misfish Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 I,m going to make the dive and get one soon. I realy want to take some great under water river shots and fish on fights. Question is,will they drop in price in the very near future,like all things do. Also,what program should I buy,so I can edit the videos I will be taking? I don,t want anything complicated. Simple is ,what simple is.That,s me.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 What do you want to do to the video's after? I am a big fan of adobe after effects. You can make up a nice video of two brookie's having a force lightning battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Brian I just got the go Pro Hero 2 and the features are worth the extra from the original. It comes with a program you can use for free and download from their site. You might want to go to the website and look at the requirements of what your computer requirements are it is a pretty memory and resources hungry program. I am learning now how to do time laps but so far it is beating me.... I also found if you get the motorsports system instead of the outdoors system (both retail at the same price) it is cheaper to then just order the headband then you get 2 kits for less money. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirogak Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yeah - I have the original. Its nice and light and comes with quite a few accessories. As for post-editing I use iMovie, makes life a lot easier. That Credit River fly fishing video I posted last week was using GoPro and iMovie. Like Art says use the software that comes with it. If not, perhaps I can hook you with some premium editing software. Miro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 I,m going to make the dive and get one soon. I realy want to take some great under water river shots and fish on fights. Question is,will they drop in price in the very near future,like all things do. Also,what program should I buy,so I can edit the videos I will be taking? I don,t want anything complicated. Simple is ,what simple is.That,s me.LOL They don't take great UW video out of the box due to the underwater housings curved lens. There is a loss of focus with the UW housing which can be resolved by a fairly simple fix. Read about it HERE For simple and free movie editing there is Windows Movie Maker Download Here There are lots better but for free you can't complain. Download it and play around with it. You can drag in a bunch of pictures and create a slide show with cool transitions and effects if you don't have any video to play with. I edited both of these videos using Windows Movie Maker so you can get a sense of what you can do with it. Video 1 Video 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 What do you want to do to the video's after? I am a big fan of adobe after effects. You can make up a nice video of two brookie's having a force lightning battle. HEHEHE!!! I have the Adobe CS5.5 Master Collection complete with After Effects, Premier Pro, Audition, Speedgrade, Prelude, Encoe, Bridge, Photoshop....... All I have to do is figure out how to get the most out of it. I see there is CS6 available now, time to upgrade!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoty Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 If you're going to do it... dont waste your time with anything BUT the Hero 2. Well worth the extra little bit. They can be kinda hard to find though. I've been looking for a 2nd one for a while now. As far as going down in price... probably not gonna happen for the Hero 2, since its brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 They don't take great UW video out of the box due to the underwater housings curved lens. There is a loss of focus with the UW housing which can be resolved by a fairly simple fix. Read about it HERE For simple and free movie editing there is Windows Movie Maker Download Here There are lots better but for free you can't complain. Download it and play around with it. You can drag in a bunch of pictures and create a slide show with cool transitions and effects if you don't have any video to play with. I edited both of these videos using Windows Movie Maker so you can get a sense of what you can do with it. Video 1 Video 2 Downloaded and going to play with some of the vids I have. BTW,that first vid was just what I want to do. Never knew, Mike caught small fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djeep Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 there are new accessories coming out for the hero 2 such as wifi remote so i doubt price will be dropping much any time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) here is a quick video of cooks bay I don't know why everything is so green might be the alga <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9sBR_GAtlBo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://youtu.be/9sBR_GAtlBo?hd=1 Edited May 14, 2012 by Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) here is a quick video of cooks bay I don't know why everything is so green might be the alga Edited May 14, 2012 by Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I don't have a GoPro of my own but if you're planning on doing underwater video-making with one, you definitely will want to either make your own flat lens modification or purchase the flat lens housing mod like this: http://www.eyeofmine.com/gopro/underwater/index.html Frozen-Fire has the Hero2 (and the eye of mine flat lens housing) and the results look pretty good I'm not a huge fan of the wideangle footage when you're shooting above water though. here is a quick video of cooks bay I don't know why everything is so green might be the alga Terry, the green water thing is very normal - I experience it a lot when shooting underwater pics with my camera even in gin clear water. I think I read somewhere that the deeper you shoot, the more green/blue it gets because of the way that light gets filtered through water (red & yellow get filtered out first leaving you with green/blue). Algea and stirred up silt can also be a problem causing that greenish look too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Yeah l have the flat lens. I might try a filter lens on it as my flat lens is 55mm exchangeable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocheleauc Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I don't have a GoPro of my own but if you're planning on doing underwater video-making with one, you definitely will want to either make your own flat lens modification or purchase the flat lens housing mod like this: http://www.eyeofmine.com/gopro/underwater/index.html Frozen-Fire has the Hero2 (and the eye of mine flat lens housing) and the results look pretty good I'm not a huge fan of the wideangle footage when you're shooting above water though. Terry, the green water thing is very normal - I experience it a lot when shooting underwater pics with my camera even in gin clear water. I think I read somewhere that the deeper you shoot, the more green/blue it gets because of the way that light gets filtered through water (red & yellow get filtered out first leaving you with green/blue). Algea and stirred up silt can also be a problem causing that greenish look too. GoPro just released this new underwater housing: http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/dive-housing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 GoPro just released this new underwater housing: http://gopro.com/hd-...s/dive-housing/ Nice to see they were recognized they lacking in that department and came up with a better solution. :good: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Ok I did a small vid,but the music is to long Dave.Can I stop the music at the end of the vid? I didnt see anything that allowed me to do that. Lots of fun,once I figured it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Tried to upload,I am told I have copy right infringment? Photobucket would not allow the upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 most sites do that now at youtube most times as long as you let them put a ad on your video you can have the music on the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Ok I did a small vid,but the music is to long Dave.Can I stop the music at the end of the vid? I didnt see anything that allowed me to do that. Lots of fun,once I figured it out. Add more pictures or increase the time each pic is on screen. If you have say 30 pictures at a display time of 3 seconds each just adding a second gains you 30 seconds of video time. I have audio editing software that can be used to legthen/shorten clips but it is easier just to add a couple of extra photos, video or tweak display times to get your timing right. If it's outdoors related try Trophy Clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 vegas pro, is a very good editor, it lets you cut the music or the video any where you want and it runs gopro files with out having to convert them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 (edited) Ok lets see if this works <embed src="http://img713.imageshack.us/flvplayer.swf?f=Ppnx" width="640" height="380" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/> And TERRY. Oh I,m going to have fun with this. Edited May 15, 2012 by Misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Yup, it works!! :good: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I figured out the dead/fade/stop for the music. Next will be how to work in a vid with the pics. Thanks again to all. Great support here.As always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Great job me Brudder! I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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