This article explains how to use GoPro Quick to edit videos on Mac. For this tutorial, we used a GoPro Hero 5 Black edition and a MacBook Pro 2016, but the hardware versions you use won’t change the steps for editing software with Quik.

What to Know

  • To import clips, connect the GoPro to the Mac, open Quik, choose your GoPro camera, and select Import Files.To create a video, select Media > Create, select the start and end points, and repeat for each clip you want to add.

Importing Video Clips

The first thing to do is import your video clips. Fortunately, the Quik app has this feature built right in (so there’s no need to worry about using yet another application). Here’s how to import video clips into Quik.

The desktop version of GoPro Quik is now considered legacy software and is not to be confused with the Quik app for iOS and Android.

  • Connect your GoPro to your Mac via the supplied cable.
  • Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock.
  • Type Quik and click the Quik launcher.
  • Make sure your GoPro camera is selected in the left sidebar.
  • Click Import Files.
  • Allow the import to complete.

After Quik finishes the import, you’re ready to create.

Connect your GoPro to your Mac via the supplied cable.

Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock.

Type Quik and click the Quik launcher.

Make sure your GoPro camera is selected in the left sidebar.

Click Import Files.

Allow the import to complete.

Creating a Video

With your files imported, here’s how to create a video:

  • On the Quik main window, click Media.
  • In the resulting window, click Create.
  • In the Media section, select a highlight from a clip by clicking on the start point and then on the end point.
  • Repeat the above step on the next clip. Do this until you’ve selected start and end points for all the clips you want added to the video.

At this point, all of your highlights will have automatically been added to the new video (in the order you selected start/end points). You will also notice Quik has also auto-added a piece of music for your clip. You can change that music by following these steps:

On the Quik main window, click Media.

In the resulting window, click Create.

In the Media section, select a highlight from a clip by clicking on the start point and then on the end point.

Repeat the above step on the next clip. Do this until you’ve selected start and end points for all the clips you want added to the video.

  • Click on the song title.
  • Click the play button associated with a piece of music for a sample.
  • When you find a song you like, select it and click ADD TO VIDEO.

By default, videos will add a Quik-branded outro. To delete that:

Click on the song title.

Click the play button associated with a piece of music for a sample.

When you find a song you like, select it and click ADD TO VIDEO.

  • Click Select Outro.
  • Click No Outro.
  • Click Apply.

Once you’re finished, click Save. In the resulting window, give your video a name, select the quality, and click Save.

Click Select Outro.

Click No Outro.

Click Apply.

Once the video has saved, it will be listed in the View window, where you can right-click the video and opt to View, Share, Edit (Open in Create Mode), or View the new file in Finder.

And that’s all there is to creating a simple video from your GoPro camera footage.

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