The update provides one of the features industry analysts said they hoped to see on the Hero5 back before the camera launched last fall, when the company was struggling with a falling stock price that later led to a restructuring plan. With the new integration into the GoPro app, even downloading the files from the GoPro device itself is automated. Quik as a stand-alone app offers similar quick edits, but the user needed to select and download files separately. The app’s latest feature is likely a result of GoPro’s acquisition of Quik last year, in a deal that also included Splice. “QuikStories is the simple storytelling solution our customers have been dreaming about for years.

“QuikStories is our biggest leap forward since the invention of the GoPro itself,” says Woodman. The GoPro app can also generate QuikStories using videos shot from a smartphone. The new feature responds to a pain point for consumer video cameras - translating all that footage into something shareable without spending hours using an editing program. Customization options also include slow-motion effects and filters. Users can share as-is, or go in and customize the result by altering the length of the video, adding text, changing the template, or altering the music. Thursday, July 27, the company launched GoPro QuikStories, an automatic video-editing option for the Hero5 series, inside the GoPro app for both iOS and Android.Īfter a firmware update to the Hero5 or Hero5 Session, launching the GoPro app now allows users to automatically transfer files, and then the software gets to work compiling the shots into a shareable video, and sends users a notification when the edit is ready. GoPro is working to change that with a new feature that CEO Nicholas Woodman says is the company’s biggest move since the GoPro was first invented - software that automatically transfers and edits footage into a ready-to-share file. Fitbit Versa 3ĭaven Mathies/Digital TrendsAction cameras are easy to use, but turning hours of footage into something short and enjoyable is a task daunting enough to cause users to leave their adventures on an SD card, untouched and unshared.

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