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♪ You've been, you've been running through my mind ♪
♪ And I've been thinking that it's just about time ♪
♪ We get together, together, whoa ♪
♪ So come on ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ So come on ♪
- All right, this video has been a long time coming.
Now, I know most of you have probably asked me
since I published the GoPro Hero 8 settings guide,
"Can you make one for Hero 9?"
Yeah, sorry it's taken me till now,
but today I'm going to be sharing with you the best settings
that you can just dial into your GoPro
to get incredible content for a range of situations.
Now today, I'm going to be covering point of view,
vlogging, underwater, action and cinematic,
which is pretty much what I think is the best settings
to create all types of content on.
Now, if you want to check out things like indoor,
if you want to check out things like snow,
or even more cinematic content,
I've already made videos on those topics.
You can check them out in the cards,
they're up here in the description,
but today, this video is going to help you
get your GoPro going.
Your goey, going.
So let's get stuck into it.
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Now, you've probably noticed that my videos
here on YouTube have gotten so much better.
That's because I've been working
with an incredible filmmaker Anna Le Chah,
who also knows a whole heap about GoPro filmmaking.
- Talking about underwater,
and filming with GoPro underwater.
Some people get jumbled up with settings
and yes, settings are super important,
but what's also really important
is finding the right selfie stick,
to get the right height and the right length,
and all of that.
We've been using the selfie stick El Grande.
It's been working really well for us.
Actually, we'll show you how well it works.
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- If your GoPro is handy, now is a great time
to pick it up and start dialing in these presets.
So for shooting underwater, I recommend both 4K 60 in wide,
and 2.7K in 120 frames per second in wide.
Each of these presets, we're going to have our bit rate.
So scroll into your Protune, our bit rate set to high
to keep the image nice and crisp
whilst also dialing down our ISO maximum to 100.
That's so we don't have a noisy image.
I also like to make sure my color profile is flat
so I can color grade in post.
I will save this as a preset, and you'll notice that
I have both two presets, one in 2.7K and one in 4K 60.
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How freaking epic is it when you add
a little color grade to your GoPro flat content?
If you are just as stoked as we are
on how that underwater content is looking,
punch the thumbs up button,
and also head down to the description box below,
because you can get your hands on the exact lot
that we color our underwater GoPro footage with for free.
Let's move on to the next setting.
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When it comes to creating vlogs on GoPro Hero 9,
this is my preferred setting.
It is 5K, shooting 24 frames a second
in linear.
Now, I don't have time to color grade vlogs,
so I just like to use GoPro color.
- Also, little side note.
If you are editing all this footage on your mobile,
then I really recommend dropping down that quality to 1080p,
because that way you won't slow down your workflow.
That being said, if you are a desktop editor,
then those extra pixels and shooting in 5K
can actually go a long way.
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- This is one of the most immersive settings
that I think every GoPro creator should be using
and that's POV, P-O-V, point of view.
Now, there's a couple of hot takes
that I've got to make your POV content even cooler.
Now, the first thing is
to make sure that you're shooting with SuperView.
Now, the digital lens plays a huge impact
on the immersive nature of the content.
The wider the angle, the wider the perspective,
the more immersive it is.
If you have the Max Lens Mod,
I'd highly recommend using that, but if you don't,
you can get an awesome shot just using SuperView.
Now, to make these shots come to life,
you need a bite mount.
Now, there's two ways that you can use this bite mount.
That's this way,
which is up,
or down facing the chin.
If you've got a big schnoz like I do,
I highly recommend the latter, which is chin down.
Now, something to note is that if the camera
is pointing too far out,
so, kind of like this,
it's not going to be as immersive.
You really want the camera to face down to capture your
nipples, your feet, get all that jazz in there
and that's going to give you the most immersive POV content.
Let's have a look how this looks on the bicycle.
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Dialing in our POV preset.
Again, I recommend two options,
the first of which is shooting in 4K,
with a standard frame rate of 24,
just to allow the footage to feel natural and lifelike.
Obviously, choosing that SuperView digital lens.
Now, when it comes to Protune,
I recommend dropping down the sharpness to medium,
again, to keep it nice and smooth.
Play around with your maximum ISO
to best suit your lighting conditions.
If you're moving from shade to full sun,
you may want to give it some breathing room.
And lastly, if you're shooting action,
consider using 2.7K at 60 FPS, also in SuperView.
So the other thing you might want to test out
is just bumping up your frame rate.
Now, if you shoot in 60,
you can just get some nice slow-mo shots
and I recommend doing this if you are performing any actions
in point of view.
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Hey, Roger Federer's in the house.
Now, if you guys are considering capturing something
as action packed as, say, tennis,
there's two settings I highly recommend dialing in.
Now, the first of which is for those of you
that are choosing to edit this content on your smartphone,
the smarty, I would recommend shooting 1080,
240 frames a second.
Now, if you're wanting to capture this same action
on your desktop, you just want to do a little
digital archive where you've got the hard drive space,
then I recommend jumping up to,
to 2.7K,
1.7K.
To 1.7K .
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Assuming we are editing this clip on our mobile,
or chasing smoother 4x slow motion,
let's go with 1080 at 240 frames per second.
Now, scrolling up to dial in our Protune settings,
let's have the bit rate on high for crisp action.
Now, our ISO max can be 100
because we're shooting in full sun.
However, feel free to bring this up
if your environment is darker.
Sharpness, let's drop that down to medium,
as our bit rate is high, and, save it as epic.
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- So last, but not least,
we are going to talk about cinematic settings
because who doesn't love a little cinematic real?
And there's really three take-homes here.
Number one is that you should probably shoot flat,
because that way you can get that perfect color editing
in post.
Number two is that you probably want to shoot
anything higher than 60 frames per second,
because cinematic has to do with slow-mo
and buttery, smooth motions.
So, definitely shooting above 60 frames per second.
And number three, and I think it's actually
the most important one, is shooting with good light,
good natural light.
Come out for sunset or sunrise,
I would say these are the two moments
you get the best golden light.
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If you'd like to know more about cinematic settings
and whatnot, we've actually made a whole video
on how to get more cinematic footage with GoPro,
and it's linked in the cards right there.
But right now, let's talk settings.
- Dialing in these final settings for our cinematic preset.
Let's go with 2.7K at 120 frames per second in wide.
In Protune, we're going to bump that bit rate up to high,
so it's nice and crisp.
We'll set our maximum ISO depending on the light,
and in this case it's full sun, so we'll go to 100.
And then, lastly, I like to have shortcuts
that you've seen on the screen right throughout this video.
I highly recommend clicking the video in the card
to check out exactly what shortcuts
I like to have on the screen.
Okay, I'm hoping by now that you have your new GoPro Hero 9
absolutely dialed
and you are ready to take it out on an adventure.
Guys, thank you so much for checking out this video.
If you've learned something new,
punch that thumbs up button
and if you haven't, feel free to obliterate your keyboard
and smash the thumbs down button.
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Thank you for checking out this video
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and I'll see you guys in the next upload.
J.R, peace.
♪ You've been, you've been running through my mind ♪
♪ And I've been thinking that it's just about time ♪
♪ We get together, get together, whoa ♪
♪ So come on ♪