How to convert 4K video to HDR on Mac
For full 4K and long clips, the MakeHDR Mac app uses your Mac's hardware encoder — fast, sustained and uncapped. Here's how to convert a 4K video to true HDR.
Free to try with a watermark.
This display isn't HDR — content shows at standard (SDR) brightness
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Get the Mac app
Get MakeHDR from the App Store on your Mac and sign in with your MakeHDR account — the same one you use on the web.
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Drop your 4K clip
Drag the SDR video in, pick PQ or HLG and your HDR strength. There's no resolution cap — it converts at the source's full 4K.
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Export and reveal
The app encodes with Apple VideoToolbox to a 10-bit HEVC MOV beside your source, then reveals it in Finder.
No AI and nothing uploaded: the HDR is computed on your device, from your own pixels.