Preparing GoPro Footage for Editing

Course details

After you've captured action shots in the field with your GoPro, you're ready to get your footage off of your camera and into your video editing software. In this course, Rich Harrington walks through how to transfer and organize your GoPro footage so you can edit and share it. He explains how to use built-in tools such as GoPro Studio. He shows how to trim away unwanted clips or parts of clips, transcode footage to formats optimized for video editing, use options—such as the GoPro CineForm codec—to ensure that your files are ready to edit in any popular editing tool, and more. Upon completing this course, you'll have the knowledge you need to prepare footage for major professional and consumer video editing applications.

Learning objectives
Installing GoPro Studio
Choosing and formatting an editing drive
Understanding the GoPro Studio workflow
Using GoPro Studio as a stand-alone application
Importing and converting footage
Creating a new project and importing source video files
Applying geometric corrections to clips and improving fish eye
Choosing a destination for conversions
Working with time-lapse sequences
The path to editing
Editing with GoPro Studio
Exporting a movie and still images
Exporting your project

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files

Installing GoPro Studio

Where to get the software
System requirements
Installing the application

Choosing an Edit Drive

Connection type and disk speed
Formatting the drive for editing
Setting up a common media folder

Understanding the GoPro Studio Workflow

Using GoPro Studio as a stand-alone application
Using GoPro Studio with third-party applications
Essential GoPro Studio preferences

Importing and Converting Footage

Mounting a memory card
Mounting a memory card with a card reader
Creating a new project and importing source video files
Previewing files in the player window
Trimming clips to remove unwanted portions

Advanced Conversions

Applying geometric corrections to clips and improving fish eye
Adjusting image size and aspect ratio
Changing frame rates
Setting conversion quality

Choosing a Destination for Conversions

Setting the target drive
Batch processing with a conversion list
Understanding the GoPro Cineform codec s active metadata

Working with Time-Lapse Sequences

Importing timelapse files
Previewing timelapse sequences in the player window
Trimming and rotating timelapse sequences
Choosing conversion settings for timelapse sequences

The Path to Editing

Importing footage into Adobe Premiere Pro
Importing footage into Final Cut Pro X
Importing footage into iMovie
Importing footage into Premiere Elements
Installing the Cineform codec on other machines

Editing with GoPro Studio

Previewing clips in the player window
Using a Storyboard to combine multiple clips
Trimming and splitting clips
Changing clip speed
Adding transitions
Color correcting footage and keyframing
Applying effects and comparing with a split
Adjusting framing
Adding music and other audio
Adding titles
Adjusting global playback settings

Using GoPro Edit Templates

Exporting a movie
Exporting still images
Saving your project

Exporting Your Project

Syncing media with GoPro Plus
Editing on Quik - Desktop, part 1
Editing on Quik - Desktop, part 2
Editing on Quik - Mobile, part 1
Editing on Quik - Mobile, part 2
Editing on Quik

Conclusion

Summary