NEW Canon EOS VR Utility ROCK! My SUPER FAST VR180 Workflow in 2023

Canon finally updated the EOS VR Utility and the VR Plugin for Adobe Premiere 2023. They are actually really GOOD! Canon listens to what its customers want and, finally delivers! In this super in-depth tutorial, we are going to teach you everything you need to know about VR180 editing with the latest EOS VR Utility and Premiere Plugin. We are also going to discuss PC vs MAC in VR180 editing shot on 8K Canon RAW LT - the answer is NOT what you think! At the end of this tutorial, we will help you decide which Canon subscription you should get - EOS VR Utility or EOS VR Plugins for Premiere. Let's go!
0:00 - How long it takes to process 1-min 8K Canon RAW LT?
2:02 - Canon EOS VR Utility UPDATED - 7 New Features
4:10 - 3D Beginner WARNING!
4:35 - Bad 3D and how to avoid it
6:10 - PC vs MAC in VR180 Editing
7:16 - Canon 8K RAW Workflow
7:33 - How to Turn On Apple M1 / GPU Mode in EOS VR Utility
7:57 - White balance tips
8:42 - Advanced development: Sharpness and NR
9:12 - Neat Video vs EOS VR Utility NR Settings
10:13 - NEW auto lens mask feature ROCK!
10:45 - BEST export settings for Mac editing
11:30 - EOS VR Plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro Complete Guide
11:41 - Troubleshooting if Premiere Plugin is not working for you
12:15 - How to turn on FAST editing - fisheye view mode
12:43 - The FASTEST way to edit Canon VR - NOT what you think!
13:34 - TIP: Build preset for fast switching & global adjustment
14:32 - Bonus Tip: the FASTEST way to color grade VR180
17:07 - Which should you REALLY get - EOS VR Utility or EOS VR Plugin for Premiere?
📜 VR180 Masterclass
👉 In-depth Review of EOS VR System: • Canon EOS VR System In...
👉 Review EOS VR in 8K 3D VR180: • [8K VR180] Canon RF5.2...
👉 EOS VR Utility Essential Workflow in 2023: • NEW Canon EOS VR Utili...
👉 Canon R5C vs Canon R5: • Canon R5C vs R5: Which...
👉 RED V-RAPTOR vs Canon EOS VR: / l7ip4zrd3c
👉 EOS VR vs FM DUO vs Z Cam K2Pro vs Insta360 EVO: • BEST VR180 Camera in 2...
👉 How to Film VR180 with Canon EOS VR System (new lesson every month):
Ep1 - Gears: • How to Film VR180 w/ C... (Beginner level)
Ep2 - Camera Settings & Editing: • Film & Edit VR180 on C... (Beginner level)
Ep3 - Edit VR180 w/ DaVinci Resolve 18: • Edit Canon R5C & R5 VR... (Intermediate level)
Ep4 - Master Canon R5C in VR180: • Master Canon R5C in VR... (Beginner level)
Ep5 - Create 6DoF Video from VR180: • Create 6DoF Video from... (Advanced level)
Ep6 - Edit VR180 FREE w/ Mistika: • How to Edit VR180 FREE... (Advanced level)
Ep7 - Get the best Audio w/ Timecode on Canon R5C: • Sound Amazing! BEST Ca... (Beginner level)
Ep8 - Spatial Audio Workflow: • BEST 3D Spatial Audio ... (Beginner level)
Ep9 - Travel VR180 Filmmaking Essentials: • How to Film VR180 / 36... (Beginner level)
Ep10 - 3D Calibration with Mistika VR: • Ultimate Guide: Calibr... (Advanced level)
Ep11 - ND Filter for Dual Fisheye Lens: • ND Filters for VR180 F... (Beginner level)
Ep12 - Computer I use for FASTER VR180 Editing: • BEST Video Editing Mac... (Beginner level)
Ep13 - Build a budget Steadicam System for VR180: • Build an Affordable St... (Advanced level)
Ep14 - Motion Control & Clone VFX in VR180: • VR Video: Clone Yourse... (Advanced level)
Ep15 - Remote Monitor & Livestream in VR180: • Hollyland Mars 4K + Ma... (Advanced level)
🤝 We are open for HIRE! Reach out: hi[at]hughhou.com
Download the official Canon EOS VR Utility & EOS VR Plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro:
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⤵️Download the official Google / KZbin VR180 Creator Tool here (Hugh repacked):
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#EOSVRUtility #CanonEOSVR #VR180

