Insta360 X4 Ultimate Beginner's Tutorial: The BEST Features Explained

This is a tutorial on all the best features of the Insta360 X4. It's for Beginner's and Intermediates.
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0:00 Insta360 X4 Tutorial The 20 Best Features Explained
0:23 How to protect the lenses: lens guards and lens cap
1:40 Connections, Battery & SD-Card
2:41 The Buttons of the X4
3:10 Mount & Invisible Selfie Stick
3:59 How to activate the X4 and the Features of the App
5:04 The Menu explained
5:56 360 Mode vs Single Lens Mode
7:48 The Shooting Modes Explained
10:23 The Best Settings on the X4
14:10 The Best Field of View
14:42 The Capture Settings Explained
16:33 How to create a preset
17:15 The Recording Features
18:05 How to reframe a shot in the Smartphone App
21:51 The special Features of the Studio App
23:30 The Best Settings in Single Lens Mode
24:38 The ME Mode Explained
25:56 Extra Features of the Camera
26:10 How to activate the lens guards
26:25 AI Highlights explained
26:56 Gesture Control and Voice Control
27:13 Quick Capture Explained
27:33 How to schedule a capture
27:43 Connect Headphones and the Remote
28:15 The Image Settings Explained
28:59 Extra Features of the Smartphone App

[@WiljanWiljan]

No shotlab features in the studio software. Whats going on Insta360? Why only using a smartphone with small screens. All of the great features for the X4 should and must be part including all shotlabs in the studio software!

[@Toldd1]

Thank you for the comprehensive video!! Great for beginners or refreshers if you haven’t used your 360 in a while. Amazing work!!

[@RajReviewsDualSportPhotoGadget]

Thank you! Great quick start guide demo. 👍

[@brianmiles687]

Fantastic video, absolute top shelf, quality! with tons of tips thank you so much!

[@SolSearcher]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time. Super helpful!

[@ravi27king]

What a great content man! I just loved the detailed explanation..! great tutorial one in all......

[@Car_Fanatic]

Ur the goat of insta360 and i love insta360 products tysm❤

[@BrknRidr10317]

Wow, great content and a much needed tutorial for me. I just got my X4 today so I'm glad you made the video a few days ago. :D

[@anakin_black]

I hope it has been worth it. I am considering X4 and would love to know your overall genuine feedback on it. Cheers!

[@BrknRidr10317]

@@anakin_black So far I'm extremely happy with it. Simple, easy to use, very clear, feels solid, great batter length even in 360 mode, app on both mobile and pc are great. I have 0 editing skills and is one session I've been able to produce a more satisfying video than I did with yearts of using GoPro Quik.

[@AmbientWalking]

Wow! Thanks for this!

[@Sluft]

Thx for the tutorial.Perfect timing! My X4 just arrived. Remember watching your videos when I got my last camera. The HERO9 back in 2020.

[@roninr8199]

How is the video quality on your 4k tv? Does it heat. Also can you test some random selfie stick. I read that any selfie stick makes it invisible

[@replay_pete]

​@roninr8199 invisible stick is not a fancy AI feature. It is created by blind spot on a stiching line. If your selfie stick is thin enough, it will be invisible. It's physics not software removal. It works like this in every 360 camera and software feature is just marketing :)

[@BIZMARK274]

Thank You sir i like how you kept your video simple yet very helpful......cheers mate Shooting vids to RAROTONGA - SAMOA- BRISBANE very soon and home New Zealand - South Auckland

[@Almera6481]

Thanks you for great explanation 👍

[@ourproductreviews]

Very good quality photos, And pretty easy to use with the app 🤟🤟🤟

[@tomcen]

Very helpful.

[@zauche81]

How big is the quality difference using the "standard" vs. "high" compression quality at 8k 360 ? ... 1 vs. 1.5 GByte / min (+50%) storage is quite a bit. Could you please post a short comparison where you see the difference ?

[@tulthapamagar.]

good advie thanks brother

[@davidfromdownunder]

Thanks mate 👍 This has answered ALOT of questions I have, you've done the newer 360 community (ME) a fantastic service! I'll save this for future reference once I get started, this device is going to make life so much easier with simple creativity I have planned for future content projects. Again thanks very much! BTW..... Beautiful country side, I'd love to visit and ski there one day. What's the resort you were carving at ?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hi David - thank you - most of the shots were taken in Val Senales (Italy)

[@r3riderassam404]

Nice video ❤

[@joejacobsen6874]

Hi Werner, love your videos. They are at a good pace and cover all aspects. The X4 is incredible and is my new drone camera up from the Kandao 8K. I am intrigued as how you have mounted the selfie stick for the skiing with the view from behind. I can see that it is secured around your waist but not sure how. I am really looking forward to trying the jig for securing the selfie stick to the ski pole.

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hi Joe - this was taken with a back bar mount (using the original waist strap)

[@mikelafferty5253]

Well done as always!! I really hope they add a colour grading feature to the Studio software soon. Got a quick question. What do the Colour Plus and Clarity Plus buttons do in Studio?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hi Mike - thx - I would say Colour Plus adds mainly saturation while Clarity Plus adds more contrast to the edges

[@Alex-zs4vb2lt5c]

So it looks like it has to be powered up for gestures or voice commands to work... how long does the battery last when powered on but not recording? This might not be as useful a feature as I had hoped, since it would be good to use that feature to save battery life until something is happening otherwise might as well record the entire time and edit later

[@okeedokeepokee]

Great tutorial. Thank you. Can you combine multiple 360 clips together so instead of having short clips you can have one long movie? I mainly use it for travel and don't use any of the shooting features.

