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Quik by GoPro — Easiest way to create awesome videos
Quik will create a perfect video from your footage, connected and synced with music. It selects the best moments from your videos and pictures, then puts them together in a choice of 26 video styles. It comes with really cool features of adding transitions, text, effects and much more. Share with your friends your unique videos made with Quik!
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@rrhoover yeah they do. My school video projects back then would've looked like HBO documentaries nowadays.
@rrhoover so true! It would've looked like I spent a whole year on a class project with something like this or Showbox when in reality it could take less than a few minutes lol..
@jaredepicpower @rrhoover - would be so awesome to have "reactions" (a la FB) to comments - this one is point! and also makes me LOL :P
Am going to Bali with my brother soon and I am still yet to complete my India video from my GoPro - maybe I'll give this app a go for the Bali trip and see how I get on :)
@bentossell It will ! Definately great for edditing on the Go and keeping nice holiday memories. It's so easy it might convince you to forget your adobe premiere pro project you've started month ago and never finished ;)
GoPro has been evolving from a hardware company into a media brand. I'm curious where software -- apps that are technically independent from both -- fit into their overall strategy. @mthblt, @matthieurouif @im_yugs
P.S. Nice write-up on The Verge by @sokane1.
Cool, making video editing simple is a necessity now. Can you imagine all the cool content around the world that can be produced with this kind of tool?! AWESOME!
@gabrielreynard Totally - the movie creation puzzle is finally piecing itself together! You should check out our take with actvt.com on it with just a pinch of creative control at the beginning of the process to help you focus on the story - while we automate the rest. And direct GoPro integration too :)
The WSJ did a pretty good write up on GoPro the other day. The idea of their pipeline product taking on a platform component will definitely be central to their survival, but the problem with GoPro is that the cameras are simply too expensive. And as far as reaching a wider market with product, they could have easily gone into multiple market segments by this point, as well. There could have been a GoPro Home product and platform to easily compete with Nest on home surveillance. Likewise, there could have been a GoPro Auto, for the dash cam segment. Another general argument is that everyone has a 4K camera in their phone now, so what's the point? Instead of GoPro trying to compete with that camera, they could easily build digital tools (apps) and strive for the best possible video editing experience. On the hardware side, they could have built add-on lenses for the iPhone that aren't a joke. The list goes on. The drone is supposed to be subpar at this point tech-wise. We'll see.
I haven't try it yet, is there some differences with the old replay app, or is it only a new branding ?
@vnallatamby Biggest one is that everything is free now. A great new feature with Custom Video Duration : set your target duration, Quik reworks all the cuts in a snap. Another great addition is the new Slice video editing style, try it with text it's amazing. We also removed the Discover feed of user videos we featured.
@jeffboudier @vnallatamby do you mean free, except for the $15 in-app purchase?
@stinhambo @jeffboudier @bradenhamm The App Store still lists the purchase because it doesn't depend on the version. The older versions need the purchase to be active
@vnallatamby they've removed the ability to add your own tracks to your video from gdrive, dropbox, box, etc. 🙁
A strong (but predictable) step into the video-network space by GoPro. In terms of social video production/sharing, the market still feels open to me. Instagram and Facebook are seeing massive increases in video engagement, but it's mainly coming from top accounts/publishers, not your actual friends. This was a big inspiration for Hyperlapse and Boomerang - two products I worked on at Instagram. Make video production easier, so actual people do it.
One huge barrier I see here is getting the videos from your GoPro to your phone. Unfortunately, it looks like you still have to go through the SD Card -> Computer -> Folder on Desktop -> Phone, rather than some sort of automatic syncing through the cloud. While it doesn't seem like a lot, it prevents in-the-moment impulse sharing. Which, in my experience, can significantly stunt the growth of a young network.
As video recording gets better and better on phones (it's unreal on iPhone 6/6s), I wonder how much people are going to need to record with GoPros. Phones have a lot of advantages - immediate stabilization, filtering, editing, sharing. GoPro's main differentiators at this point are a) the waterproof/indestructible case and b) a nice wide-angle action lens. However, I can envision a phone-case that provides these two attributes for when you want to record action sports (think moment lens meets life-proof case). Might be a fun side project if anyone in the manufacturing world is interested :)
@telenardo great to get your opinion on this. I completely agree with your point on getting your videos from your GoPro onto your phone. It's almost not worth the effort, unless you're going for something clean and edited. It's too bad because GoPro was such a godsend for the action sports industry, but now after so many years it seems to have fallen behind when it comes to in-the-moment content sharing--and that's something they'll have to master if they want to be relevant to a wider market. That being said, the release of this app could be in anticipation of a Hero 5 device that has these capabilities.
@rueter Good point. Yeah, maybe the Hero 5 will have connectivity. It's a shame they don't have this on the ~50 million cameras they already have out in circulation though! I wonder how many people will upgrade?
@telenardo The gopro app actually allows you to transfer all your videos directly from the camera via the built in wifi. I'd Love for this to be automated though - when connecting the camera over wifi it would be awesome to auto-sync all footage.
@telenardo Your analysis is spot on. GoPro is buying very cool apps, but that doesn't replace all the work that has to be done on the ecosystem.
The reviews in the app store shed light on the difficult transition from Replay > Quik. Still a very cool product and hope that GoPro goes far with it and listens closely to user feedback
This is amazing.. I just got my GoPro few days back and I am loving it.. but this gives me one more reason why should I love my go pro more :) good work guys
@paresh_khatri Since you have a GoPro check out actvt.com - we just added GoPro integration to our super simple video story creation process :)
I knew this app looked familiar. It's the old Replay app which was recently acquired by GoPro. The tech behind this is Stupeflix.
This software is really smooth. It works really well. It is fast and simple. Sometimes i wish it had more features but i guess that would ruin the idea behind Quik.
Pros:So easy to make a good-looking video in literally mins.
Cons:Can't edit fonts. In general you're pretty limited.
Tried this earlier today. For those familiar with Google Photo's "Magic Movie Maker" (for lack of a better name), it's pretty much that but better! You can either choose the videos and let the app do it's magic or take over with a very granular control and deep app. I was surprised at how good the app is at syncing transitions with the music.
Giving it a try. Merge is running off my SD card in my phone and seems to be running fine. Look forward to testing this with actual Go Pro footage mixed with images and audio. Upvoted.
@bigyahu If you're into this you should try out actvt.com :) from your GoPro to elegant video stories in seconds
@colindevs Not really as many people will end up posting these creations to instagram. As part of the update they actually removed the "discover" feature which was a very simple Instagram style explore feed.
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