How to Edit & Export Insta360 X4 8K 360 Video for YouTube VR & Vision Pro | Premiere Pro Masterclass

[@enriquesanchezsanabria]

This type of video is the reason why Hugh Hou is the WORLDS BEST MVP at VRFilmmaking. A true pillar of the Virtual Reality and 360 community at a global scale. A true professional and someone has been guiding and leading generations and generations of 360 VRFilmmakers while innovating at every step of the way. I just want to write this message to say THANKS from the bottom of my heart for everything you do Hugh. I wish karma brings you joy, peace, happiness, health and anything you desire into your life in exchange for all the knowledge you give out for the community to grow. I'm really looking forward to your next video for exporting towards headsets. I'm particularly interested in the best way to export stereoscopic Insta360 Pro 2 8K video from premiere pro to Meta Quest 3 to be viewed as a local file in the headset instead of streaming it from KZbin. Thank you thank you thank you and best wishes to you and your team.

[@hughhou]

Thank you for the kind words! I am really appreciated! For sure, I will focus on that on the next one dedicated to all the rendering tricks I have been using :)

[@awesomein360tiagowolf4]

I concur 😄

[@seanmillerchina]

@@awesomein360tiagowolf4 I also concur

[@listentotheanimalscreamsha1511]

@@hughhou Does this camera shoot in esquire rectangular mode? thank you

[@TheJghan]

This dude answered ALL my questions regarding 360 video editing in one video. I'm literally speechless....

[@hughhou]

Oh I am so so glad. And more tutorial on this topic is coming in 2025!

[@daltonrandall4348]

The amount of technical information you share is not only tremendous on a creator level, but the fact that these videos are all free is astounding. I really appreciate all of your effort and work for the community. Thank you.

[@hughhou]

Glad you like them! I try not to gate keep the technological advancement so everyone can learn and grow together. Thank you for the nice comment that really validate our efforts. We feel very rewarded when we know our viewers can take away something useful

[@kennyhumphrey]

Thanks!

[@hughhou]

Glad you liked it! And thank you so much!

[@harry1010]

GodDAMN how is like one guy responsible for building the foundation for making VR180/360 content?! Thank you for all the stuff you’ve put online/on your reddit account!

[@hughhou]

Haha thank you. It is still a very small creator niche and we hope to grow it :)

[@NextWorldVR]

This finally allows for best quality 360° in Quest 3... I really appreciate it!

[@hughhou]

You are very welcome 🙏🏼

[@4everInMove]

@Hugh I have insta360 X4 and was browsing some editing tips and even though your video is great, but I have to ask how is it make sense to take insta360 X4 footage which is not RAW, but H265 which means it is already compressed and huge amount of info was deleted from that footage, then render->export to prores422? I mean to me it makes sense only if it is RAW or maybe from prores422HD to LT, but nobody gonna be able to restore that info that deleted by original H265. As a test, I followed all the steps you suggested and I see no difference. I mean except the size. With H265 it is 14Gb for 9minute video, but in prores422 it is 140Gb, so 10 times bigger. But again, no quality difference. Used Adobe Premiere Pro 2024 + plugins you mentioned. The same video as from Insta360 Studio. But main question is why would you recommend do that render/export from H265 to prores?

[@keatonditchfield8437]

Your video is just FANTASTIC!! Thank you!

[@hughhou]

Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!

[@Hotel.Checks]

Awesome

[@hughhou]

Thank you!!

[@stuARTvideoproductions]

Thanks!

[@hughhou]

Thank you so much

[@designerge]

Thanks

[@hughhou]

Awww thank you thank you!

[@designerge]

@@hughhou Welcome dear and good job thanks, but i have still this question, The Media settings doesn't have same your settings, i don't have AI Stitching even i just download the plugin from the website and i have the Latest version of Adobe Pr. and i will appreciate your help

[@Hotel.Checks]

Danke!

[@hughhou]

Thank you!!

[@Highigan]

Excellent video! I learned a lot Hugh, thank you! I am having an issue tho, with the mogrts and using VR plane to sphere, when I try and adjust the position of the graphic on my VR the XYZ adjustments do not match the footage so its all over the place and very hard to align on footage! Any idea or tips?!

[@hughhou]

So you can adjust the left and right of your mogrts if it has that value. Then you adjust ONLY the XYZ and XYZ rotation in the plugins. Don't adjust the anchor or position of the mogrts as regular Premiere transform does not understand 3D adjustment.

[@Aquatech06]

Hugh you are the man...!!!!! New subscriber here and a hobbyist videographer at best. You answered more questions about making a 360 video for VR in 1 video then all other content combined. Thanks a million. Encoding my x4 files into premiere first made a huge difference in the quality. Time to edit my first 360 VR.

