Meetup video with a fellow forum member.
Shot yesterday on the first day of spring
https://vimeo.com/87961908
Shot yesterday on the first day of spring
https://vimeo.com/87961908
OI Photography said:I did learn something very important from watching this: despite everything I've been told for my entire life, apparently it is perfectly fine to just stick a mud-covered foot right back in to the boot it came out of while puddle-splashing. And wearing a white coat :lol:
dtdyer01 said:OI Photography said:I did learn something very important from watching this: despite everything I've been told for my entire life, apparently it is perfectly fine to just stick a mud-covered foot right back in to the boot it came out of while puddle-splashing. And wearing a white coat :lol:
As soon as we got home, the wife was still at work, so we had to quickly hide the evidence and put everything in the washing machine and get the kids bathed.
The look on her face when I showed her the video was priceless.
DesertFlyer53 said:Both video's are excellent! You guys obviously have video editing experience. I'm curious... did you shoot video's prior to getting the Phantoms or did you pick up the video editing skill as a result of having the Phantoms?
It would be nice to know what settings you had your go pro's on and what your video editing workflow is. What editing programs do you use? I'd like to get my video's to look half as good as yours!
Shrimpfarmer said:DesertFlyer53 said:Both video's are excellent! You guys obviously have video editing experience. I'm curious... did you shoot video's prior to getting the Phantoms or did you pick up the video editing skill as a result of having the Phantoms?
It would be nice to know what settings you had your go pro's on and what your video editing workflow is. What editing programs do you use? I'd like to get my video's to look half as good as yours!
I am a self taught video hobbyist who likes photography,video and RC flying. I learnt my flying video techniques by watching other peoples flight videos and just making notes of what I think works. The phantom makes it very easy to frame and move.
As for my workflow I set my Gopro to 2.7K medium field of view. I import my files from the Gopro SD card into Final Cut Pro X making sure I let FCPX create optomised media. I tend to apply the Crumplepop HD effect for Gopro which sharpens everything up. I study the rough footage and mark my favourite clips. Finally I choose my music track and edit to the music.
Thats it in a nutshell.
Shrimpfarmer said:I should add that in FCPX I set my project to 1080p. As the 2.7K video is larger its possible to crop the image without losing quality. I tend to zoom to a maximum 130% scale. Its great as you can add a gentle zoom that was never ever there in the real world.
DesertFlyer53 said:Can I ask which mac you have? I have a 21.5" iMac with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 processor, 12 GB memory, 256 MB graphics card. Running 10.9.2 OS. My computer is slow when it comes to editing 1080p 60fps video. I'm afraid 2.7k would be impossible to edit in a timely fashion on my machine. Lately I've been capturing in 1081p and then set my project to 720p. I don't really see the need to use anything bigger because I never upload to vimeo with anything bigger than 720p.
Fair Game said:Out of the two my preference is for Ken's version. Too many props in shot on Dave's for my liking and as for that music!
Big difference in quality between the two gopro cameras, are you adding a fair amount of 'sharpening' Ken?
Shrimpfarmer said:Fair Game said:Out of the two my preference is for Ken's version. Too many props in shot on Dave's for my liking and as for that music!
Big difference in quality between the two gopro cameras, are you adding a fair amount of 'sharpening' Ken?
Massive amount of difference and the reason was I was using Protune and Dave was not. Also his Gopro was filming in Wide view where mine was set to Medium. Both were running 2.7K I add a huge amount of sharpening but I also added the same to Daves footage as well to try and get them to look similar. I wondered if my Gopro 3+ Black had the focussing problem and so today I am doing further tests. I don't think it has at the moment. I just took a shot of an extended tape measure and its blurred near the camera and sharp out to the end.
I took some test footage this morning with Protune turned off and it seems better. When I fly with Dave again I will have it turned off as matching the colour was hell.
QuadZilla said:Shrimpfarmer said:I add a huge amount of sharpening.
Why?