GoPro Studio 2 User Manual

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Previewing Clips in the Player Window  
 
If you recently converted files in the IMPORT Room and pressed the PROCEED TO 
STEP 2  button, you should see your converted GoPro CineForm files in the Media Bin on 
the left -hand side of the work area. If you don’t see any files in the Media Bin, refer to the 
steps below . 
  1.  Click the  ADD MEDIA  button and browse to the location of your converted GoPro 
CineForm files.  
2.   Highlight the files you wish to import and click Open . 
3.   After the files have loaded into the Media Bin, press ‘Ctrl+S’ on your keyboard to 
save your project.  
 
Clips loaded into the  Media Bin are represented as thumbnails, similar to how they look in 
the Import Bin in the IMPORT Room. Along with each thumbnail, the following clip details 
are indicated:  
 
•  Filename  
•   Image Size  
•   Frame  rate or Frame Count  
•   2D or 3D  
•   Video or Time -Lapse Icon  
•   Duration  
 
You can select clips in the Media Bin by clicking on them or by using the up and down 
arrow keys on your keyboard to cycle through them.  
 
To remove a clip from the Media Bin, select the clip you wish to remove and click on the 
REMOVE CLIP  button at the bottom of the Media Bin.  
 
To remove all  clips from the Media Bin, click the CLEAR ALL  button at the bottom of the 
Media Bin.  
 
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Click on a clip in the Media Bin to select it. That loads it into the Player Window. Now you 
can use the Playback Controls to  playback the clip and view it in the Player Window.   
 
•  Press the  PL AY button in the Playback Controls (or the SPACEBAR on your 
keyboard) to see the clip playback in the Player W indow.  
•   The  Decrease Speed  and  Increase Speed  buttons can be used to play the 
video faster or slower.  
•   Use the  Step Forward  and  Step Backwards  buttons to step through the clip one 
frame at a time.  
•   Press the LOOP  button to cause playback to  automatically start over from the 
beginning when the Play -head has reaches the end of the clip.  
 
You can also use the Play -head on the Playback Slider to navigate through the clip. To 
do this, click on the diamond- shaped Play-head and drag left or right through the 
Playback Slider .  
 
NOTE: This is called “scrubbing”.  
 
 
 
Step Forward 
Decrease Speed Play Increase Speed 
Step Backwards Loop 
Play-head Playback Slider 
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Replacing Target Areas With  Your  Video Clips  
 
With your video clips loaded in the Media Bin, you’re ready to start replacing GoPro  Edit 
Template content on the Storyboard using the following steps:  
  1.  Select the desired clip in the Media Bin.  
2.   Move the Play -head on the Playback Slider to the desired start location of your 
clip and press the  MARK IN button to trim the beginning of the clip. The yellow IN 
Point marker will move to this position on the Playback Slider indicating the new 
start locat ion. Don’t worry about the OUT Point as we will address that later.  
3.   Click and drag the clip to the Storyboard and drop it onto the Target Area you 
wish to replace (a green box will highlight the Target Area indicating that an 
approved clip replacement is about to occur).  
4.   Optionally, click the MUTE  button on the clip’s thumbnail on the Storyboard  to 
disable sound from the video clip.  
5.   Press ‘Ctrl+S’ to save your project.  
6.   Repeat these steps using the other video clips in your Media Bin (or different 
portions of the same clip) until each Target Area on the Storyboard has been 
replaced.  
 
After a Target Area has been replaced, the “target” icon is removed and the thumbnail 
changes to represent the first frame of your video clip.  At any time during this process, 
yo u can use the PL AY  button to playback the Storyboard in the Player Window.  
 
TIP: Dragging the same source clip from the Media Bin onto consecutive Target Areas 
will result in the IN Point of the clip in the later Target Area to line up with the OUT Point 
of the clip in the previous Target Area. This is a great way to use a larger portion of a clip 
than a single Target Area will allow. NOTE: this only works if you do not manually change 
the IN or OUT Points of the source clip in the Media Bin.   
MARK OUT Button 
MARK IN Button 
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Refining Clips Within  Target Areas  
 
After replacing all the Target Areas with your own clips and playing back the Storyboard, 
you may discover that some of your clips don’t quite fit in the Target Areas where you put 
them.  This is actually to be expected as there is  usually a pretty good chance that the 
edit points in your video clip are not the exact same length as the edit points in the Target 
Area, thus causing your clip to be cut short or last too long .  
 
