Learn 360 Video: Shoot, Edit, Publish like a Pro!

[@stevencarey5407]

Really glad there’s someone like Hugh who appreciates the true 360 immersive experience. Heard so many people knocking this format and completely pushing the 2D reframing route. It certainly has it’s place but creative 360 imaging in VR googles is just magic! I’m a scientist who explores the ocean floor using remotely operated robotic vehicles and a few years back a colleague from MIT put a 360 video camera on the front of the ROV. I watched the footage on a set of VR googles and was instantly hooked!

[@hughhou]

Thank you Steven. Wow I want to see that footage. Underwater VR is absolutely amazing. Very challenge and very expensive (good deep underwater is usually 10 time more expensive than the camera itself). I would love to learn more how MIT did it and science research use in 360VR!

[@stevencarey5407]

Unfortunately I don’t have the footage. His name is Alan Adams at MIT and he has been doing a lot with VR. The challenge for the deep sea work is the high pressure housing as it must withstand depths up to 3000 ft. You can find him on Google.

[@louis-philippedaigneault7998]

Beautiful Steven. I lauched my 360 business in november to focus on PTSD using VR I don't think the majority of people who use VR know how to use it's full potential. Thank's to Hugh and people like him more people discover alternative ways to use the medium. I hope that more great content geats released so the medium gets more adopted buy the masses. More content more interest. More interest, more discoveries ! Cheers Creators ! Let's build something magestic !

[@yinkababalola989]

Thank you Hugh for such an amazing tutorial. I just got a go pro max and was so worried about the stitching line, publishing, object removal but turns out I was worried for nothing. This was so great and easy to understand for a complete beginner like me!

[@dtdionne]

Most excellent work! I’d be lying if i said I wasn’t disappointed that GoPro doesn’t have a good way of doing this natively. I record fishing outings with the max because when something interesting happens, its not usually where the camera’s pointed. My outings range between 4 and 10 hrs long making a single outing an almost unmanageable amount of data. But my goal was to edit out 99% of the uninteresting footage and publish the interesting stuff, giving the viewer the ability to look wherever they wanted. This has proven to be considerably more difficult than i was expecting. But this is a great video man, and you’re spot on...very few deal with this, so well done!

[@hughhou]

Yes. So the Insta360 ONE R or ONE X2 is going to release a new feature called loop recording that will solve this problem - can't say much but will save lots of editing time.

[@Rollinjoint]

you probably don't 'even know how useful this video is to me. i probably watched it 4 times now!

[@hughhou]

Awww I am glad it does! More to come as well as some new stuffs in 2021!

[@Rollinjoint]

Omg!! I didn’t think you would be reading comments!! Thank you again!!

[@homebarproductions]

I think this is the best tutorial on 360 video I've seen anywhere. Hands down.

[@hughhou]

Thank you !!! A new one is coming!!

[@PepesTowingService]

What an amazing channel, I just uploaded a video today and used your techniques towards the end of the video when I shot with the GoPro Max. Thank you so much! I didn't see this in the comments, but when exporting as h.265, it doesn't load either on Facebook or my computer (which is new and fast). Instead I have to export as h.264, any tips for this?

[@hughhou]

Thank you! And yes, H.265 is a newer codec that not many player support it unless you install the codec package. It will work for KZbin. It should work for Facebook - but your computer it depend on your codec installing (VLC). But for the widest supprot - I actually still suggest H.264. If you can use X.264 - it can get pretty good quality as well.

[@BudTheChud]

Thanks for this! I only just bought an Insta 360 One x 2 and so far your channel has been the most helpful.

[@hughhou]

Happy to help!

[@WanderingWolf]

Hey man, having a hard time loading my VR video (shot on gopro max and edited on premiere pro 2020) onto my oculus quest and it looking good. all of my footage was shot in 5.7k 30 fps. it looks exceptional on youtube when in 2160p but now i have a poor looking version when viewed on quest. i watched your video from last year and bought aftercodecs to render for your recommendations but everything is still looking poor.

[@hughhou]

What is your biterate - 5.7K 30fps in H.265 in 60 to 80Mbps?

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

This is a great and helpful video! Thanks! I miss the video you mentioned that you are going to publish a video how to make that Boston fly through effect. I guess you forget about that one or did i miss something?

[@hughhou]

I did not make one yet for Resolve but the original tutorial is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGcl6JohqtqpK8

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

@@hughhou Yes, i saw that video but i am having issues with the vr comp editor in after effects. Is that still the correct workflow or old?

[@seangross5663]

Hi Hugh. Thank you for the video. It was one of the only ones that I could really seem to follow along and get similar results. I had couple questions. I tried to create a short sample 360 video. As a frame of reference I was wearing the 360Max on top of my head. When I export the video and watch it there are 2 issues that I encounter. First, the video starts out zoomed in where while watching it I have to scroll my mouse wheel to zoom out and get a better video viewing experience. Second the video starts out facing the way I am looking, but when I turned around the camera view stayed facing the same way unless I grab the screen and rotate. So my 3 questions: 1) Is there a setting I can change when in Premier to have the video start zoomed out more and 2) Is there a setting I can change to have the screen auto rotate when my head turns to look, or is that just the way the 360 render works (it stays put and allows viewer to rotate as they see fit? 3) If I wanted to have the camera view point change with my head or body movement would I have to create separate clips at those moments and then add them and stitch them all together in premier? Thanks again for your helpful video.