[@stephanefrancq]

Thx ! And…happy new year 2023 for you and your family !

[@hughhou]

Thank you and Happy new year!

[@Kougs]

Go get that beer! Many more to come ;) I'm just getting started, bought my R5 C and VR lens on it's way shortly, so I'm digesting your channel. I've been working in Unreal Engine and AR, so looking to bring the film side in.

[@hughhou]

Thank you Nick! I would love to learn from you on the Unreal and AR side of thing. Getting Unreal Environment in VR180 will be my dream and I don't know anything about blender or Unreal lol.

[@ShinilPayamal]

Thanks for this awesome video showing details about the Canon EOS VR Utility.

[@hughhou]

Glad it is helpful

[@valentinguz]

Thanks man literally no one goes this deep in VR tutorials u r the best!!!!!

[@hughhou]

I appreciate that! Yes, we will go extra mile next year to cover indepth on everything in VR editing. We plan to glow the community and more content can be seen from everyone :)

[@grvr-grandrapidsvr3517]

Hugh! You're great. This videos are so on point for users wanting to practically learn how to make fantastic content with this interesting VR180 lens!

[@hughhou]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bryantalexey]

Thank You!

[@georgklein9911]

Thank you for the great tutorial!

[@hughhou]

You're very welcome! And thank you for supporting us and the VR180 community!

[@Kougs]

You rock! Thank you friend!

[@hughhou]

You're welcome!

[@emanuelebonapace5809]

Thanks, you are the best! Keep it up, a warm greeting from Italy!

[@hughhou]

Thanks, will do! Can't wait to go film in Italy soon.

[@emanuelebonapace5809]

@@hughhou When you come to Italy write me! I live in Milan, I work with Canon Italia and I have a lot of VR things (insta 360 pro, canon r5C, canon dual fisheye, r5, drones and many other things). It would be a huge pleasure to meet you!

[@mckachun]

thanks for latest update !

[@hughhou]

Our pleasure!

[@rahoo67]

Thanks!

[@justinsuperstar]

This is awesome, as always

[@hughhou]

Glad you think so!

[@DJ-Puddles]

Another great video Hugh. I use R5C, M1 Max Macbook, Canon VR Utility and Final Cut Pro X to edit. A video on a VR 180 workflow for Final Cut Pro (with Spatial Audio) would be awesome.

[@worldscalephotography]

[@hughhou]

I'm so glad! Thank you!

[@Namik.33-6]

thank you hugh !

[@hughhou]

Any time!

[@michaelsiebielec5554]

As usual another great tutorial! Thanks! As a PC user I just want to say don't forget to give us some love because some of us aren't going to invest in new Apple systems and we need to best optimize equipment we already have.

[@hughhou]

PC work just fine. I use PC and Mac. I am just saying HEVC is not the best approach but PC EOS VR do not have DNxHR render. So for PC, I will use all my old tutorial on resolve or Mistika VR render - which work perfectly fine and faster. PC also has render speed strength - as I mentioned in the video, better GPU is faster. But the best combo can be render out in Mac into ProRes and drop it into PC for editing :)

[@lixinzhao6987]

360拍摄很神奇！讲述很明白！很好！

[@Maebbie]

finally canon, it took you almost a year but this update processes my footage so quickly. For anyone who is looking for version 1.2, search for "canon sas vr utility" it will direct you to the site that already has it.