[@MountMediaChannel]

you have to put all clips on a timeline and create a longer movie

[@JS_bass]

I have my x3 and with the protection lens is very difficult to do the stitching...you need to be extremely careful when you edit the video to not ruin it...

[@jcm2829]

Thanks for this tutorial. One question, if you edit a footage in insta360 app of your phone, do you keep the keyframes and editing when you open it up in 360 studio? Or do you have to redo the whole editing once on your computer? Another question; have you noticed any flare or flaws with the premium lens guard?

[@MountMediaChannel]

On the old version of the app it was possible - but I think that feature has been removed. To be honest, I took all my shots without lens guards (even for my comparison tests) - but I've seen on other videos that depending on the angle they can produce flares

[@ashishkc5207]

Thank you for the video Mount media. Could you tell me if the music from insta 360 app royalty free music? copyrighted?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hi, no idea - usually you can use these tracks only for non commercial purposes - but not sure if this also applies to the Insta360 app

[@hu5tle-]

Do you know if there's a setting to keep my face in the picture, but move the camera 360, like dual mode for Instagram? Basically, I want to move around my shot, but keep my talking head also showing, but in a small frame / window.

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hi - I think there are some PiP Features in the App...perhaps you find what you need

[@bilaltahir9978]

Does the rubber lens cap work with the premium lens guard?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Yes

[@fgennati]

IS there a pdf which summarize all the settings when should be used?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hi - I'm not sure if such a guide exists

[@Flow-rs1qg]

The A.I. Highlights feature does not work for me. I have a lot of footage of 360 8K and 5.7K videos on disney, and I had no A.I. highlights clips on my SD card when I checked them through my Insta360 app on my phone.

[@danerik.westerlind]

So if I record in 2.7/30 in me-mode I don´t need to bring it into the app, I get a clip that can take straight from memory-card into edit in final cut?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Yes

[@danerik.westerlind]

@@MountMediaChannel thanks! That would make the editing process faster and can do great shots without a stick🙌 now I definitely need to think of an upgrade from x3 to x4.

[@AndyCamTVProduction]

Nice video, but one thing you did that you should never do is lay the camera down on the lens. I wreck my 1st 360 camera like that and I thought I was been so careful 🙁

[@Imissmaggie]

Can you change shutter speed manually?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Yes, if needed you can set the exposure completely manually

[@Ozpeter]

Hooray! Someone who recommends avoiding the low sharpness setting. That setting completely negates the advantage of the 8k 360 resolution that is the main marketing feature of the camera. So many 'experts' say that low should be chosen but on this camera it really messes up the image, to a degree that probably would not be fixable in post.

[@OMSlh]

Is this good for photography?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Only if you want to take 360 Photos

[@OMSlh]

What your advice for action for take photos and videos Not professional photography but for normal photos Thanks in advance

[@utubesgreat4me]

If scuba diving is your thing don’t buy the X4. The X4 has a dive case preset which has 8K video. I wanted to try my new dive case during a snorkel. I was surprised that it stopped because of ‘over heating’. Or so it notified. Very frustrating for sure. I suspect this overheating problem will be ironed out in the X5.

[@djkrazydm]

Why do it disconnect home WiFi when connecting to the mobile app?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Can't really tell

[@AbandonedKansaiVideo]

Why isn't the camera working out of the box? And why can it only be unlocked with an Insta360 app? And not even with a PC, only via smartphone... How about making a video about that?

[@ez4u2cthomaspolk]

How to move my insta 360 4x files to a external drive?

[@MountMediaChannel]

Via PC or Smartphone (USB-c)

[@Ian_Woods]

Hmmm! this sounds more like a commercial. The question is, is this just another insta360 sponsored video, that hasn't been declared like so many others that inst360 have asked them not to disclose.

[@MountMediaChannel]

I am actually always completely transparent and have had no problems with Insta360 in this regard. I also don't think it's a good idea to do a sponsored review. Moreover, this is more of a tutorial aimed at buyers of the X4 rather than advertising.

[@mark675]

'Bullet time mode' they should call it 'statue of liberty' mode 😂

[@PoetryFilms]

Is this a sponsored video complying with Insta 360’s demands to minimise or completely hide all references to same?

[@MountMediaChannel]

No

[@PoetryFilms]

Good for you. Too many KZbinrs are selling their integrity for pennies. Thanks for the interesting videos.

[@MountMediaChannel]

@@PoetryFilms Thanks Pat - it's a shame that we now have to justify ourselves - after all, a lot of work goes into these videos. Regardless of that, I think it's basically a bad idea to do a review in exchange for sponsorship.

[@kirillluftreiter]

09:00 I can say that you honestly don't need to buy this almost useless stick. I just circled my fist around. The bullet time mode is not so important and usable feature.

[@albertoarcos5822]

Why aren’t my images being saved to my iPhone album as 360 images after I chose export as 360? It’s just flat images doesn’t save with that 360 symbol and FB doesn’t support 360 images no more ?😢

[@MountMediaChannel]

Hm - not sure if the iPhone Photos App supports 360 images