Import GoPro HD MP4 Videos to Adobe Premiere Pro CC7/CS6/CS5/CS4
“I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and I got some experience with it. I started with importing the video material(1280×720 60FPS) from my GoPro HD Hero2 Camera. While editing I obviously used the video preview window to see the result of my editing and the video quality was fine! Time to render. After the rendering process was done the video quality turned out really bad! I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong! “
“I have several hours of footage taken with a GoPro HD Hero3 at 720p 60fps (mp4) and am trying to create my first movie, but frustratingly they show up only as the sound but no vision when I import these MP4 files to Adobe Premier Pro CS6?”
Born from a passion to capture your love of sport from your perspective, the Gopro cameras like the hot GoPro HD HERO 4, GoPro HD HERO3+, Gopro HD Hero 3, Gopro HD Hero2, Gopro HD Hero are all the feat of engineering. Gopro records in MP4 files, using H.264 video (AVC) and AAC audio and has many different resolutions, which gives you the ability to capture and share life’s most passionate experiences.
As you know GoPro records MP4 videos, but it seems Adobe Premiere Pro(including the recent Premier Pro CC7) does not like the way. The file type is a compressed output format, but not ideal for editing in NLE system. To solve those problems, the quick workaround is to transcode MP4 files to Premiere Pro natively supported formats (MPG/WMV/MOV are highly recommended). Along with some help from third-party software, it can be done effortlessly. Here I share a simple guide on how to convert GoPro HD MP4 files for Adobe Premiere Pro editing smoothly. If you’re facing the issues, read on to find the answer.
First of all, download the app – UFUWare HD Video Converter for Mac

Overall, the program is the best Mac HD Video Converter for GoPro HD footage. With this Gopro video converter, you can effortlessly transcode Gopro MP4 to MPEG-2 or MOV, which will create an Adobe Premiere friendly file format keeping the Gopro orginal quality in OS X Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion and more. Besides Premiere, this software can also export professional encoders like DNxHD for Avid, ProRes for Final Cut Pro, AIC MOV for iMovie and more. For Windows users, UFUWare HD Video Converter is the alternative choice. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.
How to transcode GoPro MP4 files for Adobe Premiere Pro?
Step 1: Load Gopro Camera video files
Install and launch UFUWare HD Video Converter on your Mac and load source MP4 clips to it. You can import MP4 clips to the program through “Add Video” button or “Add from folder” button.

Step 2: Choose Premiere Pro preferred format
Click “Format” pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.

Tip – Profile Settings: In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click “Settings” button and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.
Step 3: Start converting GoPro MP4 to Premiere Pro friendly video format
Click “Convert” button to start transcoding Gopro HD MP4 video to MPG/MOV/WMV for importing to Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6. When the conversion task is finished, click “Open” button to get the exported files.
Step 4: Import converted MP4 files into Premiere Pro
You’re now ready to get the result files into Adobe Premiere Pro to do further editing. Launch Premiere Pro on your Mac, choose “File > Import to import any file. If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, press Command+I to open the standard Import dialog.

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