Thread: GoPro HD Hero setting

I was wondering what setting you guys put your gopro in while skiing. I see all these videos and the seem a lot clearer then my videos. Can it be the editing softwear or is it the camera setting. I have my camera set on R4. R4 is 960p @ 30fps its the tall setting.

It's all post processing and some polarizer use...

I typically shoot in 1080p at 30fps, evaluative metering. The HD Hero 2 has a cleaner/larger sensor and more options for shooting.

720p @ 60fps. In my limited experience, post processing is key.

Alright thanks, is there a certin software that does that. If so any favotites.

I use Final Cut X and Premiere. I, for the life of me, have no idea how to make it that amazingly sharp and clear. I'd love a tutorial!

I use a workflow pretty similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TtXN...source=message

The biggest improvement I saw in the quality of my footage was editing in ProRes 422. I use Final Cut Pro X.

Originally Posted by Gregger

I use Final Cut X and Premiere. I, for the life of me, have no idea how to make it that amazingly sharp and clear. I'd love a tutorial!

Don't forget, these are still shitty 2-300 dollar cameras made from cheap parts. There's only so much you're going to get out of them.

The more you pay attention to how you shoot (good consistent light, not facing the sun etc.....etc.......) the better it's going to look. That goes way farther than post processing ever will. There's only so much you can do with crappy compression, small sensors and upsampling to output resolutions.

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Don't forget, these are still shitty 2-300 dollar cameras made from cheap parts. There's only so much you're going to get out of them.

The more you pay attention to how you shoot (good consistent light, not facing the sun etc.....etc.......) the better it's going to look. That goes way farther than post processing ever will. There's only so much you can do with crappy compression, small sensors and upsampling to output resolutions.

As usual, you hit the nail on the head. I'm well aware of all these things, I just know there is more I can do in post to clean it up. It's not like I'm shooting video like normal with my 5D2.

Originally Posted by Gregger

I just know there is more I can do in post to clean it up.

As soon as you figure it out, let me know, I'm at a bit of a loss too

I think we all look at what gopro is putting out there in some of there edits and wondering how theirs almost always looks better than most others.

Timing and good light.


that's 99% of it

Their selective shooting is excellent.

You see the thing they did with the array of gopros on a surf shot? It looked like complete ass. But the camera array setup made it worth putting out. More importantly it shows that they're not dealing with anything special......their cameras look like crap just like everyone elses under the same conditions.

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Timing and good light.


that's 99% of it

Their selective shooting is excellent.

You see the thing they did with the array of gopros on a surf shot? It looked like complete ass. But the camera array setup made it worth putting out. More importantly it shows that they're not dealing with anything special......their cameras look like crap just like everyone elses under the same conditions.

That array was ridiculous, and yeah, that wasn't the best footage I've seen from a GoPro.

r3, but the light makes the biggest difference - way more definition & contrast on a clear day vs. cloudy.

Originally Posted by Mathematics

way more definition & contrast on a clear day vs. cloudy.

Usually but that's not always true.......there are a few GoPro released moto vids that were very deliberately shot on cloudy days or under indoor lighting and they look really good. Why? because there's no going in and out of shadows and moto kits are already really bright and vivid so the riders stand out like a champ. It's not always just sunny days....... It's the conditions that allow the camera to work its best. It's just that getting away from those conditions goes to crap really quickly since everything is automatic exposure on these things.

But once you have footage that comes from those conditions where the camera can get things right, you also have footage that's a little eaiser to tweak because it's most of the way there already.

Originally Posted by grskier

That array was ridiculous, and yeah, that wasn't the best footage I've seen from a GoPro.

Yeah it looked exactly like what most people (certainly me) get out of them when they go out in questionable light. Like I said, they're not doing anything magical or using different cameras.......they're just being very choosy about when they shoot and what they release. That array shoot made that very clear.

The funniest thing to me about that was even moving across several cameras, they were still getting all kinds of gnarly rolling shutter artifacts.

Found a little tutorial that uses gopro footage as an example but this is something that's good to know for ANY footage.

I usually do something similar to this just using some different tools.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ArA...layer_embedded

Never got that 'advanced' on the color and the white/mid/black adjustment.

Stoked to have that if I end up with any footage to play around with this year.

You can do pretty much the same thing with a simple levels adjustment. Both are basically just dropping extra 'shit' in a shot that doesn't go directly to the image reproduction.

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Don't forget, these are still shitty 2-300 dollar cameras made from cheap parts. There's only so much you're going to get out of them.

The more you pay attention to how you shoot (good consistent light, not facing the sun etc.....etc.......) the better it's going to look. That goes way farther than post processing ever will. There's only so much you can do with crappy compression, small sensors and upsampling to output resolutions.

I don't know shit abut video editing and have just started to use my Hero2. The video quality in the proper light is incredible, but with over cast skies or low light, the video loses that sharpness and clarity.

I tested out the go pro2 yesterday for the first time. quick easy edit (on the free imovie that came with my friends laptop) and the picture quality looks way better then expected!
With that tutorial i think I'll have some pretty amazing looking films this year.

EDIT: wow.... looks bad without HD on. if you want to spend the few mins to watch, go watch on vimeo in the proper quality.

Originally Posted by kidwoo

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ArA...layer_embedded

That tutorial really helped! went from that up there^^^ to this:

^ that's the closest I've ever come to feeling like a video was going to give me a seizure.

Did you do that in imovie, or something else?

Final Cut. I'll never go back to imovie...