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

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Installing GoPro Studio

04 - Where to get the software
05 - System requirements
06 - Installing the application

2. Choosing an Edit Drive

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

3. Understanding the GoPro Studio Workflow

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

4. Importing and Converting Footage

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

5. Advanced Conversions

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

6. Choosing a Destination for Conversions

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

7. Working with Time-Lapse Sequences

25 - Importing timelapse files
26 - Previewing timelapse sequences in the player window
27 - Trimming and rotating timelapse sequences
28 - Choosing conversion settings for timelapse sequences

8. The Path to Editing

29 - Importing footage into Adobe Premiere Pro
30 - Importing footage into Final Cut Pro X
31 - Importing footage into iMovie
32 - Importing footage into Premiere Elements
33 - Installing the Cineform codec on other machines

9. Editing with GoPro Studio

34 - Previewing clips in the player window
35 - Using a Storyboard to combine multiple clips
36 - Trimming and splitting clips
37 - Changing clip speed
38 - Adding transitions
39 - Color correcting footage and keyframing
40 - Applying effects and comparing with a split
41 - Adjusting framing
42 - Adding music and other audio
43 - Adding titles
44 - Adjusting global playback settings

10. Using GoPro Edit Templates

45 - Exporting a movie
46 - Exporting still images
47 - Saving your project

11. Exporting Your Project

48 - Syncing media with GoPro Plus
49 - Editing on Quik - Desktop, part 1
50 - Editing on Quik - Desktop, part 2
51 - Editing on Quik - Mobile, part 1
52 - Editing on Quik - Mobile, part 2
53 - Editing on Quik

Conclusion

54 - Summary