[@gregleblanc9357]

I'm having the same issue of the video's forward view not following the cameras forward view when I turn. Like on a motorcycle, camera facing straight forward but if you turn left, the camera angle is now looking towards the right side instead of forward to the direction the camera turned.

[@gregleblanc9357]

I think I found the solution to the camera angle tracking. If you want the view to follow the camera angle, then during the initial 360 conversion process used in GoPro Player's Batch Export, you have to turn "World Lock" Off. If you think about it, with world lock turned on, the world view stays constant as the camera turns so you continue looking in the same direction from a world view. With world lock off, it allows the view to turn with the camera angle. I'm trying that now.

[@seangross5663]

@gregleblanc9357 thanks for the info. I will try this next time I try to redo my video.

[@Un_wey_de_ecatepunk]

When you said..” I firmly believe that this will be the future of story telling” I instantly presses subscribe

[@101_MEM]

A great tutorial again! Way to go! I only have a question, at 8:40 you mention something which i couldn't understand, one word "But for you, you will see ?????? right here when you play back." Thanks.

[@hughhou]

So when the drop frame indicator turn yellow - mean your Premiere playback had drop frames - you will need to use Proxy workflow.

[@kaojaicam]

Thanks for making this, this is the best resource on 360 I have found so far

[@hughhou]

Glad you like it.

[@claudiogi5263]

Interesting tutorial. You are one of the few who explains well and in detail. In summary: to export videos to KZbin vr360 it is great to use h265 with 60-70Mbit of stream. Exporting to ProRes does not improve the final result. Thanks for the information! Claudio from Italy

[@hughhou]

Yes exactly!

[@HighleyVarlet]

Hey Hugh, great video! This is the only video I could find that properly tackles the question of export settings for the Max 360, so it was a tremendous help! Question for you: You mentioned in the video that so long as you're below 5.7k in monoscopic, you're good for YT, Facebook and Oculus. My footage is 5,760 source. I did a test clip at these settings and it worked on KZbin video-wise, though the audio was lagging behind (might be an issue on my end). So my question is, what were you warning about in the video: Keeping it under 5.7 so it works on all 3 platforms; keeping it under 5.7 for audio reasons; keeping it under 5.7 was an issue from when this video was made (Nov. 2019) but not any longer, or something else I'm missing. Thanks for your time and looking forward to learning more from your videos!

[@hughhou]

I believe it is bitrate issue not resolution issue. 5.7K is fine on all platform - but if you video has lots of motion - you bitrate might be causing the off sync audio - the headset got too much to figure out. Try to drop the bitrate around 60Mbps with H.265 to see if this solve the issue. You should also check out this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Oqm6Fqp9J5gLc

[@HighleyVarlet]

@@hughhou Awesome, thank you for taking the time!

[@TGFTheGuidingFactor]

This is a fantastic Tutorial and is very helpful. Thanks for creating it.

[@hughhou]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RelaxingReality]

I can’t state enough how helpful these tutorial videos have been to help me create immersive 360 content on my channel - Thank you!

[@hughhou]

I am so glad and so happy you are creating immersive content for your community. Keep it up and feel free to ask anything here if you have any question.

[@RelaxingReality]

CreatorUp, thank you! For the GoPro Max exporter, what would you recommend to export the 360 file to include 360 audio so I can edit in Premiere? I’m using a PC and the exporter app doesn’t allow you to export the 360 audio (the box is greyed out). I think GoPro is still trying to release the PC version of their app. I actually use the 360 audio in my 360 videos and would love to use the GoPro Max. Thank you!

[@silviadiaz5032]

Hola, soy un poco novata en esto, me gustaría saber donde puedo encontrar el Proxy que usaste, estoy haciendo el paso a paso de tu video, es increíble, muchas gracias!

[@DigVision]

Great video, but I think you missed the part where cineform does not create .mp4 but rather .mov files from gopro explorer (win 10),can you tell me how you got the .mp4 from cineform export?

[@hughhou]

cineform is like ProRes of DNxHR - a intermediate codec for editing. So it should NOT use mp4 as container. It should use .mov as container - which is editor friendly. So no Cineform for mp4. If you need mp4 for direct posting - choose H.264 or H.265.

[@360_SA]

How to import gopro max to street view

[@hughhou]

GoPro MAX does not support Street View. If you are street View user, I will suggest Qoocam 8K Pro: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maq3n56ZqcqVba8

[@360_SA]

@@hughhou I already bought it still waiting

[@kinlochtrout]

New to Max so a great help. Whjat I'm strugling with is how to mix flat video with 360 video and still end up with a good overall video. I find that if I creat a video and the inject meta data thge falt video is badly affected. So far I can't find any info on how to do this effectively. Cheers and thanks.

[@LarinSullivan]

You're making me lol a lot in this one. Mark Simpson told me to watch your videos to learn everything about 360 video, and I'm getting a lot out of them. Thank you!!

