless Connectivity
As 4K videos are becoming popular, many cameras can record 4K videos, Lumix LX100 II is one of them. After you record 4K videos with cameras, many users choose to use iMovie and After Effects to edit their videos, in this case you may also have the need to import Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects for editing. There are many users have tried to load Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects for editing, but most of them have failed, they found that iMovie and After Effects can’t edit Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 well, and they want the best 4K to iMovie and After Effects workflow.
Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects Workflow
Why Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 can’t be edited smoothly by iMovie and After Effects? One reason is that 4K videos have higher requirements for editing programs, only the latest version of iMovie and After Effects may support 4K videos, if you are using the old versions you will failed to load 4K videos. Besides, even if the editing program supports 4K videos, it has higher requirements to your computer hardware, or you will not be able to edit the 4K footages smoothly. What’s more, Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 videos are in H.264 codec which is not natively supported by iMovie and After Effects directly. From iMovie and After Effects official page you will know the native supported codec and format, in this case, the best Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects workflow is to transcode Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to native supported format, and then you can edit Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 with iMovie and After Effects natively.
Convert 4K MP4 from Lumix LX100 II to iMovie and After Effects
To convert 4K MP4 videos, you will need to use powerful 4K video converter software. You can convert 4k videos on Mac or Windows according to your computer. To most users it is hard to find an excellent 4K MP4 video converter, in order to help you convert Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 videos easily, we recommend you to use Acrok Video Converter Ultimate (Windows Version | Mac Version), this is the best 4k video converter on the market, it can convert 4K MP4 from Lumix LX100 II to iMovie, or convert videos from Lumix LX100 II to After Effects.
This 4K MP4 video converter can convert all the 4K videos, 1080p full HD videos or HD videos to any video formats you need, this program also has rich optimized formats for editing software, such as AIC codec for iMovie, Apple ProRes codec for FCP X, MOV/MPEG for After Effects, and Premiere Pro CC, etc. with Acrok Video Converter Ultimate you don’t need to worry about 4K video conversion and quality.
Step 1. Download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate Windows version or Mac version, install Lumix LX100 II 4K MP4 to iMovie and After Effects converter on your computer, both Windows version and Mac version are available to use, you can use it to convert 4K videos from Lumix LX100 II to iMovie and After Effects.
Step 2. Run this Lumix LX100 II 4k video converter, you will see the main interface, click “Add Files” button to import the 4K videos that you want to convert, you can add batch files at one time, batch loading and converting is supported by this Lumix LX100 II MP4 video converter.
Step 3. Select iMovie and After Effects supported format for output. For iMovie, click format column and choose “iMovie -> Apple InterMediate Codec (*.mov)”, this format is native supported by iMovie; for After Effects, you can choose “Editing Software -> Adobe Premiere Pro”, this is native supported format for After Effects and Premiere Pro. If you want to convert your Lumix LX100 II videos to other formats, you can choose output format according to your need.
Step 4. Adjust output parameters in this 4k video converter. This Lumix LX100 II to iMovie and After Effects converter has easy-to-use customization feature, after you selected the output format, click “Settings” button to adjust the output parameters according to your need.
Step 5. Click convert button on the main interface of the MP4 video converter, start Lumix LX100 II to iMovie or Lumix LX100 II to After Effects conversion process.
Acrok Video Converter Ultimate will convert Lumix LX100 II 4K videos with top speed and quality, when the conversion is finished, you can import converted Lumix LX100 II videos into iMovie and After Effects for editing natively, and you will not have any importing and editing problems.
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