[@hughhou]

Thanks for the sub! And so glad I could help! There is more to come on Premiere but I am also working on Resolve series for it :) For color it is better in Resolve.

[@evanpierri]

Hugh (and Kimchi!) this is just an incredible wealth of knowledge. Your videos started pouring into my feed when I began the process of looking into the X4 to finally upgrade from the ONEX. Every video was informative and helped me make the decision. Now that I have the X4 and want to understand the 8K capabilities your catalog continues to help me learn and try new options. Thanks!

[@hughhou]

I'm so glad!

[@almaximus03]

Great video, Hugh! Please make one with Resolve too:)

[@hughhou]

Coming soon! I do hope Insta360 will have some official support for Resolve. Extra plugins might require for Resolve and they are not cheap...

[@whereisnoa]

Incredibly helpful. Always holding down the fort.

[@hughhou]

Glad you think so Noa!

[@stuARTvideoproductions]

On behalf of all of us mere mortals, THANK YOU for this amazingly detailed tutorial. You're the best and definitely earned my sub.

[@hughhou]

Glad it helped! Thank you!!

[@vrquest_realidadevirtual]

You are still the best there ever was, my Mentor in virtual reality videos. I always have something to learn from you. Thank you very much!

[@hughhou]

My pleasure!

[@awesomein360tiagowolf4]

Premiere now has the new insta360 reframe 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@hughhou]

Yup! Still in beta tho so expect crash and bugsssss

[@katemochon2155]

Hugh, thanks for posting. This video was a life saver for me with a first project editing 360 in Premiere! All the essential workflow and tips were explained and organized well.

[@hughhou]

Very glad this one help!

[@kabyraGe]

Hey, Hugh! I've got a weird problem where the Insta360 Reframe Plugin shows me the wrong symbols so I can't read its settings. Don't you know by chance how to fix that?

[@hughhou]

What do you mean wrong symbos? Inside Premiere?

[@kabyraGe]

@@hughhou yes, in the plugin settings, all the lines are put in the funny simbols, except for numbers o.O

[@jorgschiele7314]

Thank you so much! As professional cameraman and editor it's an "all over" tutorial for me, to edit and export footage from our Insta X4 - Excellent! Best regards from Germany.

[@hughhou]

Happy to help!

[@Adrienaline-Rushed-Art]

I'm having problems with the lower resolutions, what do you recommend for avoiding grain in 4k? My biggest issue is what seems to be AI denoising, causing faces in the background to look like Minecraft. At 4k at midday, I expected better quality even when overcast. Also is there a way to fix faces that were close to the side of the camera? I'm getting faces that were stitched together incorrectly. I can't tell if it's an unavoidable blind spot of if I'm doing something wrong.

[@nicholascoletsis7936]

Nice work Hugh! I just finished testing some X4 workflows myself and Im glad we came to similar conclusions!

[@hughhou]

Glad to hear it! Thank for the vote of confident I am not BSing lol

[@nicholascoletsis7936]

@@hughhou Definitely not BSing haha

[@EyeCanShootFL]

You weren't kidding when you said it was coming in my last response. Although, I had all of those settings at least in the first part of this video. I can show you raw video footage out of camera with all the grain, artifacts, color banding etc... I think my frustration comes from the fact that it looks more upscaled than anything and the upscale just increases the artifacts etc... Continuing to watch the rest of the video but I think I am still going to return the device tomorrow. If I find something ground breaking later in the video I can try tomorrow that I haven't already, ill see. Thanks for at least producing this for us!

[@hughhou]

No worry my friend. Maybe you should wait for One RS 1" Gen 2 with 1" sensor 8K with this new 5nm AI chip. That will be a leap and bounce quality increase. I do hope that will come soon.

[@EyeCanShootFL]

Well damn. 😅I had almost every setting with the exception of noise to medium on last video. However, there are still a couple of things here. 1. I want my logo at the bottom of the video or to put it somewhere on the video. Whether it floats in space or wherever, is this possible? 2. I want the GPX stickers added to my footage and I can see no way of doing that. I do not want flat video, I want my 360 sphere and they sold us on all these supposed functions that don't work completely... maybe you have a fix. Ill have to see if importing just the inv file is a fix for all the grain etc. I don't think so as for me when I open the file it's straight grainy out of camera. Are you telling me going from low to medium sharpening introduced so much grain it borderline made the footage unusable? I can't imagine it would go from 10% sharpening to 50% and introduce that much grain. If so, they will really need to change that. If not for me, for all the others out there.

