Mavic Air Point of Interest | Tutorial (2.7K Video)

The Mavic Air by DJI shoots amazing video. In this video I'll explain one of the Intelligent Flight Modes called 'Point of Interest'. The 'Point of Interest' intelligent flight mode allows you to
take amazing video that will really amaze you and blow the minds of your audience watching your videos. It short, it allows you to circle or fly your drone around an object or point of interest that you've defined. This includes being able to control the; Radius, Speed, and direction of your aircraft. This is the type of shot that would be extremely difficult to perform manually. Watch the video as I think you'll really be surprised at what this mode can do to improve your footage. Enjoy!
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[@samphotoyt]

Great info, one suggestion, your intro footage is about 45 seconds too long. That footage is great for the ending. I ended up fast forwarding because it we pretty much all the same after the first 15 seconds.

[@RGMGFitness]

Agree, this was one of my earlier videos and looking back on it your correct. This should have been a much shorter intro to the video. Takes time to learn these things and only learn by doing.

[@stianjarnass]

That's not true, I like to see a (great) example first. Then how you do it. I will try again I can't get it to work. Thank you for the tutorial!

[@charlesbrown8555]

same... wayyy too long. we're here to learn, not to sight-see.

[@kamuelalee]

Thanks, video was a great help!

[@RGMGFitness]

Anytime!

[@lokeshwarkumar9776]

Very helpful 👍

[@AllanKlo63]

Excellent advice, with the "Speed Ramping" in Premiere Pro to go with it. I learnt something new today. Thanks!

[@RGMGFitness]

Nice! Glad I could help.. :)

[@DroneUpp]

Great review! Thanks for explaining Speed Ramping. I wondered about that!

[@parstrom8483]

Great instructional video, thanks a lot! I spent a lot of time trying to launch this feature, but i couldn't understand the user interface of the app. Now I know how to do it! In some places the user interface of the app DJI Fly 4 really sucks.

[@RGMGFitness]

Glad it helped! :)

[@DroningaboutNW]

Agreed, no one talks about this. I used it once. Should try it more.

[@ZaireeyKhairuddin]

👍👍👍👍

[@maximilianvuga]

A useful presetting, if you do not want to control the drone manually or if you have little time.

[@skyphotography4918]

Thanks for this awesome tip really appreciate it.

[@cupidomuzik6199]

Great tutorial sir, thank you

[@OctavioAldea]

Hi. Greetings from Chile. Thanks for the video. I haven't yet used this mode, but I have a doubt with sticks effects, when you move them right or left. I understand the effect of the stick that controls the aircraft in clockwise or anti clockwise ways (the drone will circle the object towards its right or its left. But what happens when you move the other stick ("turn right/turn left")? I imagine that this stick allows you to center the POI in the middle of the screen if, because of any reason, it lost the center. Please answer me. Thanks.

[@overfly_pt]

Great tutorial thanks 👏🖒

[@THATDAYNYC]

Thank you for video, but I would put tutorial first and then your videography work. People is looking for tutorial) But anyway tHANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@gcomfx]

Nice! I've yet to play with any of the Active Track features... but hope to try them out when I have a day where the weather cooperates a bit more than it has. Stupid winter is still hanging on for some reason. lol

[@RGMGFitness]

Yeah, I can't wait for SUMMER!

[@kenbruce2443]

Any tips for flying over Water, do you have your sensors on

[@mantan_rtw]

Thanks but how do I start the recording after the POI set up, height, radius and speed?

[@irwinpang5883]

I was lost but now I understand it. The bad thing though is I think you only are expect to record once you set everything and if you were in recording already then the parts when you are setting needs to be cut or edited off. I have learned how to manually pan a circle shot on both directions using cinematic mode and could be better. But this might be handy for a football stadium which I have not tried.

[@RGMGFitness]

Yeah, a football stadium sounds like it would be cool. But to actually circle the entire stadium you would probably run out of battery. Takes quite a while to circle an entire stadium. I've seen it done but not with the Mavic Air. It would require something a little more professional with longer flight times. Give it a try though.....

[@noladronelife_6574]

considering the short battery life span of the mavic air wouldn't it be better to use active track in circle mode to get this type of shot? wouldnt it elevate the cumbersome task setting the height and radius prior to getting the shot(setting the point of interest manually) therefore reducing battery usage?

[@FaiazMosby]

Awesome content mate! Pls do a video on how to slow up / speed up videos in post and what settings are needed..

[@RGMGFitness]

Yes, that one's on my list 'to do'. Wanted to get down the edits myself before trying to explain to others. I just did a more recent video as well using this technique. thanks for the feedback and support! Much appreciated.

[@howardworf6760]

After apply and start I get no video. How do you get it to record? The video button is greyed out in this mode. Later: it is necessary to 'hide ' the POI screen to be able to access the record button. I haven't tried using the dedicated button on the controller yet, but I am hopeful that would work too.

[@pablourbina3184]

Look Down Upon Me - Marc Torch I found the music after seven months XD.

[@kakamalnor]

Nice tutorial. But what the different between POI and circle mode?

[@bndronesuavenanave922]

Muito bom vídeo

[@RGMGFitness]

Muito obrigado!

[@dandudra]

Awesome

[@RGMGFitness]

Thank you....I think this feature has a lot of potential. I still need some more practice. The editing comes into play too with some of what I'm doing. Really playing around with the 'Speed-Ramping' within Adobe Premiere Pro as well. I think it's a really cool effect.

