GoPro Studio is the official video editing software for GoPro videos but it is not free! If you are a Mac user and looking for a nice free video editing software for Mac to edit Gopro videos, I will highly recommend you MovieMator Free Mac Video Editor: the best free alternative to Gopro Studio. Given that, finding a good GoPro video editor is one of the first tasks a new GoPro owner should think of. Of note, GoPro used to provide its users with a free video editing software named Studio until the end of summer 2017, when Studio reached its end-of-life for support.

Have you heard of my? I created it for GoPro newbies when the Hero5 Black came out, and it’s way better than a user manual! There is a video for nearly any subject, and this week the topic is GoPro editing software! So what I’m talking about is GoPro editing software for your laptop or desktop computer. In a previous post, I gave you some recommendations for, and I want to be SUPER clear we ARE talking about COMPUTERS not mobile phones or tablets. I prefer and strongly advise you to use a computer and some real software, especially if you’re new to editing GoPro videos. ( The links in this post are affiliate links, and we will be compensated when you make a purchase by clicking our links.

Read my.) I do have a page on my site dedicated to, where I lay out (almost) all video software options, but in this post, I want to talk about GoPro editing software for beginners. So, let’s talk about your gopro editing software options!

GoPro Editing So first of all, GoPro has their own editing software, which you may have heard of, called Quik for Desktop. There is a, and there’s a as well. I went over the Quik app back in video #25 of this GoPro Series, but you should know that Quik is totally free and it’s kind of an all-in-one “hub” where you can import footage from your GoPro to your computer, update your camera’s firmware, and you can do some other stuff, including a little bit of editing It’s very, very limited in it’s video editing capabilities. I also need to mention that GoPro also has (or used to have) a video editing platform called, but as of August 2017, they have for download. If you already have it, it should still work fine–or, at least, it should work as it worked before (if you’ve used GoPro Studio and had it not work properly, then you know what I mean). You probably won’t get software updates or anything like that, so if it works for you–great–go ahead and use it, but if it’s not working for you, then let’s explore what to use instead!

There are some free options out there for both Mac and PC users, So let’s start with free. Free GoPro Editing Software If you’re on a Mac, you should have, and iMovie is actually a great editing platform for beginners and even beyond beginner. I have a Crash Course called, and near the end of this post, you’ll find a coupon code to save a few bucks at check out. If you’re struggling to get to know iMovie, then is for you!! If you’re on a PC, you can download.

I installed this on my PC and played with it a little and it’s a little confusing at first, but it’s a good place to start if you’re looking for free and you’re on a PC. Recently, I published a which you should check out! GoPro Editing Software Under $100 Moving on to platforms that cost less than $100, I wrote a post about this a while ago, but it’s good to keep things up to date! Is by far my favorite to recommend for beginners because it’s available for Mac and PC, and it gives you kind of a simpler editing mode which is perfect for newbies, and a more advanced mode which is great when you’re ready to step up your editing game., the same company that makes Premiere Pro, which is what I usually edit my videos with. Premiere Elements usually runs around $60-70.

I also have a that has become a fan favorite. Premiere Elements is great GoPro Editing Software for beginners. Is also a popular choice for beginners. Also available for Mac and PC, it runs about $60 usually and it has lots of filters, transitions, and graphic effects that I don’t use a lot of in my videos. Google talk for mac osx. Some people really love Filmora, and others don’t love it, so it’s something you’d need to try for yourself before jumping in to make the purchase.

Some other editors that are PC-only include,,, and (which used to be a Sony platform, but it’s now owned by Magix). New software for old mac?. Premiere Pro is great GoPro Editing Software – it’s pretty advanced, and something you might want to graduate to! For more advanced editing, like I said is my favorite, and if you’re a Mac user, you also have as an option.