[@heritager3316]

Agree with everything here. The gps data isn’t able to be placed on the video? Nor a logo because you shouldn’t use studio? What a bummer.

[@EyeCanShootFL]

@@hughhou We would hope so. Really need to work on that sensor AND lens combo. Maybe get some real leica glass in there. ;) And thanks for understanding my POV. I am a quality freak like you. I want the absolute best footage I can get, and apparently I have not pushed it all the way. I know you're a post process guy also so.. there is that. I just hoped they would do more to get it right out of camera with more improvements. That being said, as I said in the other little comment. The GPX data and logo placement is important for me also. For now at least, I am just doing drives around Orlando. Nothing spectacular like you, but putting the logo is a key and the GPS/GPX info on the video would be a SOLID.

[@ChristianValentine]

@@heritager3316You can add a 360 logo. I did it on my video.

[@easyebs5841]

WE LOVE YOU HUGH HOU, THANK YOU FOR PASSING DOWN YOUR WISDOM!!!!

[@hughhou]

I am glad it help! Kimchi and I love you all as well!

[@ToddDouglas1]

This is so great man! Lots of gold in this video! I wish that Davinci had an Insta360 plugin like Adobe. You wouldn't happen to be updating your Davinci Tutorial for this workflow as well would you?

Hello Hugh, Thanks for the very detailed video as usual. The only thing is that when I work the original insv 8k videos of my X4 in Premiere Pro the video quality result has a lot of noise (I know mine is an indoor video but very good lighting) however, when I export the same video with the Insta360 Studio even with the deleted option of "remove grain" and h264 the result is much better with much less noise than doing it with PP. I did every step of your tutorial but how can I get rid of the noise with the PP and at least to have a softer or denoised video similar than the Insta360 Studio pc app? Thanks and cheers!

[@hughhou]

So there is denoise built in on Studio but PP is RAW. So just like regular NLE, you will add denoise yourself and to your taste. But the quality is a lot better, and you have the control. I use neat video denoise or try some other options. I will even use Resolve which is mostly free.

[@timtrautwein]

Love your energy! Great video, thank you! :)

[@hughhou]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@souza1229]

Thank you for the detailed tutorial, but after installed the reframe plugin for premiere, I can't found the insta360 effect setting can apply in effect controls. panel for my insta360 footage .... 😢

[@hughhou]

Search for Insta360 Reframe on your effect windows? If that is not there make sure you enable effect windows first under windows. Let me know if that help and tell us what you see so we can help you further. Feel free to start a new comment so it can be on top of my list to answer.

[@samirsvirtualworld]

Does KZbin store the Prores file for future upgrades in its codec or do you have to re-upload it to get full benefit of higher quality?

[@Hotel.Checks]

I have a problem with the import. I have installed the plugin but when i import the insv file it shows me a resolution of 3840x3840 instead of 7680x3840. i have no idea why

[@awesomein360tiagowolf4]

Awesome Hugh! 💯⁸

[@hughhou]

🙌

[@RealGaryGibson]

Awesome tips for 360 content! Thank you Hugh!

[@hughhou]

Glad you like them!

[@LifeAsAlex]

Has anyone come across a problem with the Audio on the X4 not syncing correctly in Premiere? I have all firmware updated on premiere/insta & when I go to import the audio is all out of wack. It does work when I hit toggle proxy but then at the export it still is off sync. My current work around is taking the LRV files, overlapping them on-top of the INSV files, and muting the INSV files so the LRV audio only works.

[@hughhou]

OMG they still have not fix that issue?! Let me push them again.

[@LifeAsAlex]

@@hughhou You are the best! Going to try and email them as well!

[@claudiogi5263]

Hi, who bought FinalCut Pro how does it handle 8K 360 videos? Is there a way to acquire insv files? Thanks, regards. A biscuit to Kimchi 🍪

[@padiemea]

Great video as always, regards from Switzerland

[@hughhou]

Awww thank you!

[@discgolfvr360]

Another great tutorial Hugh! I like the pace and tempo of this video.

[@hughhou]

Glad you liked it!

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

Thanks brother ❤ Interesting in your upcoming drone removal turotial

[@hughhou]

I have ton of drone removal tutorial on Resolve and Premiere already. I don't think I can come up with new tricks.

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

@@hughhou Oh, i thought you had a new workflow.

[@yezakhmi]

Hugh I wonder if a separate tutorial has been created to use After Codec best settings? It has been mentioned at the end of this video.

