Best Gopro filming settings (i suck at filming)

1080-60, protune on auto WB

gives you the ability to slow down to 50% with crispy crisp footage. get close - way closer than you think is close. closer than that.

dodge1080-60, protune on auto WB

gives you the ability to slow down to 50% with crispy crisp footage. get close - way closer than you think is close. closer than that.

What if I don't use protune? I use final cut pro but am on the trial atm. I don't edit a lot

Protune is GoPro's "Flat" picture style. If you are new to video editing I would leave protune off. If you think you are advanced and can adjust exposure and bring the color back out in your images, then leave it on. Also, don't set your white balance to auto unless you have a scene where you are going from daylight to tungsten lighting. To my knowledge the GoPro only allows you three options for various white balance settings. They are listed on the kelvin scale as 3000k, 5500k, and 6500k.

3000k should be used when indoors, and for night scenery. 5500k is used for outside or direct sunlight. 6500k is best during overcast lighting.

I've provided the white balancing information from GoPro's website at the link below.
https://gopro.com/support/articles/hero4-white-balance-setting-information

There are plenty of tutorials out there on YouTube that will teach you the in's and out's of the GoPro. Go search for them! Hope this helps!

xnick11Protune is GoPro's "Flat" picture style. If you are new to video editing I would leave protune off. If you think you are advanced and can adjust exposure and bring the color back out in your images, then leave it on. Also, don't set your white balance to auto unless you have a scene where you are going from daylight to tungsten lighting. To my knowledge the GoPro only allows you three options for various white balance settings. They are listed on the kelvin scale as 3000k, 5500k, and 6500k.

3000k should be used when indoors, and for night scenery. 5500k is used for outside or direct sunlight. 6500k is best during overcast lighting.

I've provided the white balancing information from GoPro's website at the link below.
https://gopro.com/support/articles/hero4-white-balance-setting-information

There are plenty of tutorials out there on YouTube that will teach you the in's and out's of the GoPro. Go search for them! Hope this helps!

Does the white adjusting work on hero 3 or just 4? Yah Ive read about protein and its better for advanced editors.

Swandog7Does the white adjusting work on hero 3 or just 4? Yah Ive read about protein and its better for advanced editors.

Swandog, by doing a quick google search you will find out that both the Hero 3 and Hero 4 have these white balance setting options.

xnick11Swandog, by doing a quick google search you will find out that both the Hero 3 and Hero 4 have these white balance setting options.

oh, I clicked your link and the go pro website just mentioned the hero 4 and not 3. Thanks
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xnick11Protune is GoPro's "Flat" picture style. If you are new to video editing I would leave protune off. If you think you are advanced and can adjust exposure and bring the color back out in your images, then leave it on.

This is not the case. Protune can be used to enable the flat picture style, but that's a relatively small subsetting of the feature. The primary advantage to Protune is being able to record at higher bitrates, or to shoot and record larger amounts of data per second, increasing the quality of the video to make it more workable while editing. The two are very different and using a flat picture style does not necessarily mean that the video will be higher quality and more editable.

Swandog7oh, I clicked your link and the go pro website just mentioned the hero 4 and not 3. Thanks
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Thanks Swandog, it's linked to the hero 4 because the hero 3 is now discontinued and no longer listed on the GoPro website.

gavinrudyThis is not the case. Protune can be used to enable the flat picture style, but that's a relatively small subsetting of the feature. The primary advantage to Protune is being able to record at higher bitrates, or to shoot and record larger amounts of data per second, increasing the quality of the video to make it more workable while editing. The two are very different and using a flat picture style does not necessarily mean that the video will be higher quality and more editable.

Gavin, I'm sorry I did not go into detail on explaining to Swandog what exactly protune does. Saying that it's basically a flat picture profile was the easiest way to try to get my point across to him. While protune does record at higher bitrates and enables you to capture a higher dynamic range due to its recorded log curve, there is a lot to explain to a person on what this feature actually does and how to correctly manipulate that footage in the post production process to achieve better imagery.

If someone is new to video production, I would never push them into recording their footage using a log curve.

Swandog, if you want to learn more in depth about what protune is and the benefits you can achieve from it, read the article below from the GoPro's website.

https://gopro.com/support/articles/how-to-use-protune

Again sorry I was not clear in my previous post.