Technical requirements
In this chapter, we’ll be using an app that isn’t compatible with mobile devices, so you will need a Mac to follow the steps. ProRes exports, which we’ll be looking at further in the What is ProRes? section of this chapter, are is only available on the macOS version of iMovie.
This is also the first chapter in which we’ll be downloading something outside of the App Store: Handbrake. Handbrake is a free, open source app that allows you to customize video outputs, and we’ll be using it to convert our videos into different formats ready for exporting. It can be found on Handbrake’s website at https://handbrake.fr/, or on GitHub at https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake.
The version of Handbrake used in this chapter is 1.6.0. Older versions are available on Handbrake’s website, and you need at least version 1.4 to take advantage of speed improvements for Macs with Apple Silicon chips (M1, M2, and so on). If a...