[@hughhou]

I have some old tutorial cover aftercodec - the best settings has not change much :). H.265 with 80Mbps constant bitrate or 70% quality usually is pretty good (the default settings)

[@maliabruker5647]

I was hoping this tutorial might solve a problem I'm having with Insta360 Studio, but it's happening in Premiere too. The .insv files I shot on the X4 appear on the camera just fine, appear as thumbnails in Studio, and play normally in VLC, but when I export in Studio to mp4's they come out completely black (with audio). In both Premiere and Studio, the videos appear black in the timeline too. I have a customer service request into Insta360 but you're often faster and better, so I figured I'd see if you have any ideas!

[@hughhou]

Black? Mmmm... What camera you used? Did you use H265 or H264? Maybe corrupted SD card? Have you check your SD card first? It is very common for off brand SD card to corrupt

[@yourmagicfilm]

TY so much for this--So I have to do Source Settings for every single clip individually in Premiere? No way to batch change those settings?

[@hughhou]

I believe a batch settings is in the work from Insta360.

[@yourmagicfilm]

@@hughhouyou and insta are always on top. I’m new here, just filmed x4 at Disneyland for testing. Never had a 360 before! I’m use to my Sony camera being so straightforward! I have to get through your videos bc I also have Vision Pro and need to learn how to export for both 2D consumption and 360

[@Trivimania]

Do you also have a video that shows how to best render an 8K VR 360 video if you want to download it directly onto your Quest3 for viewing and get absolute best quality? KZbin compresses quite bit

[@hughhou]

Yes, I have several old one here still work 100% - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2W6nmWvjZakaNEsi=6RLISK-SBs6UqEYX - just set the resolution to 7680 to 3840 then you are good to go. FFMPEG will get you the best quality.

[@Trivimania]

@@hughhou thanks for that info. I actually followed all the tips in your video and uploaded my first 8K video to youtube. 25GB for 2,5 minutes ;) . Anyway it uploaded and now 12 hours later, it looks to already be available in even 8K res. But I heavily doubt if that is already 8K. The test video is at kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXaaX2qj8agiK8 . Do you know if youtube displays 8K even before 8K really is available, but serves a lower resolution in that time? Or is this really the best quality I should expect ?

[@wonderfulgapara9154]

You replied with a course😅 Thank you bro bro

[@eworldforum]

Please tell me what file size you get for uploading to KZbin? I rendered a 5 minute video in ProRes422 and got 73 gigabytes!

[@hughhou]

Yes it make sense if it is ProRes. If it is too big for you, in the final step, use H.265 in 100Mbps. KZbin just fix the upload stuck problem on H.265 - So now 8K does work, you don't need to upload ProRes if you don't want to.

[@eworldforum]

@@hughhou Thanks for the answer. for me the main thing is to get the maximum quality on KZbin) Therefore, as I understand it, it is better to upload to prores422.

[@hughhou]

Yes it is. I upload prores if I can as long as my video is under 230G.

[@chrisidle8767]

Hi. Thanks for the video. Great tutorial as always 👏🏻 Just a quick question; I've tried following your guide on a 5 of my videos (recorded on different days and have tried 2 different memory cards) and with all of them the sound is way out of sync most of the time or doesn't play at all in certain parts. I'm using a windows i7 laptop. Would there be a reason for this or have you got any tips to resolve? 🙏🏻 Thanks

[@LostNomad-World]

Great one! Was looking for this content ;)

[@hughhou]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrHightech89]

I use premiere 2025 and there is no source settings when i right click the video file for edit the stitching. How can i enter there?

[@UT4ALL]

Thanks for the tutorial. What is the minimum hardware (CPU, GPU and RAM) to process 8K VR Videos in Premier Pro? I suspect the hardware demand for Insta360 Studio would be much lower. Is that right? I am not a gamer or professional video editor and currently use an onboard (built-in) GPU.

[@hughhou]

Actually they are pretty much the same requirement. All work better with dedicated GPU and recent CPU with some rams. If it run on Insta360 Studio, Premiere is actually more effective on resouce management. You can use Proxy btw in Premiere which run even faster.

[@insightfxlz]

thank you for the tutorial, i was wondering since the x4 came with standard lens protectors should i select standard lens guard for lens stitching instead of just normal?

[@hughhou]

Yes if you used the lens protectors! Sorry I never use the lens protects b/c image quality is upmost important for me and I don't want anything stand between my lens and my subject but if you use it, please select the lens settings in Premiere source settings. I was not clear there.

[@insightfxlz]

@@hughhou thank you i have one more question, I have my x4 mounted to my drone but whenever i go to turn my drone when im flying im getting a wobbly/distorted effect, could that be from the lens protectors im using?

[@RodrigoPolo]

Proxy button enable sometimes show the wrong footage, or out of sync.