[@hughhou]

Or just click the link in my description - NOT affiliated and save to click lol. Thank you for the feedback :) On RTX 4090 / 3090 - it is really fast on RAW.

[@Maebbie]

@@hughhou nice, thx for putting in the link. Its weird that the download center does not have the new version yet.

[@andredonadio8273]

@@Maebbie The same I cant find the new version

[@Maebbie]

@@andredonadio8273 search what i put in my comment above and it should come up. However Hugh has also put the link to the download at the bottom of this video's description.

[@session180vr]

Without these rich and professional VR tutorials, our newly launched Session180 production would not be so wonderful!! Thank you so much Master Hou!! 🫶🏻

[@hughhou]

Congratulation on the launch. I need to check it out soon!

[@VRGirls]

Best VR tutorials on the WEB! quick question: What are you Export settings for 8K VR video on Premier pro for final video in the BITRATE SETTINGS section please.

[@hughhou]

60Mbps for 30fps and 80 - 100Mbps for 60fps. Thank you!!

[@RichardTallent]

I know your content is mostly video-oriented, but do you have a recommendation for workflows for using this lens for VR180 *still* photos? I'd rather avoid trying to individually edit photos in Da Vinci Resolve and would rather stick to as much Lightroom and Photoshop as possible. I'm using the EOS RP, so the Canon VR utility won't be an option (I'm also working with Vuze 180 DNGs). Currently using some scripts I made using Sharp JS and FFMpeg for crop and equirectangular conversion, but I'm just starting on setting up a workflow.

[@orlandovr5236]

Thanks

[@hughhou]

Thank you so much

[@AndresGarcia-so1hz]

Thank you Hugh, very helpful information. I can't seem to find your video on Denoising with Neat & Resolve. Did you take it down? Or do you have a better solution these days?

[@hughhou]

Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWbEd6ScetisqsUsi=ge3YljcLMC4TCRAS - super old but still work like a charm

[@kingnt66]

Thank you again for this awesome series! A coffee for you or little treat for Kimchi!

[@hughhou]

Wow thank you so so much! Kimchi is happy!!

[@orlandovr5236]

Thanks again for all of the great info! Which file format do you recommend for Windows when exporting from the EOS VR Utility?

[@hughhou]

H264 for now but I talked to Canon at CES and they are working on DNxHR or other uncompressed format soon. PC is not good yet but this will be fixed pretty soon - at least according to them.

[@frangagn22]

Merci!

[@ag360it]

Very cool

[@hughhou]

Thank you!

[@garychung_plane]

Thank you so much! These days, watching and studying your videos is so exciting. I will work hard to earn money so that I can send it to a restaurant instead of paying for coffee.

[@hughhou]

Haha thank you thank you!!

[@garychung_plane]

I use a MacBook Pro, but why doesn't the EOS VR plug-in appear in Premiere?@@hughhou

[@lousvrcorner8977]

On Windows 11 machine, and Canon R5 I know that ProRes is the key, but that option is not available on Window side. What workflow do you recommend from EOS VR Utility to either DaVinci or Adobe Premiere Pro? What format export from EOS VR? And now that RAW is available on the EOS VR, is that a better path?

[@jeromelozano]

Once again, thank you Hugh for this very interesting tutorial ! If I understand correctly, it's better to use Mistika VR to manually stitch moving footages (with gimbal), when the edit is done, using timecodes (like an edl) ? Because the automatic stitching in EOS VR Utility will use the first frame of the footage and will create a "bad" 3D if we move the camera ? Am I right ? Also, sad there is not an anaglyph view in this VR utility to quickly check the 3D. Still, this is a fantastic workflow for a shooting with the camera on tripod.

[@hughhou]

Yes or not. If you movement is controlled and slow, EOS VR doing a pretty good job as well. Also lighting is a huge factor as well. Low light with motion blur will not be good.

[@JR_04]

Hey Hugh! Another amazing video. Thanks!! Have you tested or do you have any tips on VR Timelapse post workflow with this same setup?