[@LarinSullivan]

Ok I'm having trouble with the patches. My gradients are leaving a ghosty shadow of like 10% opacity of the entire image. Can't figure out why this is! I'm doing the short gradient stroke and opacity is 100%. Help!

[@hughhou]

Yes the plane to sphere has a gradient by default - turn it off you should be golden. Mark Simpson is the real master - He is wayyyyy better than me. You should def learn from him re After Effects as well lol.

[@LarinSullivan]

@@hughhou I've known Mark for 10 years and am sad he went back down under with his family, but we are keeping in touch. Here's the video I edited with your teachings, first 360 project ever, thanks again! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2esoISBf9Ofha8

[@LarinSullivan]

@@hughhou And thanks for explaining the gradient, I figured out a workaround but will do this next time!

[@hughhou]

Nicely done!

[@C0llinsW0rth.]

this is a perfect tutorial on beginning to end of the 360 to VR experience, well done and keep it up!

[@hughhou]

Thanks a ton!

[@cod1278]

Thanks Hugh for sharing. Really appreciated. Just new to 360 world and interesting to use to boost my restaurant marketing and social media content. Any advice on how to approach it?

[@hughhou]

Yes alot. Check my Instagram on how I use on mine and get multiple perspective of your restaurant - I will make more content this year on business usecase on this.

[@danielpagani1106]

Is there a way to get a live video feed from a camera" theta or other" into a VR headset oculus, wifi or radio transmitting, HD quality has possible less lag, thanks' to help me on this

[@andyj3540]

You’re an absolute professional! Thank you, Mr. Hou.

[@hughhou]

Thank you!

[@mpijoan22]

Wow wow this is really helpful to 360 noobs like me. I am deciding to buy a Into desta360 One R or the GOpro MAX. Your videos are really helping me to decide. I appreciate the time you have taken to teach me. Thanks!

[@hughhou]

Glad I am being helpful Michael!

[@gregleblanc9357]

Great instructional video... However.... I am trying to produce a GoPro Max 360 Video of a motorcycle ride through some very curvy and scenic roads and the video starts looking forward but continues changing directions as you twist and turn and the video is no longer looking forward. I added the VR Projection and can adjust it on a freeze frame, but when it plays, it still changes directions. I hope I am explaining that correctly. How can I lock the track forward??

[@hughhou]

You need tracking to lock your direction - yes I know exactly what you are talking about. A tool great for it it is Mocha Pro to track and lock your direction. I might make a tutorial soon to help figure out a way to solve that issue as well without Mocha. Stay tuned

[@camshand]

Are you able to extract 360 Ambisonics audio from the GoPro Exporter? the checkbox was there, if you recorded 360 Audio does it allow you to get it?

[@hughhou]

GoPro has not make that feature available yet.

[@camshand]

@@hughhou thought so :( I want to buy the MAX but without that feature I don't see a benifit of it over the Insta360 One X as the audio is no different for proper 360 Videos... Might grab a Zoom H3-VR

[@jonathanmonkcom4611]

Amazing tutorial! Love it. I’m wondering if you can help me, I have rendered 360 video using the GoPro MAX in Premiere Pro as per your video. I watch it and it has all the VR capability for moving around but when I upload it to KZbin, it is a “flat” image. After injector the metadata and reuploading to KZbin, it’s all good. Just wondering if I missed a step somewhere as I thought I could go straight from PP to KZbin without a problem. Thanks

[@hughhou]

Did you check the VR Video in the final render as this video point out? If you don't check that checkbox, you need to inject meta manually with the Google meta injector.

[@jonathanmonkcom4611]

CreatorUp I did check that box too so it had me puzzled?!?

[@diggingdogstudios]

the definitive tutorial for 360 video editing!!

[@hughhou]

Glad you think so!

[@diggingdogstudios]

@@hughhou I think so! really!! if you check my last video kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5a6eaFod8qJpJo I maked thanks to you!! I havent idea of how to edit a video in 360 before discover your chanel Thanks!!

[@wwb89]

Great video. It help me a lot. Do you know how to fix the black column in the opositive angle? I have few 360 videos that work fine in phone or pc apps. But when uploaded to youtube it doesnt show the full 360 view. There is a gap in the opposite angle shown as a black column. Is it related to ratio or resolution? Thank you!!

[@hughhou]

Make sure the size ratio is 2 by 1 - for example - 5760 by 2880

[@asahardy-brownlie2229]

Amazing job Hugh, I just got a MAX and this has helped me immensely. Thank you.

[@hughhou]

I am glad! It is a great little camera :)

[@_Outdoor_Odyssey_]

I love this tutorial! Its extremely valuable VR Knowledge to any beginner in VR 360 video immersive experiences! Thank you so much! Much appreciated!!!

[@hughhou]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tombkn_]

CINEFORM doesn’t work on windows. It creates a .mov file that can’t be played or opened in adobe premiere ?

[@hughhou]

Cineform should work for windows. Install Quicktime player / codecs on your PC - also install VLC or PotPlayer to make sure you do not have missing codecs for your PC.