[@rubenlazaro726]

I was following your tutorial. But my drone shoots from insta one x4 s show a lot of compression artifacts. Did you aply some AI magic or Neat Video por noise reduction and enchancement?

[@hughhou]

I do use Neat Video to denoise :) I have a tutorial on it and I still use it or I use Resolve to denoise.

[@rubenlazaro726]

@@hughhouI will try neat video following your tutorial. Thanks

[@acena360]

Master Hugh, a question has come up. How are we going to use the FB360 Encoder if it does not accept ProRes video files? To use the FB360 Encoder, should we render an 8k mp4 video file in Premiere? What output do you recommend for muxing in the FB360 Encoder?

[@JustThyce]

Hi Hugh, thanks again for this awesome videos! You share so much knowledge. Do you hve a similar video but for VR180?

[@JeremyGloaming]

@6:31 When I right click file, Source Settings is greyed out. Any clues?

[@hughhou]

Are you using X4? This never happen to me. Are you sure you are not click the lrv proxy file?

[@JeremyGloaming]

@@hughhou yes x4. I clicked the file 7,680 x 4,320 pixels. I am super new to this. That's for your help.

[@pyroBlastM]

Hi Hugh, do you have a similar video on but for insta 360 x3 but for general usage on social media and not using VR?

[@nicolacrivellari]

Hi Hugh, quick question: I'm doing a 360 production with footage shot with Insta X2 and 1", I don't need to reframe, I need to stich the videos and keep them as equirectangular, what are the best export parameters to export from Insta Studio without loosing quality? Thank you

[@hughhou]

Just use ProRes and Max 8K resolution

[@kalebt123]

HUGH I hope you see this! Your videos have been so helpful and informative! I have one question... for now... When I use the VR Rotate sphere it doesn't seem to save my starting position when I save and start editing again. Is that something that only shows up once it's finished and exported? Or am I doing something wrong?

[@hughhou]

There is something wrong. It should save. Sound like a software glitch or caches issue. Delete you media caches and try reinstall PR?

[@kalebt123]

Thank you for replying! I’ll try that and update here for anyone else that might have this issue in the future 👍

[@henkgroenen]

You are going very fast through the Proxy thing. How do you connect the LRV files as proxy's? Mine does not use these as proxy automatically.

[@hughhou]

You don't . It is automatically associated with some Insta360 magic. But you can manually generate proxy if you need on my other tutorial re PR

[@henkgroenen]

@@hughhou I think I found the problem now, I had installed an old version of Premiere, I have updated now, and it seems to work now. Thanks for reply!

[@RishiAtmaBodha]

VR Rotate sphere just pans for me and doesn't correct distortion. In your video it pans also, but then later it is correcting distortion. How?

[@hughhou]

The distortion is correct in the Insta360 plugin.

[@bluediamondcamp]

Huge thanks for awesome pro tips! Just a question: I can not find out AI Stitching function in Media Setting - How can i open it? I had VR source from One RS but not insta X4! Thank you!

[@hughhou]

That is why. AI stitching need AI data - position data on the X4. So I think they still figure out how to use it on older model without the Gyro or positional data. But I think they did use the AI chip in X4 to do all that.

[@captteemo9133]

Amazing, thanks a lot! 360° is really the most immersive format... (even though I miss 3D 360 since it feels so much more real and higher res)

[@ricardojaviergarnicapena6749]

Woooooowwwww!!!! Amazing. Thank you

[@hughhou]

Glad you like it!

[@Ervins_from_Latvia]

I am having an issue with the 'Direction Lock' in Premiere Pro v25.0. It doesn't work. In Insta360 Studio (on a desktop), both Flow Stabilization and Direction Lock work as expected. But when I 'right click' > 'Source settings...' > and tick the 'Direction Lock' in Premiere on the original X4 .insv file - nothing happens. Any experience with this? Is it a bug?

[@gavinmckee9211]

Hugh are the best! Thank you for your awesome service!

[@hughhou]

Our pleasure! Thank you for coming along for the ride!

[@SergioScardigno-ct5wc]

Hi Hugh! This was a great video! Was wondering how playback is for you once applying the Premiere Plugin to the raw insv files from the X4? Every time I apply the plugin, playback is very choppy and has many audio issues. Even the GoPro plugin works better. Any insight? Thank you!

[@hughhou]

Premiere reframe plugin or Premiere raw plugins? You need to turn on Proxy mode - that little button I mention in this video for smooth playback. As it is 8K file.

