Simple Tutorial - Edit iTunes Movies in Adobe Premiere Pro

If you enjoy edit videos, Adobe Premiere Pro will be one of the best tools. It comes with a lot of editing features such as high-bit depth rendering, multiple sequences support and so on. In theory, you can turn any easily edit numerous formats of videos. However, you may not edit iTunes m4v movies in Adobe premiere pro as it is DRM protected. But please don’t panic. There is an alternative solution and I will show you how to do that in details, please just continue to read on.

Part 1. Best Guide to Edit iTunes DRM Movies in Adobe Premiere Pro

Video editing is a complicated job. To begin with, you need to have a Windows 7 or Mac 10.8 Computer with Dual-Core 2.0GHZ processor and 4G memory or above. A mobile phone or tablet simply won't work since they are not powerful enough. Second, you need to have the Adobe Premiere Pro on your computer. The trial version is valid for 30 days for free. If it is over 30 days, you have to buy a subscription license for the Adobe Premiere Pro. Finally, you need an iTunes DRM removal software too. You may think it is as easy as editing other common video formats you shoot in Adobe Premiere Pro, but it is not the case for iTunes M4V videos which are FairPlay DRM protected. By default, the DRM protection limits the iTunes videos from playing and editing in other devices or software except Apple's. Don't worry. You can simply install DRmare iTunes to Adobe Premiere Pro Converter which is the most advanced DRM removal tool for iTunes movies and TV shows. With this smart app, you can easily eliminate DRM protection and import the iTunes movies to Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.

Part 2. Quick Tips to Strip DRM from iTunes M4V Movies

After downloading and installing DRmare iTunes to Adobe Converter to your computer, you can simply follow the tutorial here and begin to remove DRM from the iTunes M4V videos in 3 basic steps:
Step 1Add iTunes M4V movies, episodes

Please make sure you have downloaded the iTunes purchases and rentals completely to your computer first, then you can drag the iTunes M4V video files from iTunes library to the software main screen. Else they may not be imported. Another way is to click the '+' icon from the bottom left to open a pop up window, you will see the movies or TV shows which are on the iTunes and you can select the ones you want by clicking the check boxes in front of the videos.
Step 2Select output format for Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional level video editing tool, it supports almost all the movie formats, so usually you can just need to keep default format MP4 to convert directly. In this way, the converting speed is the fastest and the quality will be 100% the same. If you have some specific requirements for your output video, you can click the small gear icon in front of the format icon to customize the bit rate, frame rate and you can also customize the subtitle and audio track.
Step 3Remove DRM from iTunes M4V

When you finish the settings, you can click the 'Convert' button, iTunes will start to play the videos in background and DRmare M4V Converter will remove DRM and convert your iTunes M4V videos quickly. Please wait a few minutes until it is done completely.

Part 3. Load iTunes Videos to Adobe Premiere Pro for Editing

Now it is time to import and edit iTunes videos on Adobe Premiere. Since there is no DRM protection any more. You can edit them free. Please just follow the steps:

1. Launch Adobe Premiere Pro. After double clicking, the software will prompt you to create a project and a sequence.
2. Import your media files. You can click ‘File’menu and then click ‘Import’to import your media files or you can import videos from the media browser on the project panel.
3. Start editing the iTunes videos. You can cut the video, add effects or editing you want.

It may take some time to learn the Adobe Premiere Pro software well. If you are new to this, you’d better search some detailed user manual of Adobe Premiere pro. If you have any questions, please leave your comments below.