[@tombkn_]

@@hughhou installed all of them. When trying to get my .mov file into premier it states there is no video or audio source. Windows is so buggy with gopro

[@BarnettAssociatesTeam]

Thanks for the great tutorial. Was having issues using the GoPro Max and being a first time user of PPro 2021. Now the real estate tours can be made once again after loosing the 360Fly.

[@hughhou]

Great to hear!

[@dimitartorbov]

7:25 you skipped Spatial audio, but in the suggested clip, there is no info about editing GoPro 360 video with spatial audio. It converts automatically into stereo, so I can't export it to spatial audio.

[@hughhou]

It’s crazy but GoPro still have not make spatial audio available. Check my GoPro MAX review video for the FFMPG code to extra the spatial audio

[@dimitartorbov]

@@hughhou I think I've managed to export spatial audio. Just chose an export preset named VR Monoscopic Match Source Ambisonics

[@MikeFyxdt]

OMG you ROCK! This tutorial was awesome! I never realized how much more I could be doing with my 360 footage. I look forward to getting into Premier and clicking around. Thank you!

[@hughhou]

Glad you like it - I also started my Resolve series which you should check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qobLk2hombB1q9k

[@britannia9916]

Thank you Hugh you're amazing! Bringing 21 Century Content to the Good People Of KZbin.

[@hughhou]

Awwww thank you!

[@Hangs4Fun]

GREAT stuff Hugh, as always. Very concise and detailed where we needed it to be, and not filled up with stuff we didnt. I really appreciated all of the extras to watch out for.

[@hughhou]

Thank you for the great feedback! I want to refresh lot of my tutorials to help others to edit faster and better :)

[@dmassive79]

Hugh, thank you very much for your tutorial! Can you send a link with editing Boston letters please?

[@hughhou]

You mean this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnKxlKueoq-VgtE ??

[@dmassive79]

@@hughhou exactly

[@dmassive79]

​@@hughhou Sorry, but I didn't find a tutorial how to create those letters and fly through a logo...

[@vfx_design_studio3566]

I have a question: once you output the 6ch .Wav file from Audacity, you say "You can use Premiere, Resolve, or any video editing program to mux your video with audio" Will I be able to input the 6ch .wav (4ch 1st order ambix + 2ch headlock master) into Adobe Premiere Pro 2020 properly, and then export the final video properly? Also can I input a 4ch 1st order ambix into premiere, and on the same sequence add the headlock master, without the files needing to be combined in audacity first? I am under the impression Premiere can take up to 8ch wavs, but can only output 4ch ambisonic. So I am assuming it takes the 6ch .wav (4ch 1st order ambix + 2ch headlock master) and interpolates it correctly so that although it outputs only 4ch, the Headlock lock master and Ambisonics are still intact. Is that a correct assumption?

[@hughhou]

Sorry might not be clear on that one - NLE like Premiere only support up to 4 channel audio - so you will need DAW support multi-channel audio. The safest bet is to use the FFMPEG - everyone including Oculus / KZbin is using it. And my Ambix tutorial explain the workflow really well.

[@BavarianDawn]

At 20:28 you show the Bitrate Settings. Since I am exporting another 360 video right now, I stumbled across that "Quality: Good" dropdown menu. I just tested "Highest Quality" which needs around 25 hours exporting for a 10 minute video, while "Higher" only needs around 2 hours. Can you or anyone tell me, what this option is actually good for and why you are leaving it on "Good"? Changing this does not seem to change final file size so I am wondering if I am missing out on something... Highly appreciate your feedback!

[@hughhou]

So the highest resolution mean your get the less compression and quality lost - close to RAW you might say for editing in post. If time is a concern - go for a lesser option - the different is not that big - I go for the highest one b/c I aim for commercial production

[@BavarianDawn]

@@hughhou Thank you very much! Since I am exporting for KZbin only its probably ok to go with "high". For my ~1hr videos "highest" goes up to 100+ hours exporting...I'll get a threadripper one day :) Maybe I can just raise the Mbits even over 60 to get better results without highest compression. Or I could try h264 instead. Anyway: Thank you!

[@paddledogs]

Very informative, any chance you can do a video on injecting meta and what it means?

[@hughhou]

You can check out this tutorial with the timecode attached: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp2ymZ-rls5oo80

[@jakebourne3092]

Hey man great video... you mentioned in your video that you would provide your proxy preset where can i download it?

[@hughhou]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4q0g3mVhMR3sMk - in this video

[@rhysselby7485]

thanks Hugh - awesome content as always. if im wanting to create 10 minute vr clips in premiere pro from my gopro max what spec machine would I need for cpu/gpu and ram please? lots of info about base specs but can't find anything specific to my needs. appreciate you!

[@hughhou]

Not too crazy. PC is always gonna be better but my 2017 Macbook Pro work just fine for that. I use eGPU (kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH-rqo18nLZrgtE) - but you don't really need it - just a little longer wait. The key is not your computer - it is the workflow. As I mentioned in all my Resolve or Premiere tutorial - working in Proxy is the KEY. Proxy can be 960P then you can fly with even 2016 Macbook Pro.

