With the rising popularity of camcorders, especially the [url=http://www.ifunia.com/avchd-column/choosing-between-sd-and-hd-camcorders.html]HD camcorders[/url], Apple has made greater efforts to ensure that videos shoot from camcorders can be easily imported into iMovie for editing; however, if you want to import some HD camcorder videos into iMovie, you will need a Mac with an Intel-based Core Duo processor or better. Even meeting this requirement, there is still difficulty in importing some of camcorder video format to iMovie especially the high definition format [url=http://www.ifunia.com/how-tos/play-full-hd-1080p-videos-on-kindle-fire.html]1080p[/url] recorded from AVCHD camcorders. '11, '09, '08?

As too many video formats exist from different camcorders, there must be problems when dealing with such videos. So in this tutorial, we will show how to [b]import HD camcorder videos to iMovie[/b] with [url=http://www.ifunia.com/video-converter-mac.html]iFunia Video Converter for Mac[/url] step by step.

[b]When HD camcorder video is compatible with iMovie[/b]

1. Connect HD camcorder to your Mac and it shows up as a drive on the desktop
2. Run [b]iMovie[/b], then import the camcorder video to iMovie by clicking File > Import > Movies.

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[b]When HD camcorder videos are not recognizable by iMovie[/b]

If the [url=http://www.ifunia.com/avchd-column/choosing-between-sd-and-hd-camcorders.html]camcorder[/url] video files grey out when you try to import them to iMovie, you need to convert them to iMovie compatible video formats. Of course, to do the video conversion, you need a professional app. Here the professional [url=http://www.ifunia.com/video-converter-mac.html]Video Converter for Mac[/url] is strongly recommended. With it, just in a few clicks you could successfully upload HD camcorder videos to iMovie.

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[b]Step 1. Import HD camcorder footage to Camcorder Video Converter[/b]

Copy HD camcorder footage to your computer, then click "[b]Add Files[/b]" button to import HD camcorder videos to iFunia Video Converter for Mac. Or you can also drag your HD camcorder video file directly to the main interface.

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