Downscale Panasonic GH4 4K to 1080p

Summary: A tutorial shows you how to downscale Panasonic GH4 4K to 1080p for easier playing and editing.

More and more professional 4K cameras come to us and one of the hottest is Panasonic GH4. The most stunning feature of the GH4 is that it can shoot 4K video(in .MP4, .MOV format), capturing either Quad HD (3840 x 2160) or ‘Cinema 4K’ (4096 x 2160). While, there are a few issues when viewing, loading and editing Panasonic GH4 4K in NLE like Adobe Premiere Pro, FCP, iMovie… A better solution to work Panasonic GH4 4K videos is to downscale Panasonic GH4 4K to 1080p. I would like to share some skills for you.

As I mentioned above, the GH4 records 4K videos in MP4, MOV format. Well, according to my testing, the 4K video was restricted to editing in editors. There's actually no way to edit a 4K project in FCP 7/iMovie/Avid natively. In this case, downscale 4K to 1080P is really necessary since 1080p would be the best settings. It will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing. And it also brings easier 4K playback if you want to view the 4K videos on your TV or other media devices.

Tutorial: Downsize Panasonic GH4 4K to 1080P video

First, download and install Brorsoft 4K Video Converter

It is surely in the support of compressing 4K UHD videos to 1080p faultlessly. Hence, you can downsize your 4K video to 1080p from Panasonic GH4 as easily as you can image. Plus, this 4K video converter enables you to transcode 4K videos to any format MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV, MPG, AVI, MKV... as you want. Thanks to the built-in video editor, you can trim, crop and retouch your videos in clicks. Overall, this program is a completely professional 4K HD video converter, player and editor. If you are running on Mac OS X, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is the alternative choice, which allows you to batch convert 4K clips to 1080p on Mac(Mavericks included) at high speed.

Step 1. Load Source 4K Video

Launch the 4K to 1080p Converter; click “Add” and load your 4K HD files. This program supports batch conversion, so you can add multiple files into it at a time.

Step 2. Decide output format

Click the "Format" drop down list to select a proper video format as you want. Since this video converter also provides optimal profiles for kinds of editing programs and media devices, you can also select a proper format that best meets your needs.

And by clicking Edit, you can trim, crop videos, adjust video effects, add watermarks, etc.

Step 3. Set Video Resolution at 1080p

Click “Settings” button; you can adjust video and audio settings, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To down-convert ultra HD 4K to 1080p, do remember adjusting video size to 1920*1080. That is the exact 108p.

4. Start Panasonic GH 4K to 1080p conversion

Hit “Convert” button to let the 4K HD to 1080p conversion begin.

When the conversion finished, check the generated 1080p video, you will certainly be satisfied with its final video quality. It would be easier for you to playback and edit your Panasonic GH4 4K clips. Enjoy.

Source:Downscale 4K to 1080P from Panasonic GH4 footage

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