[@redslate]

Okay, maybe this is a dumb question, but how many action cameras do you need to film VR-quality footage? I'm aware that you Likely need to utilize a "360° lens," but do you need two cameras (front & back)? If you linked multiple cameras together (6+) would you get a sharper video? Would that still require 360° lenses, or would you use narrower PoVs and stitch it together somehow? (I've recorded/edited plenty of traditional footage. Looking to start filming VR at the track from the interior of a car.)

[@soak-n-bait9730]

@6:03 Gopro Max Exporter is not available for PC. What would be the fix for this? Exporting to Adobe Pro for editing if possible.

[@hughhou]

Gopro Player support this natively now. The only thing updated on this tutorial.

[@rgarrettproductions1251]

Pretty good tutorial until you got to the photoshop gradient tool. I've tried everything and cant get it to work. Could you make an updated version and explain how you got the gradient tool to work like that?

[@hughhou]

Noted! Yes new tutorial is overdue anyway! Will keep you update.

[@vfx_design_studio3566]

I am using adobe premiere pro 2021 beta with gopro max footage I converted to hevc (120mbps) from the gopro player app. The footage is of a live-streamed concert I shot (I also control all visual design for the band: lights/video). Everything moves very fast as is very dynamic. I added titling and intro music via premiere pro, and when I output at the same resolution either via premiere pro directly or adobe media encoder, a bit rate of 60mbps is the max bitrate I can use with hevc. I am noticing the quality isn't the same as the original hevc file. I am guessing because the original bitrate was at 120mbps, and when I output it via premiere pro, it's at 60mbps. When I try to set it to software encoding and 120mbps vb1 it takes over 30 hours vs 1.5 hours using hardware encoding. How can I render this 8 minute video to an hevc 120mbps bitrate, but keeping all the edited sequences I made in premiere?

[@hughhou]

So the trick is make sure your SOURCE video is as high quality as possible with NO COMPRESSION. HEVC is heavy compressed video format - you need Cineform following this tutorial or my GoPro FX reframe plugin tutorial - you need to work on uncompressed Cineform to HEVC then you are not round trip it. Very important point of this tutorial. It should solve your issue but let me know if it still having issue. On render - try FFMPEG if speed is an issue!

[@ac6370]

The Cineform codec is extremely large unfortunately... is there another codec which is smaller in size but wouldnt' compromise quality?

[@hughhou]

H265 can work as well

[@ac6370]

@@hughhou Thank you. Keep up the good work sir.

[@billytrack]

Thanks for this Hugh, very helpful. I am stuck on creating the mask however - os there anywhere I can get more info on this as I got lost when you talked about creating gradients.

[@hughhou]

Mask on tripod or Mask on masking out people in the shot?

[@billytrack]

@@hughhou Tripod, thanks

[@billytrack]

And I've managed to create the mask thanks to your help, but the part I don;t understand is from creating the gradient (?) on

[@WorldwideRealityVideos]

I am switching from Insta360 to Gopro max. (The insta360r is truly a disaster) I am looking forward to try what I learned from this video!

[@hughhou]

Great - check out the entire GoPro Max series - there are lots of good info and also my free GoPro MAX LUTs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6fXpoWbZbunors

[@VideoGameParties]

I see a blue belly mount for your Mavic holding your Max. Where did you get that?

[@hughhou]

Check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYTWpXqHjd93i9k

[@KickAssets]

I don't understand...in another video about X2, you were showing and saying how bad Max video quality was but yet here you show that it's really nice.

[@hughhou]

This video is before X2 - but I won't say X2 is better than GoPro in every way tho.

[@veraherr9945]

Hi, thanks for your tutorials. They are super helpful. Is it possible to change the zoom of the VR video, if I don't want to reframe it but export as a 5760 x 2880 video? When I export from Premiere and play it in VLC (or youtube) the video is more zoomed in. If I open the same export in insta360 studio and view it in the 'natural view' it shows it more zoomed out. I want my video on youtube to look as in the insta360 studio 'natural view'. Therefore I'm looking for an option to change the default 'zoom' but not to export a reframed video but the viewer should still be able to look around themselves.

[@hughhou]

You want 360 video more zoom out? 360 Video the final output is nature view - from the point of view of your camera. ONE X3 or GoPro MAX - there final output is nature view without distortion. Insta360 Stitcher render out 360 video also is not zoom out. The Preview prob is for reframe not 360 render. Unless you use Mantra to wrap your video FOV in After Effects.

[@ennovaainternational1915]

Pl upload similar guidance on Windows 8.1 as how to do it. Everyone doesn't have Mac.Thanks.

[@hughhou]

This is based on Windows lol, but also work on Mac. Which part is Mac only I can help you out point you to the correct PC version of the tutorial.

[@fwbbears]

Can you mix regular video and 360 video in an edit on premiere pro? And if so, do you have to do anything special?

[@fwbbears]

I'm using an insta360 one X2

[@hughhou]

Yes! It is VR Plane to sphere as explain in this video.

[@fwbbears]

@@hughhou thank you sir!