[@hughhou]

This is actually a great suggestion topics. I did lots of VR timelapse with motion control system - some works - some do not. Let me spend more time on put together a good one. You mean VR180 Motion Timelapse right?

[@JR_04]

@@hughhou I do, I’ve been testing that. Generally don’t like to move the camera side to side in motion but I wonder how Timelapse works. Also just curious on the post workflow for Timelapse stills with this system.

[@JR_04]

We should catch up some time if you are free for a video chat. We briefly met and talked at the BH Party at NAB and exchanged info to talk about some future work together.

[@raytekkers]

Many thanks for the great informative video! I’ve been contemplating jumping into immersive video production for a while. Does the Canon VR utility software integrate with FCPX?

[@hughhou]

No. But you can use it as standalone and just cut ProRes in FCPX - the next software we will cover is Resolve.

[@raytekkers]

@@hughhou Thanks Hugh!

[@rubenlazaro726]

Thanks for your tips Hugh. I work in PC so I have and idea for work with 8K 30fps HEVC footage in windows using a proxies. First use EOS VR plugin in premiere Pro. Second create proxys with a custom preset. But instead of create in low resolution create it Proress HQ at full resolution and use this proxys for render. EDIT: premiere doesn't alowed it. At least at same resolution and frame rate.

[@hughhou]

Resolve you can btw!

[@jade_racoz]

Thank you Hugh! Your videos really helped me a lot! These critical info is really needed for eliminating gaps between professional VR content makers and amateurs like me. Still, there's a question bothers me. How much VRAM of graphics card is the minimum for PC 8k editting? My 8G VRAM ran out in PR/Resolve and caused crashing every time. I can't buy a 3090/4090 like you since I have limited budget. Is 16G of VRAM enough for 8k editting/grading? It seems Intel Arc A770 16G would be an economic choice.

[@hughhou]

I use Mac M1 system now, it work really well and more affordable than RTX 4090. If you have lower specs - use Proxy edit will really help!

[@fd6375]

Hi Hugh and thank you for all your wonderful tips for VR180 editing. How much RAM do you recommend on a Macbook Pro for editing? @@hughhou

[@worldscalephotography]

OMG that would be amazing!! BUT you still need to denoise, and it's better to do it on the 'RAW' with neat video (at 1fps.. but still) no? edit: OK watching your video I can see you talk about this, but if you 'defish' the noise would also be 'stretched' at the top and the bottom, and I would assume davinci/neat won't be able to remove it like they can when the frame is directly from the sensor in RAW?

[@hughhou]

NeatVideo understand stretch noise as they design the software to handle that. Not so sure about Resolve tho. You are right, and that is good reason to do NR in the new EOS VR. I just not used to do that and a lot easier to just do it in Resolve. Also Resole render a lot faster. NR and Sharpen significantly slow down the process.

[@super_eight]

Great workflow tutorial! My Canon VR Utility doesn't recognize RawLT 60fps or any XFAVCYCC422 files. I am unable to import them in. Have you experienced this also? Are you shooting RAW LT or ST...30 or 60 frames? Thanks!!

[@hughhou]

This can be missing Canon HEVC codes from current camera. R5 and R5C require different installation.

[@iomggroup6760]

@hughhou , you give the best VR education in the world! question: I have windows PC, what format would you export the 8K RAW file with EOS VR Utility for Adobe to edit or put RAW files directly to Adobe PP and edit there? (if i do not want to go through the Mistika/Resolve) Currently I Pre Render 8k30FPS video files in PP and that way the during editing video runs smooth. But now i do want to use 8K RAW . Not sure i want to invest in APPLE to make workflow easy.

[@iomggroup6760]

nevermind you mentioned it on the video. You are the best!

[@tomokamo9341]

ありがとうございます！

[@hughhou]

Thank you!!

