![]() – Added Digital Lens concept (rebranding of existing feature to make it easier to use – Added GPS integration into GoPro app (can now add telemetry stickers/overlays) – Added GoPro Plus upload capability/protection – Added Livestreaming, including at 1080p – Added PowerPano (270° panoramic one-shot photo) ![]() ![]() – Added horizon leveling into device itself (primarily for single-lens mode) – Added keyframing into GoPro app for reframing view from 360° footage – Added Shotgun mic via new 6-mic array (upgrade from 4 mics on Fusion) – Added ‘Max SuperView’ mode, which is super wide-angle single-lens mode – Added Max HyperSmooth for single-lens mode – Added single-lens Hero mode (to use kinda like a normal GoPro Hero) – Simplified to single MicroSD card from previous dual SD card fiasco – Added new Hero 8 mounting system (slight/better difference over Fusion) Note this list is all about what’s changed (good or bad), and less about overall features or how 360° content works per se. Here’s the complete run-down of what’s new and different on the GoPro Max compared to the original GoPro Fusion. Still, all of this is a massive upgrade over the original Fusion, which when it came out kinda felt like old tech in comparison to that year’s GoPro products. If you want all of this distilled down into a relatively efficient video – then look no further than the below, complete with plenty of examples: It includes a watered down variant of quick access capture presets roughly on-par with the Hero 7, but not with the customization and depth of the Hero 8. For example, the Max includes TimeWarp (launched with Hero 7), but not the more advanced ‘Auto’ feature found on Hero 8. In many ways though, the easiest way to think of things is that the GoPro Max is more akin to a GoPro Hero 7 in terms of new features, with a slight sprinkling of Hero 8 features. There’s a huge pile of newness compared to the GoPro Fusion camera from a few years back. ![]() If you found this review useful, hit up the links at the bottom. Once I’m done with this review, I’ll get the Max media loaner units all packed up and shipped back to GoPro, just like I always roll. Still, between that and almost two months on the GoPro Hero 8 Black now – I’ve got a pretty good understanding what works well, what needs some love, and what you’ll need to understand more deeply. I’ve been using Max now for a bit, and have captured more video and photos than I know what to do with. And with Max, GoPro has done a great job at following others in the industry in making that experience incredibly smooth and painless. Still, what shooting at 5.6K in 360° gives you is the ability to reframe any portion of that into a more normalized 1080p flat video that you already know and love: But to do that after you shoot. Maybe tomorrow with some technological shift it’ll work, but today, people get disoriented and confused. For whatever reason, it just isn’t working today (across the industry). In fact, you’ll notice in this review that while I shot hundreds of gigabytes of 360° content, ultimately, everything I use is flat non-360° content pulled from that 360° content.Īnd that’s what GoPro has realized with Max: Nobody actually wants to watch 360° content. They’ve made some major strides in making the product actually usable for day to day users, to the point where it’s a very viable option for both 360° and non-360° content alike. Still, despite that, the GoPro Max is a hugely compelling upgrade over the previous generation GoPro Fusion. Wonder how many people have purchased it only to find they have to buy more to get the whole thing to work.GoPro implies (and even says) that the new Max does everything the Hero series does, but extended “to the Max”. You'll notice Kolor, Freedom and others offer bundles. Warning, you have to own valid license of Autopano Pro or Giga to establish the initial stitch." This is the same version as Autopano Vidéo but includes GPU rendering. ![]() If you don’t already own either APP or APG take a look at this bundle and save!"Īutopano Vidéo allows you to stitch easily and efficiently 360 degrees immersive videos whatever equipment used for shooting. "Autopano Pro (APP) or Autopano Giga (APG) are required to use Autopano Video or Autopano Video Pro properly. Suggest you do a test yourself anyway to check your machine, etc.Īnd yes, it is very odd that it's not actually mentioned anywhere on the Kolor site (or at least is not obvious) edit button did nothing) After downloading the Giga (or Pro?) demo it then reacted to Edit button (as in the videos) and brought up all the controls in that app. My experience of downloading the demo of Autopano Video Pro 2 is that it would stitch but not allow any control of control points or other settings. Yes, it does require one of the Autopans (Pro or Giga) to get full benefit from Autopano Video Pro 2 as I understand it. ![]()
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