"Hello! I am trying to comprehend the requirements of HD video editing. I would prefer to go with as low cost as possible, but I also don't want to leave out something I could have gotten now for a couple of hundred and shall be missing in a couple of years.I am debating between the smaller iMacs (latest model) - that much I have managed to narrow down. I know many would recommend the larger screen, but since I am used to 13" screen, 21,5" shall be a big leap already and I have decided it shall be enough (I can always get an extra screen, right?). However, performancewise I would love to get some advise from people that actually have done HD-editing." from mac-forums.com

HD camcorders and HD TV now is entering Full HD time, 1080p and 1080i Full HD recording is seen everywhere. Like the Nikon D300, Nikon Coolpix, Sanyo HD, Sanyo Xacti, Olympus, Canon Power-Shot, Sony Cyber-Shot, Sony Handycam HDC etc, a lot of HD camcorder users may be experiencing difficulties editing their HD video files, especially on if they are running Mac OS. Many HD camcorder files are encoded by AVCHD, which is not supported by many editing applications. Mac HD Video Converter is not only a great Mac converter for HD videos, but also an easy HD video editing software for Mac users. It can edit AVCHD, MKV, TOD, TS, TP, TRP, Flip HD MP4, AVI MPEG-Motion etc.

HD editing (editing AVCHD, editing TS/TP/TRP, editing HD MKV etc.) with this HD editor is easy. You just need to install Doremisoft Mac HD Video Converter and follow the steps below:

1. Crop HD videoYou will first see the Crop window, if you want to crop your HD video, just drag the crop frame to specify the area you want to crop. Or you can set the crop values on the lower part of the screen.

2. Edit HD video effectsClick on "Effect" tab on the lower left of the editing window, and you will see the options to let you edit video effects. You can set video brightness, contrast and saturation, and apply a special effect such as gray, old film or emboss.

3. Trim HD video lengthIf you want to trim the length of your HD video, click on Clip icon at the top of the main interface to open the Clip window. Then trim HD video length using one of the three methods as shown on the figure below:

If you want to edit your HD videos in iMovie, click here to see how to edit HD to iMovie.