For ease of referencing and setting up the maximum shutter angles, this is the recommended max shutter angle/stop conversion math relative to the frame rate you are using. These QR codes can be created here: gopro.github.io/labs/control/maxshut/ ▶24FPS or 30FPS use a 45° max shutter angle (this is 3 stops) ▶60FPS use a 90° max shutter angle (this is 2 stops) ▶120FPS use a 180° max shutter angle (this is 1 stop)

Hallelujah! I've been battling this for several years! I'm a backpacker and am in and out of the dark woods and this is the one thing that has given me terrible grief. Thank you for showing this!

Oh wow! Great job! I have recently been wild camping and I had exactly the same problems. Thanks so much for your efforts! Brilliant! 🙂

Great video! I was watching another KZfaq video about this ghosting problem, and that video referenced your video, so I checked it out. Not only do you tell us HOW to get the Labs features, but you explain WHY we need them. I'm a new GoPro owner, got my Hero 11 for Christmas 2023 as a Costco bundle. I used it in January at a restaurant and got ghosting despite having hypersmooth turned on. Searching for ideas on how to prevent ghosting, I eventually found out about GoPro Labs. Your instructions were so easy to follow, that I felt satisfied just to get the software downloaded and installed. It wasn't until a week later that I decided to try the recommended setting, and I couldn't believe how easy it was! Just point the GoPro at the QR code on the screen!!! Wow, THAT is EASY! And now I get no ghosting, especially outdoors going from sun to shade. Thanks for a great, detailed tutorial.

Thanks! Your videos are always so in depth. Great explanations and very helpful! Subscribed!

Excellent presentation as always, thank you, I have purchased a Gimbal last week just not got round to learning how to use it yet as im still learning the GoPro....

awesome explanation & guide... just love love love how you have taken this super difficult stuff and explained it so easily and pragmatically. I've been struggling with this so much (Scotland is not the brightest of places outside of summer) and have found it quite hard to understand the solution. Thanks so much!

bro, i have been stressing about this for the last two weeks. thank you.

This is the best explanation video so far. Saved it.

I'm very thankful for this video. And after applying the firmware update as suggested ( I used 60FPS use a 90° max shutter angle (this is 2 stops)), the recordings of my recent family trip to Goa was absolutely superb !!!

Excellent video, thank you very much for share your knowledge. It will be very helpful

Wow! Timely! I had this happen a couple of days ago when moving through an enclosed space and the footage was terrible. I'm definitely try this out. I'll watch the video a few more times though, to make sure I get the process right. Many thanks!

I did this on my GoPro 11 and it looked terrible … close to unusable footage. Had to reset my camera and start fresh. Not sure if I didn’t it wrong, but the footage had so many shadows in low light and overexposed on the sun

Very well explained, thanks so much for this knowledge bomb! Got it installed, can't wait to shoot some footage in the forest tomorrow!✌ Question: I sometimes have an issue with light in the forest causing blue flashes, I tried ND filters without any luck. A hood might help solve it, any suggestions?

Good info, good explanation! Thank you😊

Spent a lot of time in settings trying to figure it out and I almost got rid of it. Then I found your video and it worked.

This is the first place I have seen this explained and with an actual solution/workaround. Thanks for this! So if I want to shoot in 50FPS or 60FPS I would still just use the 45degree ?

Great explanation and solution.

Awesome. At last a complex subject explained and solved

Love the results, but do you mind posting all the settings that you used? Also, I'm still learning all the fps and related degrees. I couldnt find a complete list for the different degrees and its related fps. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing, I will try this!

Thank you, this is very good. I wonder if you did additional settings or editing? I noticed on my end, my 4k video looked more like HD, not as good as yours for some reason.