GoPro Studio helps you get around situations like this by using the following techniques:  
 
•  Moving the SEGMENT SLIDER BAR  
•   Adjusting the  speed of the clip  
 
Let’s look at few situations where you might need to refine your clip in the Target Area.  
 
SITUATION #1  
 
What if your clip gets cut off before the desired acti on of the clip is played? In order to fix 
this, you could do the following  to slide the clip into place:  
  1.  Select the clip on the Storyboard by clicking on it. A yellow border appears 
around the thumbnail of the selected clip.  
2.   Click and drag the Segment Slider Bar to the point where the desired action of 
the clip lies within the yellow area of the Segment Slider Bar or drag the Play -
head to a new start or end point and click the MARK IN  or MARK OUT  buttons.  
 
If the desired action is still too long to fit into the Target Area, you can use the VIDEO 
CONTROLS panel to speed up the clip  to make it fit . 
 
1.  Make sure the clip is still selected on the Storyboard.  
2.   Click the Disclosure Triangle  to the left of the words “VIDEO CONTROLS” on 
the right -hand side of GoPro Studio’s EDIT Room.  
3.   Using the slider or text entry box, increase the speed to the point where the 
entire desired action of the clip fits into the length of the Target Area.  
 
NOTE: Some experimentat ion will likely be required here to get achieve the desired 
results.  
 
Disclosure Triangle 
Segment Slider Bar 
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SITUATION #2  
 
Now let’s say that the desired action in your clip fits in the Target Area, but there is also 
an extra portion of the clip playing at the end that you did not wish to inclu de. In order to 
fix this, you could use the VIDEO CONTROLS panel to slow down the clip.  
  1.  Select the clip on the Storyboard.  
2.   Click the Disclosure Triangle  to the left of the words “VIDEO CONTROLS” on 
the right -hand side of GoPro Studio’s EDIT Room.  
3.   Using  the slider or text entry box, decrease the speed to the point where the 
entire desired action in the video clip fits into the length of the Target Area.  
NOTE: Some experimentation will likely be required here to achieve the desir ed results.  
 
SITUATION #3  
 
What if your clip is not long enough to fill a Target Area? W hen this happens, you 
will see a red box with an X in it as you hover over a Target Area with your shorter 
clip. In this situation you’ll need to select a longer clip for this Target Area and 
dr op this  shorter clip onto  a shorter Target Area.  
 
At this point your Storyboard should be looking pretty  good  and it may actually be ready 
to export.  H owever,  there are many other enhancements that you can add to your 
Storyboard and/or individual clips to make it even more epic. Some of these 
enhancements are:   
 
•  Applying fades to video  and audio clips  
•   Applying color and effect presets to video clips  
•   Adding additional titles or music  to the Storyboard 
 
The following sections of this user manual explain  how to incorporate these additional 
features into your movie.  
 
 
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Adjusting Video Playback Settings  
 
GoPro Studio lets you adjust certain parameters that determine how your video clip will 
playback on the Storyboard. You can change the speed of a clip or have it fade in or out.   
 
To access these controls, select a clip in the Story board and then click the Disclosure 
Triangle  to the left of the words “VIDEO CONTROLS” on the right -hand side of GoPro 
Studio’s EDIT Room. This will open up the VIDEO CONTROLS panel giving you access 
to the following settings:  
 
