GoPro Studio

 Table of Contents

Download and Install GoPro Studio! 3

Mac OS X (Requires OS 10.8 or later)! 3

Windows (Requires Windows 7, 8.X)! 4

Step 1 - View & Trim! 6

Import Content! 6

Trim Video Clips! 6

Convert! 7

Step 2 - Edit! 7

Workflow Options! 7

Creating Titles! 8

Using the Timeline! 9

Adding a Transition! 9

Adding Music! 10

Adjusting the Volume of Audio! 10

Create a Still Image from Video! 10

Slow Motion! 11

Adding Effects! 11

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 Using Effect Presets! 11

Using Keyframes! 12

Creating an Effects Preset! 12

Copying Effects from One Clip to Another! 12

Removing Effects! 13

Step 3 - Export! 14

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Download and Install GoPro Studio
Mac OS X (Requires OS 10.8 or later)
• Go to www.gopro.com.
• Hover over Products and choose Software & App.
• Click the GoPro Studio link at the bottom.
• Click Download Now.
• Choose your Operating System and enter your email address.
• Click the Download Now button. The download should start for you automatically.
• When the download is complete it should open a new Finder window for you with the installer
package. Note: If the Finder window did not open for you automatically locate the file in your
Downloads folder and double-click on it to extract the download.
• Open the GoPro Studio Installer by double clicking on the GoPro Studio.pkg file.

• Go through the GoProStudio Installer process, entering your password and confirming Agree
to the software license agreement as needed.

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 • Once the install is complete the GoProStudio Installer will close, and you can find the new
GoPro Studio application in a GoPro folder in Applications.

Windows (Requires Windows 7, 8.X)

• Go to www.gopro.com.
• Hover over Products and choose Software & App.
• Click the GoPro Studio link at the bottom.
• Click Download Now.
• Choose your Operating System and enter your email address.
• Click the Download Now button. The download should start for you automatically.
• Double click the .exe file to open it.

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 • Click Run to confirm that you want to run this file.

• Go through the GoPro Studio Installer process, accepting the terms of the license agreement,
and confirming install location as needed.
• Once the install is complete the GoPro Studio Installer will close, and you can find the new
GoPro Studio listed in your programs under the GoPro folder, as well as in your Start Menu.

• Note: On Windows 8, the GoPro Studio executable file is located inside of the Tools folder
rather than the GoPro Studio folder.

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Step 1 - View & Trim
Import Content
• Launch the GoPro Studio app.
• Plug in your GoPro using the USB cable and turn it on.
• In the Add to current project? window that pops up click New (or Add to add to existing
project).Your clips should appear in the IMPORT NEW FILES bin on the left. If not continue
to the next step.

• Click the IMPORT NEW FILES button on the left.

• Locate your GoPro camera and select the clips you want to import.
• Click Open. The clips will appear in the IMPORT NEW FILES bin.

NOTE: This step is a little misleading. After importing a file, either from your GoPro camera or from
your computer, it will appear in the IMPORT NEW FILES pane. However, it is only linked to that file
and has not been completely imported into the software. Meaning, if you remove the GoPro or the video
file from your computer, GoPro Studio will not be able to find it. Only after you convert the file(s) (see
page 7) is it brought into the software.

Trim Video Clips

Before you convert your clips for editing you can trim the beginning and ends to get rid of unwanted
footage.

• Select a clip in the IMPORT NEW FILES bin. It will appear in the main window.
• Play the video or click and drag the playhead to where you want the video to begin.
• Click the Mark in point button.
• Play the video or click and drag the playhead to where you want the video to end.
• Click the Mark out point button.

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 Mark in Point Mark out Point Playhead

• Type in a file name.

• Before converting the file for editing in step 2, you can also rotate the clip by checking the
ROTATE/FLIP checkbox, as well as adjust the size, frame rate and remove the fisheye effect,
added by the GoPro camera, using the ADVANCED SETTINGS.
• Click ADD CLIP TO CONVERSION LIST.

Convert
• After all of your clips are ready and in the CONVERSION LIST, click the CONVERT
button. All clips will be converted and ready for editing in step 2.
• Click the CLEAR ALL button to clear the conversion list.

Step 2 - Edit
Workflow Options
There are two workflow options in GoPro Studio; Blank Template or Edit Template. When you
click on STEP 2 EDIT a window pops up allowing you to choose which workflow you want to use.
• Blank Template - A blank template allows you to start from scratch in creating a movie.
• GoPro Edit Template - An edit template has a workflow already created with clips and music. All
you need to do is replace the edit template clips with your own and make adjustments to suit
your needs.

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Creating Titles
• Click TITLE on the upper left of the screen. This will add a title instance in the media bin on
the left.
• Select the title in the media bin. Type your title in the Title text box under FONTS on the
right. Use the sliders to make the following adjustment:
- Opacity - Changes the transparency of the text.
- Fade In - Adds a fade in to the Title (in seconds).
- Fade Out- Adds a fade out to the Title (in seconds).
- Kerning - Adjusts the spacing between letters.
- Baseline - Adjusts the line spacing between lines when there are multiple lines of text.
- Parallax - Adjusts the distance of the text in 3D space.

