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Ok great, I will check out both of these, thank you for the info!Check out the offer on ProDrenalin, if you want to export footage, with fish eye removed that is stabilized.
For an editing package check out HitFilm as it's free.
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That's what I was wondering, I will look into it, thank you.Your problem might be your computer not the software. GoPro images are heavily compressed and require relatively powerful CPU and graphics card.
There's lots of info available with a Google search- too much to cover here.
Thank you yet again.......I am currently on a PC, I dont think Prores is compatible with PC right?Most computers can't play back 4K without chugging. A lot of times it's not actually the processing power in the computer, but rather it's a slow hard disk.
Do you have a Mac or a PC? That will dictate what software is the best choice for you. On the Mac side I'm a fan of starting out with iMovie and then eventually moving up to Final Cut.
Also, it's worth mentioning that the format GoPro uses to record video is not "editor friendly." You need to transcode to an editing codec (like ProRes). But these files will be much bigger. You can also create proxies (lower resolution versions of your original video files) and edit with those. When your done, your editor will assemble and export your final video from the original video files. Using proxies makes it much easier and less time consuming to edit.
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Thank you yet again.......I am currently on a PC, I dont think Prores is compatible with PC right?
Here is a link to the little vid I put together from the footage I shot today, let me know what you think...
Thank
Thank you yet again.......I am currently on a PC, I dont think Prores is compatible with PC right?
Here is a link to the little vid I put together from the footage I shot today, let me know what you think...
Yea, the horizon tilting, Im hopeing this was from having my gimbal speed in the app set all the way to low? I have changes these settings and am going to try again this morning.I'm not current on the PC side so I'll defer to someone else on that. I do at least know that you can play and edit ProRes on a PC in Adobe Premier, but you would need a utility to transcode your GoPro footage into ProRes in the first place.
For what it's worth, I only brought up ProRes as an example of an editor friendly format.
Great video - especially the selfie/dronie at the end. Also when you were flying low and fast over the waves. It would be interesting to see that in slow motion.
I do have to say that I noticed a ton of horizon tilting throughout. I wonder what that's from? I got the same thing a couple times before the last software update (last weekend). My work around was to tilt the gimbal down and then maneuver the Solo left and right quickly with the right stick, then tilt the gimbal back up. That seemed to prompt the gimbal to re-level itself.
Awesome, great help here, I will take a look at your example here.Great points!
4k friendly Codecs wise I havn't played very much with the options, perhaps a great thread topic? MP4 plays back on PC and Mac as well as widely used? Here's Elemental's test first example is of 860mb ProRes vs 36mb compressed MP4. Other examples to compare as well:
Ultra-high Resolution 4K Video Before Your Eyes with Elemental
Use? Processor, vs RAM vs Rendering engines thread perhaps??
Final Cut only runs on MAC, where Adobe Premiere is cross platform, running on Mac or PC. Final Cut is a great program, horse race IMHO one slightly surges ahead of the other, then back again on each release. (I edit using everything Adobe on both platforms, instruct as well using Abobe so that the student can use Microsoft or Apple OS that they might have)
What do you recommend to film in, 4K, 1080, 2K......and what FPS would you recommend
This is some of the most helpful information I have received, thank you! I am going to take this information and experiment with a few different options! Hell Im gonna print this sheet out! Thanks again!!Check out this thread: Suggested GoPro Settings for Solo | 3D Robotics Drone Forum
Awesome, great help here, I will take a look at your example here.
I will definitely try out Adobe Premier. What do you recommend to film in, 4K, 1080, 2K......and what FPS would you recommend, higher the better for post right?
I agree, I think the Processor vs Ram would be a great thread topic.
Thank you for the information!
Thank you, I will take a look at this. I bit confused still, bigger frame, are you referring to filming in 4K opposed to 720?Oh! Take a look at the $20 offer for ProDrenalin sticky - bought it, have not tried it but look good!
Assuming the above issues work out, one of the great things about 4k is you have this much larger (4k) to crop if needed. Good thing to have in post after you remove barrel distortion. Premiere Mac CC has the distortion utility built in for DJI and GoPro (Along with a few others). I haven't checked for on my PC.(Just as easy to punch in the correction numbers.)
Bigger frame helps to stabilize in After Effects as well since the frame gets cropped in that process as well!
Hopefully helpful and not more confusing!
So my next question is this, I went into Best Buy yesterday to see if I could soup up my laptop to be compatible with 4k GoPro footage, apparently you can not do much to a laptop but you can to a desktop.
Do I need a better computer than my pc? or will I be just fine if I get a good program like Premier?
If you really want to Edit in 4K, you need a proper rig. Not only do you need a powerful computer, with a fast hard drive (ideally a RAID with 6 platters), but you also need a monitor with at least 4K resolution. Even with a big fast RAID, you still need to make sure you connect it to your computer with a high speed connection (on a Mac, Thunderbolt 2), or you won't really see the benefit.So my next question is this, I went into Best Buy yesterday to see if I could soup up my laptop to be compatible with 4k GoPro footage, apparently you can not do much to a laptop but you can to a desktop.
Do I need a better computer than my pc? or will I be just fine if I get a good program like Premier?
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