[@ronwiscgb2803]

Hi, thanks for your vid. One question though. Does it have to be a fixed object or can it be a moving vehicle?

[@popitn2nd]

What software editing do you use? Great editing!. The speed ramping is awesome!

[@RGMGFitness]

Thanks! I did a more detailed video on speed-ramping here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoClm3x4Z56dpqM Also, I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

[@ColbyStewart1965]

so the key is to get right above it before it will work? This was a great tutorial. Thank you.

[@RGMGFitness]

Exactly....

[@bigrodney1453]

In POI mode do I have to start recording manually first before goin into poi or will it record when I hit apply? Thanks in advance.......... I'm totally new to drones!

[@RGMGFitness]

I'll be honest...I haven't flow the Mavic Air in a while. Been mainly flying my FPV drones. You'll know when it's recording though...but RECORD BUTTON will show when it's recording or not. Not sure if that helps...

[@pablourbina3184]

name of the music please

[@KimAswani]

Would love to see how to speed ramp more. Do you have any videos on that. Please share link. Thanks

[@RGMGFitness]

In KZbin search type "Advanced Speed Ramping"...check out the first video.

[@RGMGFitness]

Yeah, I'm going to work on a speed-ramp video. Not sure yet when I'll get that up.

[@JosesGarage101]

I wish the M Air had the same software as mavic pro2 when it comes to point of interest. Hopefully a new firmwate update on mavic air will fix that becouse it suckes on mavic air.

[@RGMGFitness]

Yes, not the best feature of the Mavic Air but I honestly don't do a lot of POI shots so not a big deal for me. Would be a nice to have through, I agree!

[@RedpillPortugal]

thanks, i tried with mine but i was missing something and couldnt begin the poi. it was the sticks. UI on screen should state that ahah

[@RGMGFitness]

Yeah, it's not very intuitive. Takes a little trial-error to understand how to use this feature.

[@rapaent]

Thanks for the Awesome Video!! I always shoot in 4K 30fps in manual and i'm having trouble figuring out how to shoot in these modes in 4K 30fps. The modes want to default to 1080 x 1920 at which point I can't revert to 4K 30fps. Is there a process for switching? Thanks again for the awesome video and can't wait to get out to try it. Ray 👍😊

[@RGMGFitness]

I'll be honest, I haven't tried this 'Point-of-Interest' shot in 4K (30fps) so not sure if they're is an issue or not. I do shoot in manual mode and typically adjust everything in the camera settings before going into POI Mode. I could be a bug, I know DJI is still having issues that have not been resolved with the newest firmware they released for the Mavic Air back in May 02, 2018 (Aircraft Firmware: v01.00.0400). In turn, I never downloaded this firmware version. I'm still running an older version of firmware which works well.

[@rapaent]

Thanks for the reply......... I just received my MA about three weeks ago. I did not download the latest firmware either. I downloaded the previous one to the current one. Waiting for the bugs to be worked out as well plus, to my understanding once downloaded you can't go to the previous version. I'm hoping that DJI comes out with a "set it and forget it" in regards to formats. There's a lot of mixed answers in regards to being able to use 4K 30fps in the Intelligent/QuickShot modes. I have seen several QuickShot video's showing 4k 30fps in the main window at the top. I can't get there, all I get is 1080 x 1920 which defaults to this every time. There must be some kind of process/step that I'm missing. If you your able to accomplish 4K in these modes, please let me know? I sincerely appreciate your video's, they have helped me immensely as a newbie. Thank you & Happy Flying. Ray 😊👍

[@craigdixon7881]

If you had the spark which I do would you sell it to get the mavic Air or is it not worth it as I really do love my sparky now I have figured out 2.4ghz gives you way better range and reception

[@RGMGFitness]

Honestly, I hear a lot of guys sold their spark for the Mavic Air. I just think it's still worth keeping and flying. I have two boys (teenagers) and I still want to teach my wife to fly. I just don't want them to learn on my more expensive Mavic Air. I guess it depends on your budget...if you can't afford to keep both....we'll, you'll love the Mavic Air. Everything the SPARK has and so much more.

[@KimAswani]

Thanks for the lovely video. On a personal note you have put on a lot of weight. You face seems to show that more in this video compared to your other videos.....sorry if I sound too personal.

[@RGMGFitness]

I like to call it 'Off Season Bulking'. In winter I usually add a little weight and summer I'll start to lean up. Can't wait for the warmer weather. You have to check out my older videos where i did mostly 'fitness' related stuff. Some more interesting shots in there.

[@ViliBlackSea]

how do you apply the black stripe up and down ?

[@RGMGFitness]

Actually, a very simple effect within Adobe Premiere Pro. You can add a simple 'Adjustment Layer' on top of the video clip. Under EFFECTS you want an option called 'CROP' and the TOP value = 10 and the BOTTOM value = 10. Do a quick search in KZbin and you'll find a bunch of tutorials. Takes only a few seconds to add.

[@ViliBlackSea]

@@RGMGFitness tnks for fast reply... best wishes from far far away !

[@stevemoore999]

But it didn't keep the point of interest in the centre of the frame

[@RGMGFitness]

That was my fault...I moved it. Was playing around with the "Speed-Ramp" features within Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

[@StanCook]

Yes, POI is a really good feature. Here is one that I had to do for a client that was requested as part of the job: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpiWl2ymbqaggpY

[@RGMGFitness]

Nice! Just checked it out....