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How to Import Shadowplay footage to After Effects for further Editing?

Ever do something amazing in a game and wish you could share the clip with the world (or at least Facebook)? Nvidia Shadowplay would be a great choice! It is a totally free game recording tool that is included in NVIDIA's GeForce Experience utility and is accessible by anyone with an NVIDIA GPU that is a GTX 650 or higher (they state "600 Series or higher"). It offers a relative smaller file size that its rivals Fraps, but features comparable footage quality. If you've recorded some videos using Shadowplay, chances are you want to edit the Shadowplay recording in Adobe After Effects before uploading to YouTube or posting on Facebook. When you try to do it, you might encounter similar problems like these:

"Hi, i'm trying to upload some gaming footage captured with nvidia's shadow play into after effects but when i import it , it only imports 3 minutes of footage out of 17. I can view the complete video with different media players ( VLC , quicktime , windows media etc ) though. is there something i should be doing ? i haven't had this problem before."

Actually Shadowplay recordings are unfriendly with many NLEs including After Effects due to some unknown reasons. But we all know Adobe After Effects prefers MPEG-2 codec, so for this case, if you really want to edit Shadowplay footages on After Effects smoothly and freely, a recommended suggestion is to convert Shadowplay footage to MPEG-2 video initially.

Read More: How to work with Shadowplay footage in Premiere Pro | Shadowplay footage in Sony Vegas

This article would show you how to convert and import Shadowplay footage to After Effects step by step with a professional Brorsoft Video Converter. Applying it, there's no need to set the codec by yourself: the program has an optimized preset for After Effects. Besides, this video conversion tool can also create files compatible with various non-linear editing systems like Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas and more. If you're a Mac user, you can turn to Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, which has the same function as the Windows version. Now just follow with me to finish this magic trick.

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How to convert Shadowplay file to After Effects supported video

1. Import Shadowplay video files

Click File > Add Video/Audio to add the Shadowplay video files you want to convert for After Effects. Or simply drag your videos to the left item bar for converting. Batch conversion is supported so you can add many files at a time to save the conversion time.

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2. Choose the output format

Click the format bar to choose output format from the dropdown list. For After Effects editing, Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) is one of the best compatible video formats for you to choose.

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Tip: Click Settings icon you can adjust video codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channels, etc. To bear least quality loss, you may set A/V parameters according to the source MP4 file.

3. Start conversion

When all the settings are done, click Convert to start the Shadowplay video to MPEG-2 conversion. Wait for the conversion to be done, you can import the converted Shadowplay footage to After Effects CC/CS6/CS5/CS4 for editing without any trouble.

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