•  SPEED  Use the slider or text entry box to select the speed (in percentage) at 
which the clip will be played back. 100% is normal speed, 50% is half  speed, etc.  
When a speed change is applied to a clip on the Storyboard, the ENABLE F LU X 
checkbox appers. FLUX is  a feature of GoPro Studio that  analy zes the footage 
frame by frame and inser ts  new frames based on  the original frames. It then,   
blends  them  all toge ther to smooth out the action. With Flux enabled on clips, 
export times will be significantly longer due to the extra processing that GoPro 
Studio has to perform. For quicker export times, we recommend applying Flux to 
shorter clips or only during moments of fast paced action.  
Clicking the REVERSE checkbox causes the file to play in reverse at the chosen 
speed.   
•   FADE IN  W hen used, this setting causes the selected clip to FADE IN from 
black. Use the slider or text entry box to select the duration (in seconds) of the 
FADE.  
•   FADE OUT  When used, this setting causes the selected clip to FADE OUT to 
black. Use the sl ider or text entry box to select the duration (in seconds) of the 
FADE.  
 
Click on the DEF AULTS  button to reset all of the values in the VIDEO CONTROLS panel 
to their original settings. To reset the value or only one setting, double- click on the control 
its elf. For example, to reset the SPEED value, double- click on the word ‘SPEED’. 
 
Click on the Disclosure Triangle  to close the VIDEO CONTROLS panel.   
 
TIP: Next to the words VIDEO CONTROLS are two quick shortcut buttons that will adjust 
the playback speed of  a clip. Click the ÷2 button to cause the clip to play at half its current 
speed. Click it a second time to half the speed again. Click the X2 button to cause the clip 
to play at double the current speed.  
 
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Adjusting Audio Playback Settings  
 
If your video clip contains audio as well, GoPro Studio lets you adjust certain parameters 
that will determine how the audio portion will playback on the Storyboard.  
 
To access these controls, select a clip in the Storyboard and then click the Disclosure 
Triangle  to the left of the words “AUDIO CONTROLS” on the right -hand side of GoPro 
Studio’s EDIT Room. This will open the AUDIO CONTROLS panel giving you access to 
the following settings:  
 
•  LEVEL  Use the slider or text entry box to select the vol ume level (in dB) at which 
the clip will be played back.  
•   FADE IN  T his setting causes the selected clip to FADE IN from silence. Use the 
slider or text entry box to select the duration (in seconds) of the FADE.  
•   FADE OUT  When used, this setting causes the s elected clip to FADE OUT to 
silence. Use the slider or text entry box to select the duration (in seconds) of the 
FADE.  
 
Click on the DEF AULTS  button to reset all of the values in the AUDIO CONTROLS panel 
to their original settings. To reset the value or only one setting, double- click on the control 
itself. For example, to reset the LEVEL value, double- click on the word ‘LEVEL’. 
 
Click on the Disclosure Triangle  to close the AUDIO CONTROLS panel.   
 
TIP: To completely disable the audio from a Video Clip, clic k on the AUDIO MUTE button 
in the clip’s thumbnail.  
 
 
Disclosure Triangle 
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Color Correcting Clips 
 
The underlying Active MetadataTM architecture used in the GoPro CineForm codec 
enables you to do real -time non- destructive image development adjustments to your 
clips. These adjustments affect the overall color and tone of your clips. The controls to 
apply these adjustments are located i n the WHITE BALANCE and IMAGE CONTROLS 
panels on the right -hand side of GoPro Studio’s EDIT Room.  
 
WHITE BALANCE 
 
Select a clip on the Storyboard and then click on the Disclosure Triangle  to the left of 
the words “WHITE BALANCE” to open the WHITE BALANCE panel giving you access to 
the following settings:  
•   TEMP  Use the slider or step controls to adjust the overall temperature of the 
image.  
•   TINT  Use the slider or step controls to adjust the overall tint of the image.  
•   KEYFRAMES  For advanced users, the white balance settings can be keyframed. 
Use the + button to add a white balance keyframe to the clip. This locks in the 
white balance settings for the current frame on the Storyboard. You can then 
move the Play -head to another location on the Playback Slider to add another 
keyframe where you can have different white balance settings. This is a great 
way to have the white balance settings change over the duration of the clip.  
 
For a clip with a whi te element in the scene, click on the PICK  button and then click on 
the white element of your image in the Playback Window to have GoPro Studio 
automatically adjust the white balance based on that element.  
 
Click on the DEF AULTS  button to reset all of the  values in the WHITE BALANCE panel 
to their original settings. Double- click on an individual Control to reset only its value.  
 
