A method and an apparatus for authoring a machine learning-based immersive media are provided. The apparatus determines an immersive effect type of an original image of image contents to be converted into an immersive media by using an immersive effect classifier learned using an existing immersive media that the immersive effect is already added to an image, detects an immersive effect section of the original image based on the immersive effect type determination result, and generates metadata of the detected immersive effect section.