Light Room video - .mov and .mp4 - saying Video not supported in Develop

[yearbookelevation]

Hello,

I have a drone movie I'd love to bring into Light Room. I have the .mov file and I converted it in media Encoder into .mp4. LR is saying: "Video not supported in Develop."

Can anyone tell me why a simple video can't be imported? in .mov or .mp4 format?

Thanks!

[Michael J. Hoffman · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Just to clarify: your video was indeed imported. This is different from being supported in the Develop module. Lightroom will not allow you to use the Develop module with any video; it isn't a video editor.

However, there are some workarounds in which you can apply some Develop settings to videos. See this link, for example:

http://lightroomkillertips.com/another-way-edit-video-clip-lightroom/

If if you need more than that, you'll need to consider using a video editing tool like Premiere or Premiere Elements.

Mike

[yearbookelevation]

Thank you Mike. I may be in the wrong spot or I may need to go to the Collection to edit. I've put the filtered effects on video before in LR then exported.

[Michael J. Hoffman]

You can add Develop presets from the Library module (some parameters may not apply with video). You just can't access videos in the Develop module.

MICHAEL J. HOFFMAN

[john beardsworth]

In Library, view the video in Loupe view and capture a frame as a JPEG. Edit the JPEG in Develop, and sync it to the video.

[yearbookelevation]

Yes, this link/tip worked!

Its strange. I don't think I ran into this the last time I put one of the video presets on a clip.

Thanks for everyone's input!