Process and edit your 4K videos faster on Mac

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With VideoProc, processing 4K video doesn't have to take forever.
Processing 4K video doesn't have to take forever.
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Macs are mighty machines, but if you work with video, you discover their limitations pretty quickly. And if you’re thinking a decked-out Mac Pro or other powerhouse computer might be the answer, you’re talking prices that rival down payments on a car or even a house. The best (and most affordable) answer might be to get better video processing software.

Video takes up intense computing resources, so squeezing every drop of processing capacity is key. One app that does just that is VideoProc by Digiarty. It’s a great choice for anyone editing and processing 4K videos recorded by iPhone or other devices on Mac. Even better, if you visit this iPhone 4K video editing guide right now, you will be entered into a giveaway for VideoProc as well as sweepstakes to win action cameras, an Amazon gift card and more.

Keeping up with 4K video

4K video is a new norm in visual content. But processing and editing 4K video or other high-definition content is slow and processor-intensive. Even powerful machines will overheat loudly as they struggle with the vast amounts of data involved in dealing with even a few seconds of giant 4K video files. Unless you’ve got studio-grade equipment and budgets, it can be tricky to find the right balance of power and price.

Licenses for Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro CC and other top-shelf Mac video editors can cost hundreds of dollars a month. What makes an app like VideoProc cool is that it offers powerful features, like the ability to process and edit 4K video with GPU acceleration, but in a way that’s easy enough for beginners — and affordable enough for almost anybody.

Professional video editors might feel comfortable in the complex environment of industry-standard video editors. But for the rest of us, it’s like sitting behind the controls of a 747.

Which sample rate should you use? What codecs are ideal for a given device or screen? What if you need to rotate or flip a video?

For the uninitiated, each step can require a deep dive into tutorials just to get started. Even once you’ve reached the point of pressing the “render” button, unless you know how to optimize, processing 4K video will be slow and laborious.

VideoProc: Video processing made easy

Editing video doesn’t need to be that hard. Take the example of rotating a video. With VideoProc, all you do is select the clip or clips you want to rotate, then click the “rotate” button. That’s it. This is a great way to fix videos accidentally shot in portrait mode, and it’ll work on footage from 4K cameras and other high-def sources.

The experience is similarly intuitive to editing photos in Instagram, with intuitive tools that work quickly. That’s because VideoProc makes use of level-3 GPU acceleration. If your machine packs a somewhat recent Intel QSV, Nvidia or AMD video card, you can speed up video processing to as high as 47 times real time. The software optimizes file sizes for target devices without compromising quality — just choose the device on which you want the content to be watched. From there, VideoProc handles the rest, so the playback is smooth and the resolution crisp. Even lower-end machines can process 4K video thanks to the app’s lower CPU usage.

VideoProc can handle basically any video you throw at it. So whether you’re looking at 4K videos at 60, 120 or 240 fps, big or high-frame-rate videos, even 3D and 360-degree VR videos, the same simplicity and speed apply. It’s easy to cut, trim, merge, resize, rotate and enhance your video no matter the source.

Plus, a toolbox for advanced users lets you perform deeper tweaks, including de-shake and de-noise for GoPro or drone footage. You can even record, edit and convert straight from streaming sites or your desktop and iOS screen.

That’s a lot of capacity for a video editing app that’s also free, at least to start. A lifetime license for VideoProc runs about $43 — far less than the cost of industry-standard alternatives.

If you’re dealing with large or complex video content, or just want a simpler video editor, VideoProc is a great tool.

Price: Free, with premium upgrade available

Download from: Get VideoProc and enter the giveaway

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