How to Edit Your GoPro Footage on a Mac (Course Preview)
Learn my 9-step system that I use to edit all of my videos.
This is the video that I'm going to show you step-by-step how to edit.
You'll watch over-my-shoulder as I start with my GoPro footage from our trip to Shoy's Beach in St. Croix and edit it in Final Cut Pro. After editing it, I'm going to show you how to export a rectangle version for your blog, YouTube, and Facebook. Then I'll show you how to create and export a square version for Instagram and Pinterest. Lastly, I'll show you how to create and export a version for TikTok. Here's the Shoy's Beach Video:
The 4 things you'll need to get the most out of this course:
- A Mac Computer that can run the latest release of Final Cut Pro.
- Final Cut Pro installed on your Mac.
- A video camera with some footage (could be a GoPro, but doesn't need to be).
- An iPhone or Smart Phone to record your narration.
Note: You'll get a 30-day free trial to Epidemic Sound as part of your course so you can add royalty free music.
Start Your Course TodayThe 10 lessons included this course:
Lesson 1: How to Export Your Footage From Your GoPro
This video tutorial will show you how I get my footage from my GoPro to my computer or external drive.
Lesson 2:
How to Set Up Your Project in Final Cut Pro
This video tutorial will show you how to create your Final Cut Pro Library, Event, and Project for your video.
Lesson 3:
How to Edit Your Project Timeline in Final Cut Pro
This video tutorial will show you how to place your footage into the timeline and then how to edit that footage.
Lesson 4:
Learn how to add your logo and titles in Final Cut Pro.
This video tutorial will show you how to add your logo to watermark your video. I'll also show you where I buy my title packs, how to install them, and how to edit them on Final Cut Pro.
Lesson 5:
How to create and add an audio narration to your Final Cut Pro video.
This video tutorial will show you how I use my iPhone to record a narration of my video and then how I add that narration to the video.
Lesson 6:
How to add royalty free music to your Final Cut Pro video.
This video tutorial will show you how I use Epidemic Sound to add royalty free music to my video. I also include a free 30-day trial to Epidemic Sound so you can try it out too.
Lesson 7:
How to export your vlog, YouTube, and Facebook version of your Final Cut Pro Video.
This video tutorial will show you how to export a rectangle version of your video. This is what you'll need to post your video on your blog/vlog, YouTube, and Facebook.
Lesson 8:
How to create, edit, and export your Instagram and Pinterest versions of your Final Cut Pro video.
This video tutorial will show you how to create a square version of your video so when you export it, it will be formatted for Instagram and Pinterest.
Lesson 9:
How to create, edit, and export your TikTok version of your Final Cut Pro video.
This video tutorial will show you to create a version of your video that is formatted for TikTok. Then when you export it, you'll be ready to upload it to TikTok immediately.
Lesson 10:
This is the last video in the course and will review the 9 steps we took in editing our video on Final Cut Pro.
This lesson will have all 9 steps mapped out as a review and conclusion to this course on how to edit your GoPro footage on a Mac.