Thanks. Very helpful!

i run with the cam head mounted... this was the best thing that came out of GoPro since the Labs released... id rather have the grain/noise and a closer to real-life lighting of the scene (if its dark, no need to turn it into day time), than have a completely unuseable footage that are a headache to watch on a big TV

Excellent video

You got my attention. Keep it up

Thank You so much just installed the update

Hi Buddy had the labs on me old gp 7 amazing stuff i have just learned about he use of the Quick Start option great for the Mtb Adventures very easy on a big day out My Question is does the gopro work in the same way with Quick start option on with the labs downloaded on to the cam thanks

Thank you so much. I wanted to throw my Gopro11 in the bin. I'm amazed though that Gopro doesn't do this automatically.... ah well... (Maybe that's why lots flip over to DJI Action 4 cause it seems to be the default of no ghosting)

In more recent Labs firmware, you can directly set a minimum and maximum shutter speed (this sets limits on the Auto exposure.) EXPX directly set the maximum shutter speed, constant speed, variable angle for change frame rates. So if you did !MEXPX=250, you would have 1/250th of second for a maximum exposure time, but still otherwise full auto for all frame rates. Whereas EXPT sets a maximum shutter angle, the angle constant for change frame rates, but it alters the shutter.

Good information

It does look much better with those settings applied, I didn't fully understand why it is stated as 360 or 45 degree for the shutter speed

Thank you so much for this video.... can you give me a hint on using ND filter after this setup

Well Said! Thank you...

For me the best solution was to get a gimbal, turn hypersmooth off and stabilize using reelsteady :) This way i have an even greater field of view, and don't have so much noise or dark footage because don't have to limit shutter speed. But of course it makes the whole set up a big bigger. For me it isn't' a problem though :) But for people who just want to use the gopro with hypersmooth this is a must (limiting shutter speed), and something that should have been incorporated into the normal Gopro firmware long ago!

Thanks again for this great video! In protunes I had my Max ISO set to 800 in my original Standard setting. Do have to change that now to 1600? Thank you!

Thank you so much for this very helpful tutorial! I would like to ask you in reference to the 'Maximum Shutter Angle': keeping the sensitivity at 1600 ISO, if for a video at 30 fps you suggest to set a Maximum Shutter Angle of 45°, for a video at 60 fps and one at 120 fps what values should I use? I didn't quite understand, you're talking about stops in your tutorial...but translated into degrees on the GoPro Labs conversion page you linked to, how many would that correspond to? Thank you if you can help me.

Another informative video 👍. Would the manual settings( option 2) you advised work on the Action 3. I dont suppose there's a way to get the option of the app download on the Action 3 is there?

I got this installed and looks to be working well. Does this just work for auto shutter? If I set the manual shutter to 1/30, will it override the mod? There's one situation where I need to override.

Great video. Wouldn’t manually setting a shutter speed and letting Auto ISO work?

Grateful for the help. Will this have any negative effect on slow motion mode?

Great videos! Will this work on a gopro 9? Thanks!

In QR code for Android, i cant find the setting "make this setting survive a power off" also i found that auto shutter angle is better in low light than auto shutter speed, do you have any experience in this?

I’m a bit of a minimalist. I think gimbals are too big for travel. I like to travel with just a carryon and slingbag for a personal. But I’ll try downloading the software.

Helo , i cant view media in my gopro quick, always force close , why ? Thank u

Super video. Thanks = much better in low light now. Don’t see the reset QR code listed on GoPro Labs page - am i missing it?

Great video, thanx. 45 or 90 is it a big difference?

thank you 👀

Great and informative video. A couple of questions, firstly, does this affect warranty in any way? Secondly, I am not clear how you would change between angles in the field when wanting to choose higher frame rates... I shoot almost everything in 60 or 120 (GP10).... I would have liked to see a visual demonstration of the process you described so well....

do you think this method works with road cycling when there is a lot of bump on the road?

