I remember the day I excitedly unboxed my first GoPro, only to realise I had no idea how to work a GoPro. I really need some GoPro help, and fast! And that’s why we’ve compiled this GoPro Tips For Beginners cheat sheet.

GoPro User Manual

Why didn’t you just read the GoPro user manual, I hear you ask. The GoPro camera may look like a simple little action camera, but it is jam-packed with features and technology. The manual is a super in-depth GoPro guide, with every little detail covered.

The GoPro User Manual is well over 100 pages long, and it takes quite a lot of reading to get through. Bring on the GoPro Tips for Beginners Cheat Sheet!

How to Use a GoPro

This camera cheat sheet will not show you how to use a GoPro camera. We’ll get to that later, in upcoming blogs.

You will find some basic GoPro instructions on this GoPro for Beginners Cheat Sheet. Here are the topics we cover in this GoPro for Beginners Cheat Sheet.

Frames Per Second – Number of frames captured in each second of video for normal, action or slow-motion video

Field of View – How much of the scene can be captured by the GoPro – wide, linear or narrow.

Voice Commands – There 12 standard voice commands to control your GoPro.

Swipe Motions – 4 swipe motions used to control the touch screen.

ProTune – Recommended settings for 8 of the Protune features.

Time Lapse – A table of interval, recording time and video length.

GoPro for Beginners Cheat Sheet

Download Printable GoPro Cheat Sheet

If you would like to download a printable GoPro for Beginners Cheat Sheet in PDF format, click on the below link.