Editing software

**Skav** · 11-13-2013, 04:00 PM

I get an error when trying to load. I'll take a screen shot tonight if I can.

**Cigalert** · 11-13-2013, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by GotHalos

Hmm...that's weird, I've never had an issue with iMovie. But like Cig said, iMovie can do all of that and it's pretty easy. I don't have any experience with final cut but Adobe is pretty difficult to use compared to iMovie.

Does it give an error when you try to load the footage?

I was going to say, if you can't figure out iMovie then you shouldn't be even looking in the windows of Final Cut. Final Cut is very capable and not so fresh off the boat user friendly.

Originally Posted by Skav

I get an error when trying to load. I'll take a screen shot tonight if I can.

You can try to download handbrake (free software) and run your raw GoPro files through there first. There are multiple formats within handbrake to save your re-run but some times GoPro footage becomes corrupt and needs a handbrake run to clean things up. I don't think file size has anything to do with it but I have noticed that larger files have been getting broken up into smaller segments quite a bit lately.

**GotHalos** · 11-13-2013, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Cigalert

I was going to say, if you can't figure out iMovie then you shouldn't be even looking in the windows of Final Cut. Final Cut is very capable and not so fresh off the boat user friendly.

You can try to download handbrake (free software) and run your raw GoPro files through there first. There are multiple formats within handbrake to save your re-run but some times GoPro footage becomes corrupt and needs a handbrake run to clean things up. I don't think file size has anything to do with it but I have noticed that larger files have been getting broken up into smaller segments quite a bit lately.

Don't want to thread jack but on a side note, do you know if that software will repair corrupt footage? Somewhere, I have footage from my crash of 50' above to 15' below but since the camera wasn't in the waterproof housing the file got damaged.

**Cigalert** · 11-14-2013, 06:04 AM

Originally Posted by GotHalos

Don't want to thread jack but on a side note, do you know if that software will repair corrupt footage? Somewhere, I have footage from my crash of 50' above to 15' below but since the camera wasn't in the waterproof housing the file got damaged.

It has brought a few GoPro files back from the dead.

**She's Mine** · 11-14-2013, 11:09 AM

how are you getting your files from your GoPro to your iPad? I have been using Adobe Premier Elements and have heard good things about iMovie and would like to try it.