Operation Manual

GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual
Moving GoPro CineForm Files to Other Computers
As detailed in previous chapters, the 3D Color and Framing adjustments applied to
converted GoPro CineForm files in GoPro Studio’s EDIT Room are accomplished using
the GoPro CineForm Codec’s Active Metadata
TM
technology. This Active Metadata is
saved in a database file on your computer’s hard drive.
The default location for the database files is “C:\Users\Public\CineForm\LUTs” on
Windows computers and “Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/CineForm/LUTs/” on
Mac computers.
When your computer plays back a GoPro CineForm file, it cross-references the database
and plays back the file with the settings it finds there. If you were to move these files to
another computer, they will not play with the adjustments applied…unless you copied the
database files as well.
As an alternative to copying the database files, you could share a single database
location across multiple computers. You can change the database location to a shared
network drive or a Dropbox location. With a shared database location, your GoPro
CineForm files will playback with the same Active Metadata
TM
adjustments on every
system (Windows or Mac) that is pointing to the shared database.
To change the database location on a Windows system:
1. Download and unzip this
file: http://software.gopro.com/other/MoveLUTsAndDatabase.zip
2. Then double-click on the “MoveLUTsAndDatabase.vbs” file to launch the Move LUT
directory script.
3. Type in the desired location for the database (shared network drive or Dropbox
folder) and click OK.
4. Repeat these steps on any other Windows computers on which you wish to have the
database shared.
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