📌I have recently started using 'GoPro Labs' and I have two questions: At Min. 15:02, when you suggest setting it to '2 stops' (for 60 FPS) or '1 stop' (for 120 FPS) and then creating two QR codes for these new FPS values, how should I set the 'SHUTTER Angle' if I had set it to 45 degrees for 30 FPS...? Do I need to modify this value and how? Or is it another value that I need to change for 60 FPS or 120 FPS? Unfortunately, I haven't understood this yet! 🤔😭

i have the issue with going from outside where there is good light to inside (for example a supermarket) i get a lot noise, do you have settings that give no noise in the footage?

So I'm running 4k at 25fps, Do I just leave the shutter in Auto and the Labs setting will stop if from going too low? or do I need to adjust something else in protune?

I was thinking about it! if i want to use fitel 16 nd filter is this program suitable

Another great/informative video on a very important topic. I must admit, I've been too chicken to install the GoPro Labs firmware update. Couldn't you accomplish the same thing by just raising the minimum ISO to something like 800 ISO or higher? That would force the shutter speed to be faster. Right? It's too bad that while your filming the Hero 11 doesn't show what Shutter Speed and ISO it is choosing. You would think that would be an easy thing to add. They could put it on the shortcuts so you could easily turn it on/off.

I have a Hero 7 and I notice when changing.... the cam will beep on the QR code but it doesn't always change without a nudge. Turning the cam off/on makes it change, sometimes rotating between photo and video changes it. If you take a video it will be what the screen showed in brightness. I switched between ISO 100 and 3200 in tandem with angle 360 to 22.5 to make sure the I could notice a change. To be sure on the more subtle changes, I will have to set it several times to make sure I got what I scanned I figure. Ever heard of this?

I tried this on GoPro 10 but I noticed that in dark indoor setting the camera bumps the ISO all the way up to the limit and there also seems to be some kind of pulsing, flickiering noise in addition to the standard grain. What could be the reason? I had to set the ISO much lower (400 max), otherwise the footage turns into a crushed, smeary, pulsing mess.

manual updates and scanning qr codes like any of that will work!! those things barely works on my phone lol

Tnx 🤝

Thank you for this great explanation! Sorry my english is not the best. Can i change the FPS between 30 and 24 withouth problems with this settings? Is it possible to let this settings always on, so can i use it in normal daylight situations? Regards from Austria

I'm confused about when shooting at 60 fps. You say set it to 2 stops instead of 3 stops. Where are these stops changed???? On the QR code webpage? If so, do I move the Maximum Shuttle Angle from 45 degrees to 90 degrees, which would be the correct stop? Thanks.

Thanks for the video! One question - after I scan the QR code to set my GoPro to a 45° shutter angle for when I am in low light, what should I do if I am later going to be recording in a more well lit or sunny area? Would I then scan the QR reset code so that my presets get restored to their usual shutter angle? Thanks again!

This is really helpful thank you. Two questions. So, with using a ND filter and a gimble you do not do the GoPro labs firmware correct? It’s one or the other right? Also when I shoot in 60FPS going around curves it’s like the footage does a hard pan not fluent. I guess that’s considered choppy? It’s like the footage slides left or right but in slight increments. Any idea what causes that?

Will these settings after scanning QR code take effect in any profile set on the camera? I would like to create only one profile with these shutter angel and ISO settings. I want to buy a gp12 and am interested in this option with low light. Thanks.

so i can't use nd filters ??

I have applied your code on my GoPro Hero 10 but I notice that at the end of the recording there are some stripes that go from top to bottom when I am under white light, any solution?

what if use Gopro mounted on FPV drone and want to have motion blur but eliminate ghosting and jitter from micro vibrations. What it can be done ?

I have scanned 3 Stops 45 degree shutter angles QR code, my shutter speed is in AUTO, my question is do I have to adjust and set shutter speed to 1/240 ? Please reply 🙏

Is the reset QR code you provided to revert only the Max Shutter Angle setting or to completely reset all Labs changes? Thanks

I really want to put GoPro labs into my GoPro 12, but I use my GoPro 12 every day for family videos and I’m really concerned that I’m gonna damage the GoPro somehow or void the warranty. Is there any chance of harming something? I know that’s probably a silly question, but I’m just curious. I trust you!

