Barrel coorection

[erdna]

I used the Pinch filter function for barrel correction in GoPro video. Unfortunately it does not correct the whole pictures area: the corners remain untouched. Is there aany real barrel correction (fish eye lens correction) filter available for Video Studio?

[Ken Berry]

Personally, I use a program called proDRENALINE from proDAD for 'correcting' fisheye in my GoPro footage. It works very well, though it is a commercial product which you have to buy. I see that GoPro has just released its own free Studio 2.0 which includes -- it says -- a filter to remove fisheye. Unfortunately, every time I try to open Studio 2.0 and insert footage from the Hero 3, the program crashes. So I cannot test that one out but you might want to try.

I also have all six of NewBlue's Video Essentials packs installed. Essentials II has a lens correction filter which is also helpful for what you want to do. Unfortunately, I am not sure if the NB Lens Correction filter comes as part of the various NB filters included in the VS installation, or whether it is only installed if you install the whole of Essentials Pack II... But I guess if you don't see Lens Correction as part of your FX, then I guess it is the latter.

[erdna]

Thanks Ken. In the mean time I downloaded and installed the GoPro Studio 2.0 program. It doesn't crash, but I don't find anything about lens correction. It looks like a basice editing program.
Andre

[Ken Berry]

Just looked at the GoPro Studio 2.0 website and it certainly mentions fisheye correction as a New Feature:

Key Features
New: GoPro Edit Templates make it easy to create GoPro-style videos
New: Trim, edit and mix video clips
New: Add titles, music, audio tracks and more
New: Fisheye adjustment control
New: Adjust video playback speed for fast or slow motion
New: Export video still frames at full resolution
Create videos from time-lapse photo sequences
Edit immersive 3D videos (requires 3D HERO System, sold separately)
Supports GoPro, Canon®, Nikon® and other constant frame rate H.264 mp4 and .mov formats

[erdna]

Thanks Ken I will try again, but apparently I need original GoPro files for thr Cineform conversion, and after that I think I wiil get the barrel correction filter.