So I'm not to flash with computers, and I have a go pro which I can work fine but when it comes to loading it onto the computer and editing etc, it all goes to sh---t. What is the easiest simplest made for dummies thing to use with instructions galore for putting together a little movie clip. I've got movie maker but every time I try to use it something different happens and I get totally lost in it all, mainly because I have no idea of what I'm doing. Is there a solution, and please don't say movie maker is the easiest to use.
Look forward to your help. Cheers
Select to expand quoteDavidJohn said..
My advise is.. buy a Mac and use iMovie.. 
Davidjohn you are probably right, I have watched quite a few of your clips (hell I even made it into one of them) and I like what you do, however I only today tried my first real video edit using GoPro Studio and was pleasantly surprised by its simplicity.
I just watched a couple of youtube videos and had a go, hey presto its uploading to youtube as we speak, (I tried Vimeo but it exceeded my weekly limit for a free account as it just went over 500mb or what ever it was)
I realise I probably made it too long at over 4 minutes but I just went with what I threw together first up.
I am sure iMovie is similar in ease of use and probably has more features however for now for me for a first up attempt GoPro Studio did the job well.
I've got a couple of Nikon cameras, that come with a free Nikon NX2 or something thing.
I was just using it to catalougue / organise photos, but it has a very easily usable video editing thing .
Get the kids to do it
nah... I'm for iMovie too ..but my daughter (13) showed me how to use it .
it really is amazing what you can do with it .
Ok so I am learning.
Seems there are copyright issues with my soundtrack on youtube (even though I bought the album through iTunes) so I'm back to Vimeo with a different format.
I still have a lot to learn but was happy enough with my experience with GoPro Studio so far.
I ended up exporting it from Go Pro Studio in a mobile friendly format which reduced the quality heaps but as far as editing goes I knew absolutely nothing this morning yet managed to throw a few clips together, put a title and sound track on it and even chucked in a tiny slo-mo bit just to try it.
Select to expand quoteTardy said..
Get the kids to do it
nah... I'm for iMovie too ..but my daughter (13) showed me how to use it .
it really is amazing what you can do with it .
The kids sounds like good advise.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Select to expand quotetightlines said..
Ok so I am learning.
Seems there are copyright issues with my soundtrack on youtube (even though I bought the album through iTunes) so I'm back to Vimeo with a different format.
Go for the oldies..no restrictions.
Select to expand quotetightlines said..
I still have a lot to learn but was happy enough with my experience with GoPro Studio so far.
I ended up exporting it from Go Pro Studio in a mobile friendly format which reduced the quality heaps but as far as editing goes I knew absolutely nothing this morning yet managed to throw a few clips together, put a title and sound track on it and even chucked in a tiny slo-mo bit just to try it.
Awesome vid.. 
If you are using a Gopro Hero5 or Sessions 5 then you can TAG/Highlight the special bits of your video while filming, either by pushing the highlight button or by voice command, actually "Oh S**T" even works in Australia.
Once you upload to the Gopro Capture app on your computer and use Quik, it will automatically make you a movie using the highlighted bits. Add some copyright free music from the app and even modify the clip if you want and its good to go in a few minutes.
Gopro have made it simple for those that don't really want to muck around editing, personally I enjoy the editing part and luv FCP for its editing power.
Select to expand quotetightlines said..
I still have a lot to learn but was happy enough with my experience with GoPro Studio so far.
I ended up exporting it from Go Pro Studio in a mobile friendly format which reduced the quality heaps but as far as editing goes I knew absolutely nothing this morning yet managed to throw a few clips together, put a title and sound track on it and even chucked in a tiny slo-mo bit just to try it.
Great vid! Makes me want to try downwinding again! You were fanging along!
I use i movie 9.09 coz i got a mac.......but hate it really.
Loved Power Director 13......you get a months free trial
I avoid go pro studio........just put micro sd from go pro into pc.......and then into whatever video edit program you using.
Messing around with two cameras this morning.....
Hit Film 4 is free and its pretty good and its pretty easy. I went back from a Mac about 12 months ago and struggled to find anything on the market that was as simple and as intuitive. This is what I settled on and like I said pretty bloody good.
the good thing about a mac is it seems to put a decent effort into the video editing process......is the reason why i bought a second hand mac really.......then someone stole my other pc.......so marooned with mac :)