[@_Outdoor_Odyssey_]

Hey Hugh! I recently purchased Oculus quest 2 and have been viewing my 360 videos on my headset. Although I don't really like how close everything seems when I view in on my oculus, Any tips on how to extend the field of view when viewing in VR?

[@hughhou]

You will need to mophe the video sphere.

[@_Outdoor_Odyssey_]

@@hughhou mophe?

[@_Outdoor_Odyssey_]

@@hughhou how do I do that? Do you have a tutorial?

[@Sahi_Hai_Bhai]

Could you please help me by how can we extract GPS data from the MaX 360 video file or GOPro 360 Max camera?

[@hughhou]

Might need some kind of meta extractor - mmmm...

[@Sadokist]

How do I Lock the centering if the subject is constantly moving around? IE: I am using the camera (Max) in a racecar and want the default view to always be out the front window (camera forward). Do I render without world lock, and then let people look around as they please?

[@hughhou]

yes exactly! Without World lock and you might still need to animate the view as stabilization drift the view inside race car - I have a MAX race car video somewhere on the channel - go tho the same process- just keyframe the windows direction on the Pan.

[@Sadokist]

@@hughhou I will give it a shot tomorrow!

[@nhatanhdo268]

Can we do the same with Davinci Resolve 17 ? I saw you also have quite a few video on Davinci. Thank you

[@hughhou]

Oh yes!!

[@happydaydreamer1]

Great tutorial. I love the right to the point attitude you have. Keep up the great work!

[@hughhou]

Thank you!

[@DAHCKRAM]

Awesome info... When are you going to make the Boston logo fly through video tutorial?

[@hughhou]

After the crazy new camera release coming down lol...CES has been crazy and more new cameras are coming out :(

[@TheDubbCanada]

besides the "Render in VR" part of the export settings, could the camera settings and export settings in this video still be applied to 360 footage that you are going to reframe in Premier and not upload to KZbin as a 360 video? Thanks in advanced if this gets answered!

[@hughhou]

Yes you can! But for reframe - the easiest is to render via GoPro Player in MOV or Insta360 Studio - both are free and native render.

[@lvrt8371]

Was looking for 360 publish to KZbin or website as you said? Nothing about it here.

[@hughhou]

Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZS2XqKdqLGYhrM - in more details

[@1markdavies]

Any idea why when I am trying to import .360 video files into premiere pro it says the file is incompatable? Shooting with a GoPro MAX in 5.4k - Thanks!

[@hughhou]

.360 file need to be process in GoPro Player into ProRes or Cineform first into MOV before import. Check my previous tutorial on this - this is a follow up tutorial so assuming viewers know that already. Sorry for not being clear :)

[@1markdavies]

@@hughhou Thank you! I'll get that cracking! Can you post the link to that tutorial?

[@IndustrialPlasticsNanaimo]

Looking forward to watching many videos on your channel. Quick question, for anyone. I just got the GoPro Max and did a couple quick vids to check it out and in the software, it's very choppy playing and i also and having trouble exporting and also rendering in the GoPro software. Any ideas? I know my Micro SD needs to be a faster read write so I am ordering that....

[@hughhou]

Could you your computer specs. Are you on Mac? Have you try ProRes render instead?

[@IndustrialPlasticsNanaimo]

@@hughhou My message was sent after I tried it on my Windows PC. Then I tried the software on my Macbook Pro. Much better. I'll have to play around a bit more and I'll try ProRes and see what happens. Is the software just known to be better on Mac?

[@ElCabezonKayakGchu]

Thank you very much, you taught me a lot! From Argentina: Greetings!

[@hughhou]

Glad it help!

[@morningcalm360]

Hugh, have you ever looked at the different platforms (KZbin, Facebook, VeeR, SamsungVR, Littlstar, etc) and done a image quality analysis for the Go/Quest and their apps? I have my own ideas (KZbin is pretty sucky!) and would love to hear what other creators think.

[@hughhou]

Haha yes KZbin is no good. But I am a KZbinr so I have no way around it. I getting lazy on VeeR and SamsungVR keep bugging me to move to them. I just need time to upload everything. Then Facebook - Oculus Video or Oculus TV should be everyone else #1 platform just b/c it will be the best for Oculus Go and Oculus Quest in term of comparability, direct targeted render, and all the sharing feature. It is a bigger tutorial but will be a really good one. It is still in close beta now for TV so waiting for that. Stay tuned

[@morningcalm360]

​@@hughhou I wasn't too impressed with Oculus Media Studio for distributing. You need to have all the information (thumbnail, 2D trailer) ready before scheduling release. Fewer features than Facebook (for now anyway). Maybe Oculus TV is after a higher clientele of uploaders and I need to up my game to meet their platform requirements. As you said though, it takes time handling such huge file uploads, especially when you are on the road using the camera all the time. I guess your tutorial will be perfect for me!! Oculus TV is the walled 360 garden while everyone is buying Oculus headsets. I want to get to those PSVR wearers though as well though! And then the Apple VR wearers...etc. I guess you can only go where the wind currently blows.

[@Doreencollective]

Great video! I got a GoPro Max today for Christmas and thanks to you i'm looking forward to seeing what I can create.....

[@hughhou]

Haha congrats!! Yes!

