Can you import avi files into imovie? No, you can not. iMovie can not support the .avi video format files. When you have a .avi video file, and you want to import .avi file to your iMoive, and then edit this .avi video file, you may find that , you can not import .avi into imovie successfully. In order to solve it, you should convert your .avi video file to other video formats which was supported by iMoive, just like .dv, .mp4, etc.

Apple's iMovie is a part of the iLife suite of software products that comes free with every Mac. The iLife apps are designed to enhance users digital lives by making playing and working with digital media easy for all mac users. iMovie is about video editing, it is very useful for every mac user. How to import .avi to iMovie and then edit our favorite video, you should need the Video Converte for Mac.

Video Converte for Mac is the best avi to imovie converter software. Just several clicks with the iMovie Mac video file converter, you can convert .avi and much more different formats videos to other formats just like MPEG, WMV, DivX, H.264/AVC, MKV, RM, MOV, XviD, 3GP, etc. and also to audio formats like MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, etc.

How to import your avi video files into apple imovie on mac os x with iMovie Mac Video Converter?

• Step 1: Add avi files
  Free download, install and run Mac Video Converter, then click "Add File" button to select your desired format that need to be converted from the "file type" list in the pop-up window.
  
  
• Step 2: Choose output format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)"
  Seletc the right profile that can be supported by iMovie, such as .mp4,etc.
  
  
• Step 3: Convert
  When you get ready to convert the added avi videos on Mac, Click the "Convert" button to start conversion.
  
  
• Step 4: Importing convertion video files to imovie
  Launch iMovie, go to "file > import movies". Select the converted MP4 video then click "import".