• If you want to reset a specific setting you can click the title of the setting and it will restore it to
its default. For example, if you make a change to OPACITY and you want to reset it, just click on
the word OPACITY.
• To position the title simply click and drag it to where you want in the main window.

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Using the Timeline
Using your video clips and titles you have created you can start to build your video by dragging them
into the timeline. Simply click and drag your clips to the timeline in the order you would like them to
appear.You can rearrange the order of clips by clicking and dragging them to a different spot.

Adding a Transition
• By default going from one clip to another is a cut. On the timeline, click the Add Transition
icon (+ sign) between the two clips where you’d like to add dissolve transition. Once added,
the + sign will change to a new icon, indicating that it is now a dissolve.

Cut Dissolve

• To remove the dissolve click and drag the Dissolve Icon off the top of the Timeline or select it
and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

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Adding Music
• Click on the Media button in the Media Bin. This will open a window that allows you to browse
for the audio files that you want to import.
• Locate and select the files that you want to use in your project and click Open. The audio files
should now be added to your media bin.
• Drag the files from the media bin to your timeline.
• Once the audio files have been added you can move and trim them to suit your specific needs.
• Note: If you are working with a GoPro Template the main audio track is provided for you.You do
have the option to lower the volume on that provided track and add your own track.

Adjusting the Volume of Audio

• Select the desired clip in the timeline.
• In the Settings section on the right you will see the AUDIO settings. Move the LEVEL dB
slider to the left or to the right to decrease or increase the volume.

Create a Still Image from Video

• Select the desired video clip so that it is displayed in the main window.
• Mac instructions - Place the playhead so that the frame you want to export is displayed in the
player window, then click Share and choose Export Still.
• Windows Instructions - Place the playhead so that the frame you want to export is displayed in
the player window, then click File and choose Export > Still Image.
• Click Export.

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Slow Motion
Method 1

• In Step 1: View & Trim, you can select ADVANCED SETTINGS and lower the frame
rate, then convert the clip. For example if you shot a video at 1080p 60 fps, you could lower the
frame to 30 fps. This resulting file would play at half the speed of the original.
• This method is recommended if you are planning on taking your converted clips into other
applications that don't let you mix frame rates like GoPro Studio does.

Method 2

• In Step 2: Edit you can slow down the video using the SPEED slider in the VIDEO settings
section on the right. Lowering the speed to anything less than 100% will slow down the video. If
you want the video to play at half of the original speed, lower the percentage to 50%.
• This method is recommended if you want to be able to play back the video in real time with
audio in the Edit space before adjusting the speed.

Note: Method 2 will cause audio to be removed.

Adding Effects
By selecting a clip in the timeline you will see options on the right for
making adjustments to add effects.You can make the following adjustments:

• Video • Image
- Speed - Exposure
- Flux - Contrast
- Reverse - Saturation
- Fade In - Sharpness
- Fade Out • Framing
• Audio - Zoom
- Level - Horizontal
- Fade In - Vertical
- Fade Out - Rotation
• White Balance - H.Zoom
- Temperature - H.Dynamic
- Tint

Using Effect Presets

To use an effects preset simply select a clip in the timeline and click one of the presets under the
PRESETS section on the lower right.

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Using Keyframes
Keyframes can be use to animate a clip or change the look of a clip gradually over time. For this example
we’ll see how to make a clip change from color to black and white while it is playing.

• Select the clip in the timeline

• Place the playhead where you want the animation to begin.
• In the IMAGE section on the right click the Add new keyframe icon (+ plus icon) for
KEYFRAMES.
• Place the playhead where you want the animation to finish.
• In the IMAGE section on the right click the Add new keyframe icon (+ plus icon) for
KEYFRAMES to add a second keyframe.
• With the playhead located at the second keyframe, drag the SATURATION slider all the way
down (to the left). When the video plays it will gradually go from color to black and white when
it plays from the first keyframe to the second.

Creating an Effects Preset

• Select a clip and make all of the desired settings changes until the clip has the desired look.
• In the PRESETS section in the lower-right corner, click the gear icon. This will open the
Manage Presets window.
• Click the + sign in the lower left corner of the Manage Presets window.
• Give the preset a name and then click OK.Your preset will appear in the PRESETS window.

Copying Effects from One Clip to Another

• Make all of the desired setting changes to a clip so it has the desired look.
• In the lower-left corner of the clip click the FX triangle.

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 • Press CRTL+C (Windows), Command+C (Mac), or select Edit > Copy to copy the effect.
• Select another other clip that you want to apply the same affects to.
• Press CRTL+V (Windows), Command+V (Mac), or select Edit > Paste to paste the effect.

Removing Effects
You can reset effects back to the default at any time by clicking the RESET ALL button at the
bottom of the Settings panel.
• If you want to reset only a specific setting back to default, you can click the title of the setting
and it will reset that setting to its default. For example, if you make a change to the exposure and
you want to reset it, just click on the word EXPOSURE.

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Step 3 - Export
To export your movie do the following:

• Click the STEP3: EXPORT option at the top.

• Choose the desired preset using the Preset drop down menu. The preset you choose will
determine the size of your file.
• Choose a destination using the Where drop down menu.
• Click Export. Your movie will be exported as a .mov file.

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