[@kingnt66]

Hi Hugh! Thanks for the great video as always!! I have a PC with RTX 4 series. Since my major workstation is PC, according to your video HEVC isn't great for editing, does that mean I need to change it to a Mac workflow? I'm hesitate to do so since all my software and workflow are tight to PC, not to mention I need to purchase a new MacBook Pro, which isn't cheap. Is there a work around?

[@hughhou]

No you don't need to. You just need to transcode your HEVC to DNxHR before edit on PC - one extra step on Media Encoder. Or you can proxy it. I use PC too

[@kingnt66]

@@hughhou Great!! Good to know. Thank you as always!!

[@kingnt66]

@@hughhouI just came across with another video from youtube addressing real-time playback issued with Canon Raw in Premier Pro (and it is fixed by one simple click). I'm not sure if that related to HEVC format, I will try it when I receive my Canon r5c. Here is the link for your reference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_dlZmOnruMbsU

[@jayrockcontent]

What is the best export settings for playing back on the meta quest 2

[@hughhou]

H265 5.7K 5760 x 2880 - but I will recomand to export it in Premiere as its has better compressor than EOS VR Utility

[@driftwoodpictures]

great that they added VR180 support to the Canon R3, is there a press release anywhere with this info? 🙂 thanks

[@hughhou]

Mmmm....I can't find the US one. Only the Japan one. Maybe there is some official news in CES and launch it after CES.

[@driftwoodpictures]

@@hughhou thanks a lot, but they're definitely adding support for the 5.2mm fisheye lens to the Canon R3? I'm trying to chose between the R5C and R3 - I'd prefer the R3 but was worried that it wouldn't be able to also work for a VR project. Thanks for the helpful news!

[@goodbriefprod2753]

Thanks a lot for you tips 😁 i just have two problem with the workflow, i have a mackbook M1 and i can t see the VR plugin on premiere after i download it ? and also, when i want to export, is not exporting on vr, but he show me the two square ! i was working on VR before, it s my first time i have this can of problem? (i was working with live like, like i know you know ;) If you know why i can t see the plug in or, what i do for export, it would help me a lot. Thanks ;)

[@hughhou]

Did you force refresh the plugin list of Premiere? Have you tried the stand alone. As I mentioned in the video - the standalone plugin is a lot better. For render, did you pick VR180 side by side as meta injection? Have you tried using VR180 Creator to inject metadata before upload? I mentioned that on my other tutorial like the Resolve one :)

[@dewskyroy3445]

Bravo ! top !

[@180vr7]

Thank you, the video was very helpful. Unfortunately, even after one year has passed, Adobe Premiere with the Eos VR plugin still only supports 8k 30 fps. Are there any currently available programs that support 8k raw at 60 fps and allow for quick exporting of videos in one go? I am currently using the Canon R5C camera

[@hughhou]

We use Davinci Resolve - I have a old tutorial on how to manually calibrate your lens. When done once, it is very solid to output 8K 60fps. We use it to output 4K 60fps using touchdesigner all the time for livestream. Beside that, I still highly recommand NOT use Premiere - as it crash on Canon RAW file and just overall very big experience. Use EOS VR to get ProRES then Premiere is the way to go.

[@180vr7]

@@hughhou Thank you for this wonderful information. Best wishes.

[@wkinyin]

謝謝！

[@hughhou]

You are very welcome!

[@StormandskydotCom]

Hearing just what happens on other cameras like r6 1 and 2 or even rp. Do you get aperture control or no? I take it the two circles fit in 16:9? Or do you need a 3:2 option? Don't have enough funds to get to r5 and especially when at that level it'd be hard not to go to r5c for 60p 8k. But well settling on r6 ii 4k 60p and having an option for 6k 60p later adding an external recorded is making some sense. Instead of settling on unsynced two GoPro choices. But have still not managed to find out what you get when putting it on those other cameras. I could get by no aperture control I guess but knowing if the circles fully fit in 16/9 would be useful.

[@hughhou]

If you are serious - I will wait on R5 Mark II come out and then get a R5 second hand for cheap. R6 is not the way to go.