Click on the Disclosure Triangle  to close the WHITE BALANCE panel.   
 
TIP: Clicking on the ON/OFF Toggle button (which looks like an eyeball) will toggle the 
WHITE BALANCE adj ustments ON or OFF for the selected clip  on your Storyboard. You 
can use this to quickly switch back and forth between seeing the clips with the 
adjustments applied and the original images.   
ON/OFF Toggle Button PICK Button 
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IMAGE CONTROLS  
 
S elect a clip on the Storyboard and then click on the Disclosure Triangle  to the left of 
the words “IMAGE CONTROLS” to open the IMAGE CONTROLS panel giving you 
access to the following settings:  
 
•  EXPOSURE  Use the slider or step controls to adjust the brightness and darkness 
of the image.  
•   CONTRAST  Use the slider or step controls to adjust the relative definition 
between bright and dark areas of the image.  
•   S AT UR AT ION  Use the slider or step controls to adjust  the vibrancy of the colors 
in the image.  
•   SHARPNES S Use the slider or step controls to adjust the softness and 
sharpness of the image.  
•   KEYFRAMES  For advanced users, the image control settings can be keyframed. 
Use the + button to add a white balance keyframe to the clip. This locks in the 
image control settings for the current frame on the Storyboard. You can then 
move the Play -head to another location on the Playback Slider to add another 
keyframe where you can have different image control settings. This is a great 
way to have the image control settings change over the duration of the clip.  
 
Click on the DEF AULTS  button to reset all of the values in the IMAGE CONTROLS panel 
to their original settings. Double- click on an individual Control to reset onl y its value. 
 
Click on the Disclosure Triangle  to close the IMAGE CONROLS panel.   
 
TIP: Clicking on the ON/OFF Toggle button (which looks like an eyeball) will toggle the 
IMAGE CONTROLS adjustments ON or OFF for the selected clip  on your Storyboard. 
You ca n use this to quickly switch back and forth between seeing the clips with the 
adjustments applied and the original images.  
 
 
 
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Framing Clips 
 
The FRAMING CONTROLS allow you to change the composition of your clips. Select a 
clip on t he Storyboard and then click on the Disclosure Triangle  to the left of the words 
“FRAMING CONTROLS” to open the FRAMING CONTROLS panel giving you access to 
the following settings:  
 
•  ZOOM  When you want to get closer to the subject in your video, use the slider or 
step controls to adjust scale of the image.  
•   HORIZONTAL  Use the slider or step controls to adjust the horizontal location   
•   VERTICAL  Use the slider or step controls to adjust the  vertical location  
•   ROTATION  Use the slider or step controls to slightly rotate the  clip . 
•   H.ZOOM  When mixing 4x3 and 16x9 video sources, use this slider or step 
controls to adjust the horizontal scaling of the image.  
•   H.DYNAMIC  Use this slider or step controls to adjust the horizontal  stretch point 
of the image. This control is best used in tandem with the H.ZOOM control  and 
helps preserve the normal look of peo ple if they have been stretched by 4x3 to 
16x9 conversion.   
•   KEYFRAMES  For advanced users, the framing controls can be keyframed. U se 
the + button to add a framing keyframe to the clip. This locks in the framing 
control settings for the  current frame. You can then move the Play -head to 
another location to add another keyframe where you can have diff erent framing 
control settings.  
•   FLIP  Use the check boxes to enable or disable horizontal or vertical flipping on 
the image.  Enable both of these options if you shot your scene upside- down. 
 
Click on the DEF AULTS  button to reset all of the values in the FRAMING CONTROLS 
panel to their ori ginal settings. Double- click on an individual Control to reset   its value. 
 
Click on the Disclosure Triangle  to close the FRAMING CONTROLS panel.   
TIP: Clicking on the ON/OFF Toggle button (which looks like an eyeball) will toggle the 
FRAMING CONTROLS adjustments ON or OFF for the selected clip  on your Storyboard. 
You can use this to quickly switch back and forth between seeing the clips with the 
fra ming adjustments applied and the original images.   
 
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