[@trevorinverted]

What video bitrate do you recommend for 5.6k video? My shots are dynamic (not on tripod). I saw you use 60Mbps in this video, but is it necessary to be that high with HEVC? To save file size, what's the lowest you'd recommend? Thanks!

[@fotobubbles]

Great video ! I have a question. When we export the go-pro files and import in premier - they are all zoomed in. Is there a way to zoom out ? as its impacting clarity.

[@hughhou]

So make sure your sequence size is exact as the source gopro file size - then put the VR projection effects on it to conform it - it should fix your issue

[@fotobubbles]

@@hughhou Thanks for the reply. I tried it all but the issue still is there. :-(

[@topvirtualtourscom]

Hi Hugh,great video. Which laptop you would recommend for editing 8k 3d 360 video from Insta 360 pro 2 camera? And what configuration like cpu,gpu,ram,ssd...to dont break the bank ?

[@hughhou]

Laptop? I don't use Laptop for that lol. Maybe the new Macbook Pro 16" with a eGPU like WX9100 - then proxy it maybe work pretty well. But, you maybe need a gaming PC - then better off get a mini desktop lol (prob end up the same weight)

[@topvirtualtourscom]

@@hughhou Thanks for answer but which exactly mini desktop which model and specs?

[@hughhou]

There is a lot. Nvidia RTX line of GPU, Top spec of CPU you can get and 64G of RAM at least and SSD. Oh, bigger Screen help as well.

[@modernrider1398]

I created proxies but its still really difficult to do anything. The computer freezes up everytime I move the pan

[@hughhou]

What is your Proxy size? Or codec? Are you using DNxHR or ProRes Proxy? If you get down to 1920 x 960 - you should not be lagging... That is lower than standard video.

[@El1PorcientoSabio]

what would the vr settings be for a tiktok video and or youtube shorts?

[@hughhou]

There is no VR 360 for TikTok or shorts. But for reframe - 1080 x 1920 with at least 16mbps should be good.

[@harrycarlos3825]

Greetings from Peru, a query I want to remix a production made in Protools, this audio has to be exported from ProTools in WAV Stereo or has to be exported in another way to be binaural, and this audio I want to adhere to a normal KZbin video, you have to encode in a special way the audio and video for binaural? or add any metadata? Thank you for your reply.

[@hughhou]

That is standard workflow. You need to mux Protool audio with the video - check my spatial audio tutorial - replace the reaper part to ProTool.

[@BenjaminKlaver]

Have you had the problem of Premier Pro 2020 crashing when trying to use the reframe plugin on a Mac? Have you found any way around that?

[@hughhou]

Not yet. Working with Adobe to solve out all the bugs. Stay tuned.

[@ReneRafael]

Hey Ben, I PP 2020 is crashing within 10s of starting for me each time.

[@BenjaminKlaver]

@@ReneRafael There is a new update! community.gopro.com/t5/en/GoPro-FX-Reframe/ta-p/412890 Works great now!

[@cg3049]

Hello, I am looking for a 360 camera for real estate virtual tours. I can't afford Z1 at the moment so I am looking for something around 500. I am eyeing at GoPro Max (but has been told photos are not as good as the video it produces), Insta360 One R and Theta V. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks!

[@hughhou]

Def NOT GoPro MAX - go for the One R: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIHVaImtnK1qras - it is the lowest of those 3 but still better the rest. It has nightshot which is great for photo both indoor and outdoor and especially good for outdoor. One R is a great beginner camera as well. Use it and then upgrade it later to Z1.

[@cg3049]

@@hughhou Thank you :)

[@ravetrain]

Wow amazing!! I need to update to Premiere 2020 now.

[@ReneRafael]

How's your PP 2020 experience going so far RAVETRAIN - any crashes?

[@northwalesrider8422]

Thanks for a great tutorial. Is it possible to have the same for David Resolve 16. Thanks and all the best.

[@hughhou]

Yes! Have you check the Resolve version of this tutorial? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp2ymZ-rls5oo80

[@northwalesrider8422]

Thanks Hugh keep up the great work, much appreciated. All the best Jason

[@iamleek]

Hi Hugh, may I ask, I have Final Cut Pro X. do you think the latest version can edit 360 videos?

[@hughhou]

I don't know enough FCPX but I know it can from Tim Dashwood

[@iamleek]

@@hughhou Thank you Thank you.

[@Cydoffgrid]

Wow! What an awesome resource, I took so many notes from this, exactly what I was looking for!

[@hughhou]

Glad it was helpful!

[@andiktaufiq5037]

Nice totorial.. 👍🏿👍🏿

[@hughhou]

Glad it help :)

[@bercinmemis4901]

Hello Hugh, First of all, I am very glad to have met you. You are undoubtedly the KZbinr who has the best knowledge in this field. I learned how to do all the 180 degree shots I took from you. My customer had an additional request from me and I couldn't find a video you made on this subject. He also asked for a 2D printout of the 180 degree video I shot. Is this something that could happen? Thank you very much :)

[@philmyers8249]

Any idea when the Qoocam 8K Pro comes out?

