GoPro Studio 2 User Manual
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GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Adjusting 3D Convergence When a 3D clip is selected in the Media Bin, the 3D CONVERGENCE CONTROLS appear in the right -hand column of GoPro Studio’s EDIT Room. These controls allow you to change the feeling of depth and distance in your 3D video clips. Select a 3D clip in the Media Bin and then click on the Disclosure Triangle to the left of the words “3D CONVERGENCE CONTROLS” to open the 3D CONVERGENCE CONTROLS panel giving you access to the following settings (if you don’t see the 3D Convergence controls, you may also need to look in the Global Playback Settings and change the VIEW to an actual 3D mode, such as ‘side -by -side’ or ‘anaglyph’): • HORIZONTAL Use the slider or step controls to m odify the relative horizontal positioning between the left and right camera views. • VERTICAL Use the slider or step controls to modify the relative vertical positioning between the left and right camera views • SKEW Use the slider or step controls to modify t he relative skew or rotational values between the left and right camera views. • KEYFRAMES Use the + button to add a 3D convergence keyframe to the clip. This locks in the 3D convergence settings for the current frame i n the clip. You can then move the Play -head to another location on the Playback Slider to add another keyframe where you can have different 3D convergence settings • SWAP EYES Use this checkbox to swap the left and right camera views in the selected clip. Click on the Disclosure Triangle to close the 3D CONVERGENCE CONTROLS panel. TIP: Clicking on the ON/OFF Toggle button (which looks like an eyeball) will toggle the 3D CONVERGENCE CONTROLS adjustments ON or OFF for all clips in the Media Bin. You can use this to quickly switch back and forth between seeing the clips with the 3D convergence adjustments applied and the original images. ON/OFF Toggle Button 87
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Applying Effect Presets In GoPro Studio’s EFFECT PRESETS panel, you can choose from several pre- made color and vignette effects and apply them to your clips in the Media Bin. This is a quick and easy way to make your clips look more dynamic. Select a clip in the Media Bin and then click on one of the following EFFECT PRESETS to apply it to the clip: • NONE resets all Color Correction and Framing adjustments to their defaults. • PROTUNE applies a saturation and contrast adjustment to footage shot in the Protune mode in the HD HERO2 an d HERO3 , making it look more punchy. • 1970S applies a warm color effect that simulates film shot in the 1970s. • 4X3 CENTER CROP zooms in on a clip shot with a 4x3 aspect ratio while cropping the top and bottom portions of the image. • 4X3 TO WIDE applies a com bination of framing adjustments to transform a clip shot in 4x3 aspect ratio to a 16:9 image. • CANDY COLOR applies a highly saturated color effect to the clip. • DAY FOR NIGHT applies a color effect that simulates footage that was shot at night. • HOT DAY applies a warm color effect that simulates being close to the sun. • NIGHT VISION applies a green tint over the image simulating an infrared look that you see when using night vision goggles. • SEPIA applies a brownish and unsaturated effect to achieve a sepia tone look. • VIGNETTE LARGE applies a large vignette to the image. • VIGNETTE MEDIUM applies a medium -sized vignette to edges of the image. • VIGNETTE OFF applies a small vignette to the edges of the image. To create your own PRESET, do the following: 1. Select a video clip in the Media Bin. 2. Use the WHITE BALANCE, IMAGE CONTROLS and FRAMING CONTROLS to dial in your own custom look. 3. Type a name for the new preset in the text box next to the word PRESET in the PRESET panel. 4. Click on the ADD button. Press the RESET ALL button to return all of the WHITE BALANCE, IMAGE CONTROLS, FRAMING CONTROLS and EFFECT PRESETS applied on a clip to their default values. 88
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Copying Settings from One Clip to Another If you’re happy with the look of a particular clip and want to apply some or all of the settings to another clip, you can easily accomplish this by doing the following: 1. Click on clip in the Media Bin that has the settings you want to copy to other clips. 2. Then select “Copy” from the EDIT Menu (or press ‘Ctrl+C’ on yo ur keyboard). 3. Now click on the clip where you want to copy the settings to. 4. Then select “Paste” from the EDIT Menu (or press ‘Ctrl+V’ on your keyboard). 5. Continue pasting these settings on any additional clips by repeating steps 4 and 5 above. To apply the same settings to ALL the clips in the Media Bin, press ‘Ctrl+A’ to select all the clips and then select “Paste” from the EDIT Menu. 89
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Playing Files in Windows Media Player When you’re happy with the adjustments that you’ve applied to a clip in the Media Bin , you can open the file in Windows Media Player to see how it plays there . This will demonstrate how the Active Metadata TM adjustments applied within GoPro Studio affect how a clip plays back in other applications as well . 1. Right -click on a clip in the Media Bin and then click ‘Open in Explorer’ . 2. Double- click on the file in Windows Explorer to launch it in W indows Media Player . Notice ho w the file plays back with the GoPro Studio adjustments applied? Other video applications would have required you to export a new version of the clip in order for it to playback in Windows Media Player with color correction and other effects applied. The ability to apply these real -time color and effects is a unique feature of the GoPro CineForm codec enabled by its Active Metadata architecture. Now that you’ ve seen this in action using W indows Media Player, you can t ake the next step and import your GoPro CineForm files into other 3 rd party editing, color correction or compositing applications. Using GoPro CineForm Files in O ther Applications There are many video editing, color correction and compositing applications available today. GoPro CineForm files are compatible with those that support standard Windows AVI and QuickTime MOV files. Avoiding Re- Transcoding For most 3rd party applications you can use its standard import method to load your GoPro CineForm files into the application. Some of these applications, however, will attempt to re -‘transcode’ or ‘optimize’ your video files during the import process. This is not necessary with GoPro CineForm files because they are already optimized and if you re -transcode them, you’ll lose the ability to make further adjustments to them in GoPro S tudio . Active MetadataTM applied in GoPro Studio and Windows Media Player 90
