Flux was enabled automatically as soon as I changed the speed, but you can disable it if you’d like. In the screen shot below, I’ve isolated the 2nd clip in my timeline by clicking on it, then I went over to the “Video Controls” panel and set the speed to 20%. It works very well most of the time, but be aware that it will increase your export time by a LOT.
It’s literally doing the same thing as frame blending – it’s looking at the outgoing and incoming frames and doing a bit of “blending” between the two so the jump from frame to frame isn’t so drastic. Flux attempts to correct this choppiness by interpolating between each frame for smoother playback. The idea is that as you slow footage down, depending on your frame rates, you can end up with choppy looking video. I should mention at this point that GoPro Studio 2.5 introduced a feature called “Flux”, which is essentially what Adobe has been calling “Frame blending” for years. Use the “Cut” tool to isolate segments you’d like to slow down. This isolates the segment that I’d like to slow down, and I can now click on it and adjust the speed for just that particular segment. I’ll advance the playhead to where the snow stops flying and add another cut. So I’ll just drag the yellow playhead until I find the beginning of a segment where some snow starts to fly and add a cut. So in the example of the footage I’m working with, I want to isolate the sections of video where the car’s rear tire really gets some snow kicking up. One of the cool things about GoPro Studio is that it allows you to segment out the pieces of video that you’d like to slow down by adding cuts in the timeline.
You are here to learn about slowing footage down though, so let’s focus on that. Now I can select any of the segments in the timeline and slow them down, add image controls or even add any of the various presets provided by GoPro Studio. At this point, as they say in Star Wars, “this is where the fun begins.” Mark your In and Out points (if desired) and drag your clips to the timeline. I’m not going to get into video editing techniques here, but it’s essentially the same as every other video editing program you’ve used. You can use the Source Viewer to preview your clips and further define the sections you want to work with by marking In and Out points.
You can also add more footage by clicking the “Import New Files” button.Įditing is pretty simple. Now that you are in GoPro Studio, you can begin working with the file you chose in the Quik app. Now right click on the clip you want to work with and choose “Open in Studio” (you can also choose “Open in Studio” from the File menu) Once you’ve done that, the files will be listed as shown below: In the Quik app, you need to first add a location on your computer where you have media files stored. GoPro Studio allows you to import your GoPro footage, isolate the portions you want to work with, then do further refinements to the footage.
You’ll be happy to hear that the first method I’ll cover is absolutely free! This method relies on the free GoPro Studio software, which is bundled with the GoPro Quick app, which you can download from the GoPro website.
I recorded a 25 minute video on the various ways to slow your high frame rate GoPro footage down using both GoPro Studio as well as Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014, which you can watch right here:įor those who don’t want to site and watch for 25 minutes and would rather read, here’s what I cover in the video: Slowing Down High Frame Rate GoPro Video Using GoPro Studio
The software packages I use in the tutorial are GoPro Studio 2.5 and Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014. This post covers footage shot with a GoPro Camera using high frame rates.
Before I begin, are you here to figure out how to get your GoPro to shoot at 240 fps to begin with? I have another post about that here. Have you shot some high frame rate footage using your GoPro and are now wondering exactly how to get it to play back in slow motion? Fortunately, there are a few ways to do this, one of which is entirely free! This post outlines the various ways to go about getting that high frame rate footage to play back slowly and smoothly.