The first App I tried out was iMapMyRun.
Probably it takes a while of getting used to this kind of applications and I am making some beginners mistakes, but anyway. I wish I could the App where I start, since on the 2 serious runs so far it takes a while for it to figure out where I am. Secondly, it does not seem to use any smoothing algorythm, so without editing the routes look like being run while being tipsy. The first route I edited lost its altitude date in doing so, so the next route I first copied before straightening all out. I miss more stats, like a speed profile and things like that and will try other Apps to find out what is possible.
OruxMaps
At a first glance this is a completely different philosophy. Very technical and with many options, some of which I have not a clue of what it can be used for. Secondly it lets you choose from several sites for uploading tracks, so apart from evaluating the App I will start evaluating MapMyTracks.
It took some getting used to, but the flexibility of OM is nice and being able to send your track where you choose is great. MapMyTracks has more statistical analysis on each track you upload, but I still have to find the edit track tool.
Others I will probably evaluate:
RunKeeper
RunTastics
Editing Video
If you shoot video when running ofcourse the major problem is image stability. As for now there are no light-weight stabilizers on the market I know of eventhough it seems people are working on them:
Easygimbal camera stabilizer
So what we are left with for now is editing the video afterwards with software. After some searching I found this tutorial:
Video stabilizing tutorial
In short it involves the following steps:
1. Convert GoPro video to AVI format (I used Streamclip)
2. Stabilize AVI videos with VirtualDub and Deshaker plug-in
3. Compress VirtualDub files (I used Handbrake)
4. Edit the video with Windows Live Movie Maker
In VirtualDub you can also adjust the volume of audio if needed (closed case on rainy days). Once you get the process it is all quite mechanical and comes down to creativity of editing the video. So far I have not played around with any settings, I will do so for next videos, since running is a very specific movement. In my first video the horizon looks to be made of rubber, eventhough the stabilized result no longer causes me motion-sickness.
I found it important the follow this order in editing:
1. Load and select footage
2. Add effects
3. Choose music without adding and calculate times and breaks adjusting video accordingly
4. Add music
UPDATE!!!
After some years of not editing videos I discovered the workflow needs some changes.
Windows Movie Maker no longer exists and Handbrake no longer supports the AVI format necessary for using Virtual Dub, which still is the go to program for me for stabilizing the video.
Before going into more detail know that Adobe Premiere has all needed funcionality but is not free.
So a list of all the steps:
1. Shoot video clips with a sports camera, in my case still GoPro Hero 3 Silver
2. Copy the MP4 files to some directory
3. Download a MP4 to AVI converter (AVC or XMedia) and convert all files
4. With Virtual Dub and Deshaker plugin produce stabilized video. There is no way to avoid
warping, so horizons, tall trees and clouds at the edge of the image will move, but in general the
video will be much more steady
5. With Xmedia convert the AVI back MP4. This also greatly reduces the file size.
6. Download Shotcut, an open source video editor, and edit the video. There is a lot of tutorials out there on how to do so, and after some fiddling I really found it a great program to work with, also with still tons of features to be discovered.
7. Use Handbrake to downsize the file so you can upload it. I prefer VIMEO, since youtube tinkers a lot with the file quality.
Good luck!!!
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