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Below, we’ll discuss how to disable or get around the re-transcoding process that some specific 3 rd party applications employ . NOTE: In some consumer -level applications , it is impossible to avoid the re- transcoding process. In these situations, the GoPro CineForm workflow ends when you import your GoPro CineForm files into those applications. However, you will be able to continue using the workflow employed by that parti cular application. Importing Into AVID Media Composer When importing GoPro CineForm MOV files into AVID Media Composer, use the ‘Link to AMA’ option in the Media Composer File menu. This will force Media Composer to import the GoPro CineForm files as standard GoPro CineForm QuickTime files rather than re- transcode them in to AVID’s DNxHD format. GoPro CineForm AVI files are not supported as of Media Composer 7. Importing Into iMovie When importing GoPro CineForm files into iMo vie, uncheck the ‘Optimize video’ option in the ‘Import Movies…’ dialog box. This will ensure that your GoPro CineForm files will not be re-transcoded into Apple Intermediate files. Importing Into Final Cut Pro X When using GoPro CineForm files in Final Cut X project, set the following options in the Final Cut Pro X Preferences: • In the Import Media…’ panel, uncheck the Create optimized media option. • In the Playback panel, uncheck the Background render option. This will ensure that your GoPro C ineForm files will not be re-transcoded to Apple Intermediate files. NOTE: O ther applications may require you to perform similar steps to allow your GoPro CineForm files to import normally. Please refer to those applications’ own manuals for specific instructions on how to do so. 91
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Switching Between GoPro Studio and O ther Applications While using your GoPro CineForm files in other applications, at any time, you can switch focus back to GoPro Studio’s EDIT Room and apply further adjustments to refine the look of your clips. Then switch back to the 3 rd party application to see your clips immediately updated wit h the new look. Disabling Timeline Frame Caching Some non-linear editing applications use what is called ‘frame- caching’ to improve playback performance. When frame- caching is employed, the Active Metadata TM adjustments made in GoPro Studio may not appear right away when you play back the file in the 3 rd party application. This is because the 3rd party application doesn’t realize that the file has changed and therefore plays its frames from the cache rather t han re- decoding the source file. To get around this, you can do any or all of the following: • Disable frame caching (if possible) • Clear the cache (if possible) • Play or scrub through the timeline to flush the cache. • Change timeline resolution (this clears the cache in Adobe Premiere Pro) Exporting GoPro CineForm Files When you’re done editing in your 3rd party application you can export a high- quality master GoPro CineForm file. The method for doing this will differ from application to application so please refer to the application’s own manual for specific instructions. NOTE: With the exception of Adobe CC 2014 products, w hen exporting to the GoPro CineForm codec using 3 rd party applications, there is an encoding limit of 1920 x 1080 resolution with the free version of GoPro Studio. This means that if you wish to encode at resolutions higher than 1920 x 1080 using 3 rd party applications (other than Adobe CC 2014 products , you will need to use GoPro Studio Premi um or GoPro Studio Professional (av ailable at http://cineform.com ). 92
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual APPENDIX A: KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Import Room Space Play/Pause Right/Left Arrow Step Forward/Back one frame Shift + Right/Left Arrow Step Forward/Back ten frames Down/Up Arrow (in import bin) Next/Previous clip in bin CTRL+A (in import bin) Select all clips I Set In Point to current frame O Set Out point to current frame DEL Remove selected clip(s) from bin (import or conversion) Home/End Seek to beginning/end of clip ALT+Enter Full screen video playback ESC Exit full screen video playback Edit Room – Media Bin Space Play/Pause Right/Left Arrow Step Forward/Back one frame Shift + Right/Left Arrow Step Forward/Back ten frames Down/Up Arrow (in edit bin) Next/Previous clip in bin CTRL+A (in edit bin) Select all clips I Set In Point to current frame O Set Out point to current frame Delete Remove selected clip(s) from edit bin Home/End Seek to beginning/end of clip J Decrease forward play speed/increase reverse play speed K Stop play L Increase forward play speed/decrease reverse play speed ALT+Enter Full screen video playback ESC Exit full screen video playback 93
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual Edit Room- Storyboard Space Play/Pause Right/Left Arrow Step Forward/Back one frame Shift + Right/Left Arrow Step Forward/Back ten frames I Set In Point to current frame O Set Out point to current frame Delete Remove selected element from storyboard Page Down/Up Next/Previous edit point in storyboard Insert Split Clip Home/End Seek to beginning/end of storyboard J Decrease forward play speed/increase reverse play speed K Stop play L Increase forward play speed/decrease reverse play speed ALT+Enter Full screen video playback ESC Exit full screen video playback 94
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual APPENDIX B: GOPRO STUDIO EXPORT PRESETS The following table presents the particular characteristics of each export preset available in the EXPORT Window: PRESET RESOLUTION Export Format Bitrate Framerate Mobile 640x360 H264 1.5Mbps Source FPS Exported FPS
GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual 100.00 25.00 119.88 29.97 240.00 29.97 Archive Source CineForm Low Medium High Native Vimeo Native up to 1080 >1080, center crop & scale to 1080 H264 1080: 15 720: 7 Source FPS Exported FPS 1080, center crop & scale to 1080 H264 1080: 8 720: 5 Native up to 60 100.00 50.00 119.88 59.94 240.00 59.94 Custom User-selectable from top 4 Settings above User-selectable Slider 1-50 User-selectable 96