[@SergioScardigno-ct5wc]

@@hughhou Premiere reframe plugin! Even with proxy mode on, the audio jumps around to different parts, and by the end, cuts out entirely. However, when I export in H.265 or ProRes from the Insta360 Studio app, and then bring those files into Premiere, everything works fine. Strange!

[@ErikHill1]

wow.. SO MUCH VALUE in this video.. thank you!! did you publish the tutorial yet that you mention at 23:28?

[@hughhou]

Not yet. But will soon. I am glad you think so. It does take me a while to make indepth tutorial like this :)

[@joejacobsen6874]

Hi Hugh, so I took the same footage and stitched it and exported it from the Insta studio. The footage came out perfect, I saved it in ProRes and brought it into premier pro for final processing. There was no pixelation or artefacts. I have no idea what caused these when I stitched directly from the camera in premier pro.

[@yonijm]

Your videos are full of professional explanations Thank you very much!! Where do I download the av1 codec to a Mac computer?

[@medina3420]

is there a Free studio to just add text on a 360 video and export it for youtube 360. capcut, davinci? I CAN'T FIND A simple Video on THAT topic. only pay. Please HELP

[@hughhou]

Insta360 Studio is the solution, then DaVinci Resolve is good as well - but limited to 4K

[@MeMess34]

Thanks for your job, you're the king !

[@hughhou]

Glad it helped

[@lixinzhao6987]

Good job !

[@hughhou]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Bishop0123]

Can you limit the FOV within Premier Pro? I took my X4 to Disney where they do not allow long selfie sticks. I would like to limit the field of view to about 280 degrees so that I cannot be seen behind the camera.

[@hughhou]

Yes, you can mask yourself out.

[@designerge]

Thanks for huge information in this video, its help a lot to understand how to do a lot of things with 360 video to be used in Quest 3 but one thing is missing, The Media settings doesn't have same your settings, i don't have AI Stitching even i just download the plugin from the website and i have the Latest version of Pr. is there anyway to be able to find AI Stitching ? and thanks was send in advance to thank you for your efforts and made this video :)

[@eight7sixjoe]

Great vid Hugh....as usual. I hope the Da Vinci Resolve video is coming soon

[@hughhou]

I'm working on it

[@eight7sixjoe]

@@hughhou thanks Hugh. I'll look out for it

[@captteemo9133]

Will Mocha also work when I am carrying it stick out of a backback with changing grounds under my feat, slightly swinging camera etc.?

[@guillermonippermedia5595]

Hey my boy you are the best!!! One day if I'm going to California I will bring you a present THANKS A LOT !!!

[@thiagodisena]

GENIUS!!!!

[@hughhou]

Thank you!

[@metalheadz25]

Very nice tutorial! One thing I have a problem with is with proxies... The LRV files is here but Im unable to attach it? What is the trick to make premiere see it as a proxy?

[@hughhou]

Oh you don't need to attach it. Sorry I was not clear or going too fast there. There is a button you can add into your timeline: proxies. Just click that button to turn proxy on and it will play the LRV file instead of INSV file. They are automatcally associated already.

[@metalheadz25]

@@hughhou My videos finally showed in 8K!! I used your techniques (tripod removing, title) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3OZeXSagLmBp9E. Please let me know what you think of the quality!

[@YGershteyn]

Thank you. And although I don't have an X4, much of what you described could be used to improve my process for editing video shot with the X2 and EVO. I’ll try and hope that someday I’ll be able to shoot in 8K. 😉

[@hughhou]

Yes. Just add AI upscale on your step 1 on X2 or on last step after render on your X2. The rest is really the same. X4 software is backward comparisiable to all Insta360 camera

[@cool-catVR]

Hey Hugh this is an awesome video - thanks so much for sharing! Question - when viewing your videos on quest 3 using something like Skybox or DeoVR I can zoom out a bit using the joystick and although it slightly distorts the image it does seem to provide a higher resolution view, however KZbin doesn’t allow you to zoom out. I’m pretty new to this but I’m imagining it’s adjusting your position within the video sphere to be a bit further back than the direct center? Would there be a way to edit the video to have this perspective be the default when viewed in KZbin?

[@hughhou]

It is possible. But I will leave this distortion settings to viewers instead of the editor. Skybox VR can view on KZbin in 8K as well and it can zoom correctly. Zoom will effect everything sizes and break reality

[@Citizen0fUtopia]

DUUUDE, this knowledge is gold!!!! Huge kudos!

