The point is to illustrate your story in a way that was never seen. (This was in the context of beach sand, where burying the camera was essentially easy, and made sense) A worm goes out of the ground - if you can bury your camera and take it out of the dirt then that would depict what a worm sees when it comes out.Carry your camera slightly above the ground or keep it fixed there - everything will look big. A mouse sees everything from ground level.A bird sees the scene from above so fly your camera above the subject or take aerial shots if you can (climb a tree and take some shots from there).

Show the viewers the subject in multiple ways.Ī friend of mine works in television and he said: ' Imagine how a bird, a mouse and a worm sees the subject.' What this means is this: If you shoot thinking about how you're gonna edit then you'll be taking quite a lot of work load off the editing process.īe creative with your camera. You always have to keep in mind that your works starts when you press the record button on your camera. Shooting first - How to capture interesting footageīefore discussing the technical aspects of GoPro video editing (export settings, resolution, etc.) let's consider the first step of your work as a video producer and that is shooting video. Import your files, edit, export and upload to YouTube - Done!

It handles GoPro HD MP4 files, MTS (AVCHD) format, MOV clips and AVI files without needing to convert them - that saves time which you can spend on editing rather than figuring out which software to use to convert your files.įor me personally it was a relief and enabled me to have a streamlined workflow.

I edit my outdoor videos with Magix coz it's easy to use, has an intuitive interface and works well even on old laptops. You can follow this process to easily edit any kind of video - with Magix or any in the top 10 best video editing software. I've been using it since 2010 and I still use it for all my video editing projects in 2016.īut this tutorial may help you even if you don't have a GoPro camera.

In this article I'll share with you how to easily edit GoPro HD videos without having to convert the MP4 clips beforehand using Magix Movie Edit Pro - my favorite GoPro editing program - you get pro results with ease of use.

Gopro editing for beginners