These new features combine to allow professional filmmakers a vastly improved and flexible workflow for seamless integration with other source material and post-production platforms. HALF MOON BAY, CA & HOLLYWOOD, CA, – (April 17, 2012) – GoPro, the world's most versatile camera, and Technicolor, a worldwide leader in technology and color-science, announced today at the NAB 2012 Show in Las Vegas they have worked to embed Technicolor's CineStyle™ color profile for the debut of the new GoPro Protune™ (a free firmware upgrade available for the HD HERO2 camera, available this summer).Ĭertified by Technicolor, and developed by GoPro, the Protune mode firmware upgrade is a significant development for the professional production and post-production market, which incorporates Technicolor color science into GoPro's latest product launch. Technicolor-Certified ProTune Mode Adds 24p, 35Mbps Data Rate Non-Destructive 3D LUT and Color Presets to Greatly Enable Professional Production Workflow

GoPro Partners with Technicolor to Incorporate CineStyle™ into GoPro's new Protune™ Firmware for HD HERO2 at NAB 2012

There are press releases after the break as well as a few more pictures in the gallery, including a few more of its new underwater dive housing (above) with a flat front to reduce blurring and vignetting. Unsurprisingly given the pro atmosphere here at NAB, GoPro is also continuing to push the Cineform codec it acquired last year. We got a look at some of the video shot with beta versions of the new firmware aboard and the tweaks did plenty to enhance the color balance and image quality we were already impressed by earlier this month in the desert.

Also integral to the new software is the 'CineStyle' color profile developed by Technicolor that will let pros and prosumers streamline their workflow and produce better looking videos. Once it's released in the in the summer, the new ProTune mode will enable owners to record their video at a new 35Mbps data rate, and shoot at 24fps to more easily intercut it with other sources later. On the show floor at NAB 2012 GoPro had more to show off than just a finalized version of its $99 WiFi BacPac and Remote Control kit we saw at CES, announcing a ProTune firmware update that should bring an all new level of quality to its existing HD Hero 2 cameras - for free.

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