[@avigold6632]

@@hughhou why not? I have the R6 and really want to create 180 VR content. What is the best way to go? Calf?? Thanks for all that you do!!

[@rowanking123]

Hey Hugh, love your work. Hoping you can help with a couple of questions Canon has failed to help with! 1. Have you or anyone you know had issues with the H.265 4:4:4 output from the EOS VR Utility on PC? I get glitchy dropped frames randomly, sometimes after 20 seconds, sometimes after 15, which totally ruins immersion (note it's only with the H.265, no such issue with H.264 or other export formats). Happens with my R5C Raw footage but ALSO with my old R5 MP4 footage (so its a H.265 issue rather than a raw handling issue). Everything else works fine (so can't justify a Mac just to workaround this bug). I have followed your tutorials and am getting good videos otherwise, but unusable. 2. I have followed all your exposure tips and have finally gotten noise levels down on the R5C but it is still SO noisy compared to R5 footage I used to take. Assume that is the RAW format but don't know if my noise level is normal or not. Do you ALWAYS denoise your raw footage even when you have nailed exposure? I need to, so wanted to see if that is normal or not. Thanks a lot! RK

[@hughhou]

1. I don't use it b/c the format is not editing friendly. But it can due to your GPU. What GPU you are using? It require lots of processing power. / 2. Yes, RAW footage has NO DENOISE so it is very common it is noisy. But you can turn it down using EOS VR Utility - the denoise and sharpen slider work wonder most of the time.

[@rowanking123]

@@hughhou thanks a lot for your reply! Yes the H.265 is pretty slow in Premiere but for PC workflow out of EOS VR Utility there aren't many options. DPX is way too slow for me and H.264 seems to have visible compression artifacts? I have an Nvidia 3080. I have been in touch with Canon support on this and they are investigating. Thanks again.

[@johnbuckman2441]

Is it normal for the export to default to software encoding when I choose anything higher than 4K? Mac M1 here. I also don't have the option for fisheye after updating to the latest software...

[@hughhou]

You use the download link below in description - not sure you are in the right version. Where is your country. The software is country locked I believe

[@MeinVideoStudio]

You can also edit Ambisonic 1st Order in Resolve XD But i would love to see a Black Magic Design to give us a 16 Channel Bus.

[@hughhou]

Wait really? How? Using VST? Resolve can render out Ambix?

[@MeinVideoStudio]

Well lets say Reaper is better until BMD decides to give us a 16 Channel Outputbus. But you can create a 4 Channel output for 1st Order Ambisonic Projects. And You can create 16 Channel Tracks to Rotate and Move things in 3rd Order Ambisonic. And at the End of each Track you just Downconvert it to 1st Order using a Decoder Plugin. I mainly use the Free O3A Core. And you use Automation in Fairlight to get Lav-Mics from Moving Objects into the Scene. I already recorded an English Tutorial but since my Channel is German i don´t know where to upload it.

[@hannola]

Do you have any tips for recording to a Ninja V+ with the R5? I try and the VR utility doesn't recognize the 8K output files from the Ninja V+. Please help!

[@hughhou]

I will NOT recommend V+. Canon is not planning to support it and it is not really 12-bit - it is 10-bit prores raw meaning you are losing 2 stop of DR and color depth.

[@esthergreen4810]

Hello, Hugh, I'm a VR photographer from China. I have a problem when I use R5c now. When I shoot RAW LT clog3, the ISO setting can only be 160, which is higher than this value and the picture noise is very loud. What method did you use to solve it?

[@hughhou]

R5C Native ISO is 800 - but RAW all have digital noise - use NR settings to remove the noise or denoise in post as meniton in this video

[@fd6375]

Hi Hugh, thanks a lot for all the great and helpful tutorials you're doing! I have a question: what are your best settings for a readable VR180 video on a Meta Quest Pro or Quest 2? I tried to export in MP4 H264 8bit (8192x4320 59.94P) but it's very laggy on the Quest Pro. Any tips? I only use for now the EOS VR Utility because my plugin is not showing up in Premiere Pro...