The video is great! But generaly: It is strange for me that we talk about angles at a shutter speed, and then we have to make a small math. To devide 360 with this angle number and than the result must multiplied by the framerate... Why not simply 2x framerate, 4x framerate? Why is this useless angle and calculation is created? It is like instead of I would say: Turn right, I would say three times go 90 degrees to your left...

Dose this save to the presets individually & change when changing preset?

This sounds a bit scary. Is there any downside to this? Will it void any warranty?

I use labs so familiar with how it works. Love the LogB. Anyway when I set the angle it does not change going into different lighting situations. For example at 24 fps at a 45 angle it just stays at 1/192. I got the impression from your discussion that this should change. What do you think?

I'm confused :( I can reproduce the same results with setting the shutter speed to 1/200 (at 25fps) - What difference does it make to use shutte angle instead of the shutter speed (which is there in the stock firmware)

why you don't mention lowering exposure as a solution? i know it looks darker, but it's a solution

I followed the steps and it override my costume settings. Set shutter to auto ev comp to 0, white balance back to auto, iso 100/1600, sharpness high, RAW audio off and mics auto.... Not sure if this is what's supposed to happen. I had my settings set differently from another video I saw. Any tips or ideas?

Hi, I installed the Go Pro Labs software per your instructions but need to remove it now in order to sell my Go Pro 8 and doing a manual install of the latest firmware does not remove the Go Pro Labs software. What can I do?

im filming 60fps, how to set for 2 stops???

I suppose for those that have problems with jitter and ghosting this would be a viable solution. As for me and my GoPro 10, I've not experienced jitter or ghosting, yet. I hope I don't ever because your solution is kind of technical beyond my understanding.

What if filming 60 fps what shutter would I use ?

Sorry i'm new to photography, what is that "2 stops" means? Sorry again, thank u for those who will answer

I find in app we can set maximum shutter speed, not better to set this 1/200 than change this angle all the time ?

How many stops would you use for 240 FPS?

Mint Mobile looks interesting and promising, but... it's North America only. Greetings from the rest of the world =)

Thanks for the info! But please use a de-esser. Haha.

Man I wish stuff like this worked for me. Can't get the extracted files on to sd card. Any suggestions?

The stops got a bit too technical for a noob like myself.

Can we just scan the qr codes you have put up here to make the change

WTF, It didn't work. I downloaded onto my micro SD. It did nothing. I tried to scan the QR code. It did nothing. Okay I had to download a free unzip app on my computer and copy and paste it exactly as illustrated. It finally worked. Scanning the QR code gave a red ✓ which I thought should be green. Confusing but the GoPro shows on screen it worked. Not easy!

This behavior is not acceptable. With the GoPro Hero 7 and 8 I have never had this problem. Your solution is a remedy to a bad design of the Hypersmooth developed by GOPRO. The action camera was created to be used above all by those who have no photographic knowledge and, I repeat, for me this is a problem never recognized by GOPRO.

Thank you ! i feel like im a hacker

🤔 ☝️ 😀 👍

I wouldn't call them "unusable" but yeah they look a little bad!

Do a video on how to stop light bulb flickering on go pros, and dont say change to 50 or 60 fps cos doesnt work

wish i found this before watching jordan boostmaster's garbage.

1/240 max shutteer speed for a 60 fps footage, you are crazy. I am not gonna do that.

Great material. Subscribe ON.

Small sensor?? Why does everybody make excuses for gopro. My cellphone has a tiny camera and sensor. The video quality is vastly better than gopro. Go pro is supposed to be a dedicated camera that only has one job and that is to have good video. And an old webcam has way better quality and is often smaller. I haven't seen even 1080 from a gopro. They claim to have 4k and beyond and mine often looks like 640 x 480.

I know this is off topic but LogB 400 and using Leemings new LUT Pro III GoPro 11 - wide gamut log400.cube is great.