[@jasonzdora]

Hi Hugh! Excellent video! Very kind of you to explain with this level of detail and precision. I am about to return the X4 because of the poor photo quality. I have excellent lighting and I am using 72mp non-HDR photo mode. Indoors with a medium size room, the details are not very good. There is still a lot of noise and aliasing of lines. I was wondering if there is any recomendations for editing besides Topaz AI to clean the noise. The use case for this camera was going to be 360 real estate tours. I feel like the Theta Z1 is still slightly superior in this regard. Do you have any advice besides the 360 comparison video you released last week? That had a lot of good information in it but I am still not happy with the photos from the X4. I am hoping there is a better quality and I am doing something wrong. Thank you for your time!!

[@hughhou]

You are doing everything right. As you said, Z1 is gonna be better - bigger sensor, bigger lens and bigger everything. Size does matter lol. So in May, Insta360 is confirm to launch regular bracketing and ton of Virtual Tour features including direct integration with Matterport and RealSee. The launch VT is not a priority for them (we never a priority for Insta360, the action camera and the famous Instagrammers are always come first for Insta360 lol). But they are slowly catching up. There are TON of features did not make it into current firmware and it is a shame. This camera can do SO MUCH MORE than videos on TikTok and IG.

[@jasonzdora]

@@hughhou Thank you for your time and all your work! I am going to return it for now. Once I see something worthwhile for the actual HDR bracketing (and hopefully longer processing = better results instead of action-cam minded). In the meantime I guess I wait for the Theta Z2 that might never come out :) Cheers, brother!

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

Lets hope that Insta360 fixes that compression issue soon. Stitching and exporting with Studio the advantage that most of the noise will be removed (even without checking remove grain). But the footage indeed looks blurry. The footage in Premiere looks very noisy after exporting it. That sucks also.

[@MrExel47]

Awesome tutorial! So much valuable information in one place. Just to be clear... If I want to edit and export a 2D video, I keep the direction lock on? Or do I turn it off always?

[@hughhou]

You keep it on so you can better reframe :)

[@stanislavmykhailiuk3756]

Hi! Thank you for this tutorail. When can we expect the workflow for optimally creating 360° videos with the Insta360 X4 for the Apple Vision Pro?

[@acena360]

When I post the ProRes 8K file rendered directly from Premiere, the video is at maximum 4K on KZbin. Is there any difference from “normal” KZbin to KZbin VR? Thanks Hugh!

[@hughhou]

No there is no different. It takes KZbin 2 days to 2 weeks to process into 8K AV1 now as AV1 is new. So just be patient. My last Kimchi video here took 3 days into 8K: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3esaIWelMZ4Z6ssi=Z_hLU6ym0iwB0Vm_

[@iturrajoel]

@@hughhou Hi! thank you for all the tips. My doubt is if a small channel can actually upload an 8k video. I did a small test with the X4, just a little bit more than a minute, I uploaded 2 days ago and the KZbin Studio is not processing it up to 8k, only up to 4k. I uploaded the sample as H.264 and H.265. I did other tests before, upscaling a 6k video to 8k and I couldn't get the 8k version in KZbin. My only hypothesis is that KZbin only process 8k (or bigger) for big channels. :(

[@SeanHuangRealEstate]

Could you make a tutorial for DaVinci please?

[@hughhou]

That is coming :)

[@PlacesToVisit]

If you set the Tier to High, you'll be able to set the HEVC bit rate much higher than 60.

[@hughhou]

What do you mean Tier?

[@PlacesToVisit]

⁠​⁠@@hughhou Go to the 23:00 mark of the video and pause it. Look under the “Encoding Settings”. The “Tier” is set to “Main”. Change that to “High”. You’ll now be able to set a higher bit rate than 60 using the HEVC codec.

[@AndrewCCM]

BTW: Are you saying you do NOT have to export the vertical to 4320 pixels? I have had zero luck having KZbin render my 8k version unless I change (uprez) to 4320.

[@hughhou]

Verical? What do you mean? Yes, you should be uploading 7680 x 3840 - not 7680 X 4320. You use Resolve right? Set custom resolution to 7680 x 3840 or any 2 by 1 and use Google injector. Set bitrate to lower - like 120Mbps. I believe 200Mbps is too high and cause KZbin hanging. I will test 100 - 120 and then your 200 and see which work best. The goal is NOT letting KZbin to compress your video.

[@AndrewCCM]

@@hughhouthank you again. I heard somewhere you had to be 4320 in order for YT to recognize 8k. But I’m glad to hear otherwise. I will lower the data rate as suggested. Thank you!

[@henkgroenen]

Is youtube really storing the source uploaded files? So also all my 5.7k uploads that end up at only 4k on KZbin? So KZbin could rerender it later.

[@hughhou]

KZbin jump from 4K to 8K there is no 5.7K or 6K (used to). I mean in theory as they always re-render older video to their latest codecs - but I don't work for Google so I won't know for sure.