[@Chris-K]

For my surprise, I have smooth Video playback in 8192x4320 59.94P with H265 on Quest 2! With H264 I have the the same problems as you told.

[@fd6375]

@@Chris-K Good to know thank you! What tool are you using for H265 encoding as EOS VR Utility is not offering H265?

[@Chris-K]

@@fd6375 My workflow ist: 1. EOS VR Utility 2. Davinci Resolve (Color and Denoising) 3. Import / Export via Premiere (because I dont know ho to set metadata with Resolve (180 VR) ... and with step "2." and "3." you can render to H265

[@fd6375]

@@Chris-K Hi Chris, I was wondering which parameters you use when you export in H265 with Premiere. When I export with Premiere in H264 or H265, encoding quality is very poor VS EOS VR Utility H264. The problem is that with EOS VR Utility we can't change the bitrate so in 8k 60fps it's very laggy on a Quest Pro headset. With Davinci Resolve I can't try 8K because I have the free version. So far my best option (for playback on a Quest Pro) is MP4 H264 8k 30fps with EOS VR Utility.

[@nariza7]

is the Canon VR utility free to use if your clip is under 2 minutes? I think I read somewhere that it can be used without subscription as long as it is under 2 min. Not sure if that's true though

[@hughhou]

100% correct. It is free as long as your clip is under 2-min

[@andredonadio8273]

Thank you for the tutorial. I cant still not install the adobe plug in in mac pro m1 MAX. Does anyone have the new upload files? Thank you

[@hughhou]

What’s your error? Check the link in the description. It’s V1.2!

[@iron1776]

Thank you for the good news. Unfortunately, there is no 180 3D camera in sight in 2023 either. Do you think that the combination of the R6 Mark II and the Canon 5.2, which is still affordable for me, delivers better results than my Insta360 EVO, even though the R6 only films in 4k?

[@hughhou]

I believe so from specs but I can really give you an answer as I do not own a R6 myself. I am at CES right now and will know more about new VR180 camera tomorrow when I scan the trade floor.

[@hughhou]

CAN'T

[@vlcthefish]

@@hughhou :)

[@vlcthefish]

If money is concern then setting up two GoPros would be best but could be a pain to get it set up.

[@EJEA_TB]

Hi Hugh, the plugin Canon VR Utility for Premiere works whith Canon 8K Raw files?

[@hughhou]

Yes but I won't recommended. Use the EOS Utility stand alone to transcode first into ProRes. RAW file will drag any highspec computer down for editing. You want speed and efficiency when come to editing.

[@EJEA_TB]

@@hughhou Thanks Hugh, now I use Mistika Boutique, but I look for any work flow more easy and fast.

[@hughhou]

Mistika Boutique is the best - so you got the best already. It fully understand Canon color space and you can do 1 pass grading without extra ProRes transcoding. So you are good to go!

[@FirstTheFALLEN]

Hello, Hugh. Thanks for the video. I need help. I've already installed it on my Mac and tried on my desktop, but it doesn't appear in Premiere. I don't know why. I've tried rebooting and reinstalling, and the program works outside of Premiere, but I can't find the plugin/effect in Premiere.

[@hughhou]

It can be Premiere issue - reset your plugin caches when start

[@Sydney2217]

My aim is simpler , just use this method on my own 3D collection of travel pics in 3D & some videos for VR

[@hughhou]

Then this is prefect and the most affordable solution for you

[@escape-to-nature]

It is a very good tutorial. Can anyone advise me? I can't get the purchased plugin into Adobe Premiere Pro (Adobe Cloud). After installing the plugin on my MacBook Pro, I can't find it.

[@hughhou]

Watch previous tutorial right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGizdKOnq8yjjrc - you need to click the source file, and it is under the source file effect panel.

