I'm a newbie here on this forum, as well as a newbie with the H3 Black. I have a couple of questions on video editing software.
To start with, I normally shoot in 1080 wide with Protune turned on. I use Windows 8, with plenty of CPU, RAM, disk space, etc). Here is what I have done for workflow in the short amount of time as a GoPro owner:
To start with, I normally shoot in 1080 wide with Protune turned on. I use Windows 8, with plenty of CPU, RAM, disk space, etc). Here is what I have done for workflow in the short amount of time as a GoPro owner:
- Copy videos from camera to computer via USB (drag and drop the MP4 files via Windows)
- Launch Cineform and import the videos
- Ensure that the frame size is 1080p, 16:9, 48 fps, AVI, High quality
- Add to conversion list and convert
- Proceed to Step 2 (Edit within Cineform)
- Ensure that playback is "Best" and I usually only choose the "Protune" preset.
This is where it's gets confusing to me. :? I want to now edit the video in another program (Movie Maker). I assume that the edits made thus far are embedded in the AVI file in a non-destructive way. In Photoshop, my images have a separate companion metadata file that is created to store these edits. I don't see this with Cineform's AVI files. So, I trust Cineform will preserve my edits and I continue on... - Open the AVI files in Movie Maker, and add captions, transitions, etc.
- From Movie Maker, I save the movie "For high definition display".
- Upload to YouTube or whatever. Done.
- It's difficult to tell (I don't have a trained eye for things like this), but did Movie Maker pick-up the edits from Cineform? After applying the Protune edits in Cineform, I never explicitly saved anything while in Cineform.
- Can I skip the Cineform process altogether and open the original camera MP4 files with Movie Maker and work from there? (or with other recommended software)
- What other (relatively inexpensive) video editing software is recommended to replace Movie Maker and possibly Cineform? Or do I need to keep Cineform to process the Protune information?