[@JustThyce]

your videos are so valuable man, really appreciate you sharing your knowloedge and tips. btw where can I find the video you mentioned at the end to improve the resolution for slower connections?

[@hughhou]

That is not out yet. I was planning to make it then Qoocam 3 Ultra, Canon drop TWO new camera and lens - and I am stuck on reviews for those. Will be back on X4 as soon as I wrap those. Qoocam 3 Ultra share the same editing strategy so I have to go back on it anyway very soon! Thank you!!

[@JustThyce]

@@hughhou All good fam! I moved from Qoocam 8K to Insta X4 and find it so much more straight-forward workflow specially with this tutorial. Thanks a lot! by the way I just also got a license for Mocha Pro yesterday and have been struggling with removing the object, I'm trying it directly in Premiere Pro and tried also on AE but no luck, I follow the steps and track just the same way but I guess I might be missing something. do you have any tips or any longer video explaining the Mocha Pro process pls? I also have Resolve 18, would you consider it to be a better workflow to complete the task instead of PP+ AE + Mocha? Cheers

[@NidPernia]

Hello friend, a doubt in the conversion if I am on a PC, I have to put Quality or DNxHD?. Greetings from latin america

[@hughhou]

Yes exactly. DNxHR is for PC. Sorry I was not clear there

[@NidPernia]

@@hughhou Thank you very much for answering me. Friend, the problem is when I put in the options to convert it with DNxHR, I don't get the virtual reality option, what do you think I'm configuring wrong?😓

[@realvision360]

Hey Master Hugh, in the part "link to track" don´t allow me to choose "None" ... what im doing wrong pls... txs

[@hughhou]

Can you point me to the timecode what you mean?

[@realvision360]

@@hughhou in 17:35 link to track

[@Spindonesia]

Where is the encoding mov to h265 tutorial

[@hughhou]

It is coming! Sorry a little behind on editing tutorial :)

[@yaccyae-massan]

Nice to meet you. I'm asking from Japan. I'm following this tutorial, but 8K is too heavy, difficult to edit, and it's jerky and doesn't work. I'm using a macbook pro M2 chip. Is it something to do with my computer? Also, is there something I need to do to make it run more smoothly?

[@hughhou]

Yes, we have ton of tutorial on this topic. First thing I suggest is to use Proxy workflow. What Software you use to edit?

[@yaccyae-massan]

@@hughhou Good morning. Thank you for your reply despite your busy schedule. I appreciate it. I am using Premiere Pro software. The computer I am using is a macbookpro with M2 chip. I have 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage. I think it may be a problem with the computer's specs. If I want to edit 8K, do I need a computer with higher specs?

[@hughhou]

I don't think so. It is def enough for 8K for X4. Use proxy workflow mentioned in this tutorial here and try again? Or force Proxy in this workflow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4q0g3mVhMR3sMksi=wQuJ5_wr-j-1d1Yg

[@mochouinard]

Another thing that annoyed me with insta360 is they didn't do a Resolve plug in !

[@hughhou]

Yes 100% agree!!! Let's push them.

[@AndrewCCM]

GREAT Video! Anyway to get better quality if you're not an Adobe subscriber?

[@hughhou]

Yes, I will work on other workflow beside Adobe. They are just the first official integration but I have whole sleeve of tips and tricks to use Resolve and others. Coming up soon :)

[@AndrewCCM]

@@hughhou Thank you. I'm a Davinci user, but used to work in Premiere. I went ahead and upgraded my Adobe subscription and will give this workflow a try today.. Thanks again.

[@joejacobsen6874]

Hi Hugh, excellent video as always. Question for you. Why does the footage have a pixelated/artefact/sparkling nature to it. Its hard to describe. Its a huge improvement on the QooCam 8K which I was using on my drone. This is my new drone camera but I notice that drone footage from Joshua Tree is exhibiting none of these traits. I followed your lesson above but still no real change.

[@hughhou]

Even you render directly from Premiere instead of using any Insta360 production - Like the studio or the phone app? It is an encoding issue. Have you also tried using h264 instead of h265? X4 footage is noisy in general, the good kind of noise instead of digital sharpen like X3. Also can you check your camera setting as mine here? kzbin.infoaJ-sDu1A8RE

[@joejacobsen6874]

@@hughhou thanks for that Hugh I will continue to experiment in the meantime I took the same footage and stitched it and exported it from the Insta studio. The footage came out perfect, I saved it in ProRes and brought it into premier pro for final processing. There was no pixelation or artefacts. I have no idea what caused these when I stitched directly from the camera in premier pro.