[@randysmithvideo]

@@hughhou I have this same problem. It says it's installing, but nothing shows up in the source file effects panel. It is extremely frustrating. I was sharing your excitement about Canon updating, but each time it says it installs properly, nothing changes. My theory is that I might have the R5 HEVC installed vs the R5C one, which just tells me it is already installed. I cannot find a single shred of information on how to uninstall it. I was really hoping to not have to use the lengthy process in DaVinci Resolve.

[@qporit]

Can you help??? I "downloaded" and "installed" the Windows version of EOS VR Utility. It shows up as a program. But when I click or doubleclick on the program or its icon nothing happens. Is there a trick to the download??? I've tried on both a W10 and W11 with the same result. Is there a Canon Official help contact? Or even a Canon VR Users support Facebook group??? Thanks!

[@qporit]

OK. It seems I have to subscribe and activate before the program works. That's strange, because some document says there's cost "for videos over 2 min". So less than 2 min would be free, no??? Also, finding the place to subscribe online is not easy.

[@hughhou]

Actually, it will work without subscription for video under 2-min as well - that is very strange that you need to pay to use it :(

[@user-ck9cw8fs5n]

Don't have a Mac. I have a 7950x and a 4090 and it's still slow. I guess I have to stick with Resolve :(

[@hughhou]

Yes, Mistika is crazy fast in 4090!!

[@vlcthefish]

I LOVE Kimchi soooooooo much! Can we have more Kimchi in the video and less Hugh? Dogecoin win!

[@hughhou]

Lol! That is a good one!!

[@kylomars8769]

It still doesn’t work for any M2 devices or anything Ventura.

[@hughhou]

Are you sure? I am on M2 Max Macbook Pro with this - light fast. Can you share your full specs and maybe I can help trouble shoot for you?

[@Corruptlol187]

i got an AMD 5800X with a 6800XT , render time with the Canon tool is literally 1hour 10 mins for 1 minute of footage .. wtf .. same goes for my davinci files 1hour + for 1 minute VR video , with ZERO gpu usage. I m super lost, just spend like 7k on camera and lens and than this.

[@hughhou]

Are you sure you are on version 1.2? Can you check? It should use your GPU

[@Corruptlol187]

@@hughhou yes I got the 1.2 version. Nothing I can do about, I went back to the resolve workflow. I takes me 20 mins for a 8k60fps 30sec video to render. Kinda sad that Intel CPUs with their GPU the only way is to get proper deciding support for 12bit 422

[@stefanocopertino5445]

Is a PC with an RTX 4090 even worse than a Mac M1?

[@hughhou]

No, RTX 4090 is better and you see the benchmark in this video. But editing in ProRes is better than edit in HEVC p tthat is the point.

[@DavidFlores-3D-VR]

I'm very happy about this but I am getting a terrible warping in my videos if there is any motion it is very noticeable, I get no response from Canon on this and it is ruining all my dual fish eye footage. Here's an example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/np-0qZSgfqurhrc

[@hughhou]

Are you hand holding your camera? Also did you watch this video all the way tho? I mentioned in the middle of the video what is the EOS VR limitation for moving camera shoot - and reason why it is not good for that purpose :)

[@DavidFlores-3D-VR]

@@hughhou I'm using a Moza gimbal, yet even for a slow pan it is warped. I hadnt finished the video when I commented, and will try out what you have in there, but it still seems odd that my earlier videos were not warped like that makes me suspect that either the Canon VR software is causing it in the conversation, or there is a lens alignment issue. I'm going to come back here and update this evening after I check a few things. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@vezvisuals4194]

I just tested the Canon R5c 8k60p video. So hella, noisey! And it is hard to work with, even with a high-end PC with 3090ti. The Zcam files are so much cleaner and faster to work with. Raw LT is disappointing. @hughhou

[@hughhou]

You need to convert them into ProRes to work with. And use the NR feature to denoise. RAW meaning noise untouched - just like Z Cam RAW.

[@180vr7]

Thanks!

[@hughhou]

Wow thank you!