[@hughhou]

Still no info on that. But prob right after the 8K start to ship.

[@dipalib9825]

pls tell us how you made 360 flythrew in your boston video

[@hughhou]

Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGcl6JohqtqpK8

[@skillsgaming2237]

Hey Hugh! I'm new to VR Editing. I'm trying to change the proxy but there isn't any presets in premiere to change it in 360. My source video is 5.6k and CINEFORM. What should I do?

[@skillsgaming2237]

Never Mind! I figured it out!

[@hughhou]

Haha glad you figure it out!

[@Fizzixfun]

Are there tutorials or information on workflow to to go from .360 file extensions on the go pro to go pro player on mac without exporting the media from the iOs app?

[@hughhou]

No, you need GoPro player app the transcode it to have best quality for editing.

[@NTuneLabs]

Following these settings to export, Media Encoder freezes every single time and I have to hard restart my PC. I have had no success. What can I do? I am using the latest drivers, latest Adobe updates and just cannot figure this out.

[@hughhou]

Have you tried directly render from Premiere? What’s your spec? 60mbps h265? 5120P?

[@jhonny_wk]

Man... I loved your video... just got my GoPro and I would like to create 360 content for my channel. Thank you for doing this 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎

[@jaswanthkumar7643]

Very useful man!! Thanks alot☺️☺️☺️

[@hughhou]

Glad it was helpful!

[@preston20081979]

Hi man,nice Vid,do you need a Phone to use this Camera?Or does the Camera do all the Work?Thank You

[@hughhou]

GoPro MAX you don't need to phone to control but you need the phone to stitch and edit.

[@preston20081979]

@@hughhou Thank You

[@jcjven19]

Easiest way to stitch GoPro videos that have been split due to length?

[@360meditation4]

Loving your videos mate. I'm having an issue I can't seem to solve. My files after exported are enormous. My 8 minute 360 MAX footage is 87gb and its very tough on my PC. It took a very long time to export. Is this normal? Making a Proxy as you mentioned is still taking 3 hours to render. Hope you're doing well!

[@hughhou]

Awww thank you! Yes it is normal as it is ProRes (assuming you use Mac). So proxy it. You can use H.264 to save space but slow down editing workflow. You can still proxy it to make it faster. But the quality of course will suffer.

[@Core_VII]

Hugh: move slowly and smoothly Me: "laughs in 100 + mph snow machine racing"

[@hughhou]

lol.

[@jozefgurzynski7380]

Wow! Your content and tuts are awesome Hugh. I was trying to find the tutorial you mentioned for the Boston text fly through and adding integrated information points and text that track with the video footage that you mentioned at the end at @21:33 What's the title or link that I should search for? Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's so inspiring!

[@hughhou]

It is here for a series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGcl6JohqtqpK8

[@FadlyMahdar]

This is super good! Thank you Sifu!

[@hughhou]

Glad you like it!

[@FadlyMahdar]

@@hughhou Love it! Sifu, I export (HEVC) out a 5min clip on my 64gb RAM iMac.. and it's taking forever to do so. Is this normal?

[@TLTPhotography]

Hugh - been religiously following your videos but even after following all your procedures my exports from Premiere Pro 2020 are pixelated and blurry, even compared to watching the proxy files on my source monitor while editing. I've heard whisperings that the GoPro Reframe FX is broken with Premiere 2020... It seems to work perfectly while I'm editing but when I export the video quality is terrible compared to exporting from Insta360 Studio. I'm using a One X. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@hughhou]

Did you see my latest video? I use it in After Effects 2020 and the output in 4K 60fps (re-render in Premiere 2020) - I think I get the best image quality among all the GoPro MAX render - I think it look even better than GoPro official source: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noCmh3p_m7yJkLc - so I don't think there is a problem on the FX reframe plugin - but are you on the latest version tho? I think it has a recent update.

[@TLTPhotography]

CreatorUp Thanks for the response. I think I figured out the blurriness issue, but the non-stitch workflow bringing my One X .insv files straight into Premiere and then exporting a 360 VR video via your settings (from your videos) I’m getting a bright green stitch line through the center of my exports. My workaround is this: I go through Insta360 Studio first, export at H265 extreme bitrate or 175mbps for individual files. Yes, it introduces a step of compression but the H265 files out of Insta360 Studio run smoothly in premiere without the need for proxies :). So, yes, I add a little compression but the H265 files from Studio are much smaller than the needed proxies when I import .insv straight into premiere and I don’t end up with a green stitch line upon export. This is a hobby for me on the side so I need a workflow that works smoothly without constantly monitoring updates for bug fixes, even if it means I lose a very small amount of quality with the extra compression step from Insta360 Studio. Hoping that Insta360 studio will have a Prores export option at some point... :)

[@BavarianDawn]

Now this is a masterpiece of valuable tutorial content. 👏👏👏 I really appreciate your precision and enthusiasm. Am watching it for the 3rd or 4th time and still wish I would have found it earlier 🤗 Greetings from Germany and thank you very much!

[@hughhou]

Awww thank you! I have more tutorial like this coming!

[@BavarianDawn]

@@hughhou Now that I am double subbed, I won't miss out on these :)