This is the long-overdue tutorial - how
to reframe 360 videos using the latest DaVinci Resolve 17 that is 100 times
better and faster than GoPro FX Reframe plugin in Adobe Premiere. The crazy part is,
this workflow is also free up to 4K.
If you have GoPro MAX, Insta360 One X2, One R, or Qoocam 8K and so sick of crashing in Premiere 2021
and the no real-time playback, this will change your life; literally! I will save you more time
and money so you can go on a ski trip and capture more cool 360 videos! Let's learn now.
Hey, what's up, everybody! It is your boy Hugh here from CreatorUp!
I made it on the TOP 15 VR video list again on Forbes! Yeah! And I also recently went viral on
my Facebook - become a face booger! LAUGH ...
Okay, enough about me. Let's learn some DaVinci Resolve.
You DON'T need paid version of Resolve 17 to follow along with this tutorial. The only
drawback of the free version compared to the studio version is the resolution. You can only
import 4K and output 4K video. GoPro MAX, ONE X2, and Qoocam 8K are all 5.7K and above resolution.
So it does impact your image quality a bit. I already have a tutorial right here
that goes super in-depth in the theory of reframing and how to prepare your GoPro MAX
or Insta360 ONE X2 footage for resolve. Watch that tutorial first. The problem with that tutorial is
not Mac friendly and still really slow. If you are lucky enough to own the latest Apple
M1 chip macbook - this workflow will 100% utilize it - and the first time ever,
with real-time reframe even for Qoocam 8K 360 video.
The free plugin you need for Resolve 17 is called Reframe360 Ultra - part
of the open-source KartaVR package by Andrew Hazelden. Go ahead to drop him
a thank you comment because it is his hard work, so all of us can enjoy it for free.
He is the hero behind all these. Open Resolve 17 and go directly
onto the Fusion page. Go to the URL and download Reactor. Drop the Reactor-Installer
Lua script into the Resolve "Console" window to display the 'Install Reactor" dialog. Pressing
the "Install and Launch" button will begin the automated Reactor installation process.
Restart the Resolve 17 after the Reactor installation completes.
Go to "Workspaces > Script > Reactor > Reactor Preferences....". Set the "Concurrent
cURL Transfers" setting to 1. And uncheck "Always Ask for Install Script Permissions". Hit okay.
Now go to "Workspaces > Scripts > Reactor > Open Reactor..." menu item. On the left side,
you will see KartaVR. I will usually just check everything and hit install. For you, make sure
Reframe360 Ultra is check. Wait for 5 min for everything to download into your Davinci Resolve.
Now, go ahead and follow this tutorial to render out a ProRes mov
5.7K 360 video from Insta360 Studio 2021. Don't ask me why you need ProRes,
I already explain it in detail in that tutorial. Go check that out.
Drop the mov file into Resolve. Go to the edit page. Let manually create a timeline to meet
the final output resolution. The good time of Resolve workflow compare to Premiere
GoPro FX reframe plugin, tutorial right here, is that it is resolution and ratio
free. You can create 1 by 1, 2 by 3, 9 by 16, or any ratio any resolution video. It will work.
For demo purposes, I will create a popular 9 by 16 TikTok or Instagram Reel aspect ratio.
That will really make your TikTok video stand out.
If you get TikTok famous, don't forget to give your boy a shoutout, and a thumb up!
You can also use 16 by 9 if you are creating reframe video for feature film or YouTube.
Right click here, Timeline, Create New Timeline,
Uncheck use Project Settings. Go to Format and change the resolution to 1080 by
1920. Frame rate is 29.97 for Insta360 ONE X2 or GoPro MAX. 30 for Qoocam 8K.
VERY VERY IMPORTANT STEP - this will be the step most people miss up - so pay attention.
Mismatch resolution chooses Stretch Frame to all corners. Hit create!
Here we have me snowboarding like a boss with unicorn mount!
This is how you should mount your 360 camera for any action sport like snowboard
and skiing. Huge shout out to Abe Kislevitz from GoPro to show us the unicorn way.
Drop the footage onto the timeline - it looks funky. But don't worry. We will fix it in a
second. Go down to Toolbox, Effects, you see KartaVR reframe360 Ultra right here. Drop
the effects onto your video. Now go to Effects tap, you see Karta VR reframe360 ultra controls
right here. Move the yaw to look at my pretty face. Play it, messing around while playing.
Wow, the unicorn mount is really cool. Look like I have a floating camera capturing me snowboarding.
But ever cooler, we got a real-time playback on animation. This is unheard of in Adobe world!
The reason why reframe360 ultra can have real-time playback is because it is using the latest
Resolve DCTL fuse system - which is fully GPU or Apple M1 accelerated.
You can read more about Resolve DCTL on their official website. It is a game-changer
in modern-day editing. Don't want to nerd you out. But you should know why Resolve
is so much better than Adobe Premiere. I am not sponsored by any of them or
anyone. This is pure user feedback from someone has lots of experience in Video production.
With real-time playback, reframing is an easy task. But let me go tho the basic first
so you can create the best reframe video. If you want this amount of like on your reframed
video, you should learn the basics. It really helps your creativity. Field of View, FOV is like
the zoom. So you can zoom in and zoom out like so. Pitch, Yaw, and roll is pretty self explain.
Rectilinear projection is like the curve setting in GoPro FX reframe premiere plugin.
If you want to get rid of fisheye and make your footage look like capture on a regular camera,
not a GoPro, this is the setting. Usually, for GoPro MAX 0.75 will get rid of all the
fisheye distortion. One X2 and One R, 0.65 will remove all distortion. Please write it down.
Any other cool feature is built-in Tiny Planet projection. It is a revert of Rectilinear
projection - which will turn your video into tiny planet super easy. Play with your setting like so,
you get yourself a big head tiny planet video. Great for TikTok or viral content.
Okay, let's do some animation. Let say I like this tiny planet view, and I want my video to transfer
into that. So insert keyframes here. Now go back to the beginning. Move the setting
to look at the beautiful Lake Tahoe. And I want to start with that. Okay, it looks pretty cool.
But we can do it better. FCPX can do all that. But it cannot have velocity in animation.
Velocity curve is what separates pro reframed video from an amateur. Let's do that.
Hit this icon right here to go to Fusion. Don't worry, this is not a Fusion tutorial. But Fusion
is powerful for reframing. Check out this tutorial right here if you want even more customization.
Pick the reframe360 node, open up spline panel. Go ahead and check all the keyframe attributes.
Right click, scale, scale to fit or shortkey Ctrl F. Now you can move your keyframes or drag
these handle right here to make curve for your animation. So the animation is smoother. All
if you lazy like me, just select everything and hit the smooth button right here. So much better.
Now go to color tap and color grade it. Follow this tutorial if you need some help
or download my free LUTS for GoPro MAX and ONE X2. And go-ahead to export tap. The format is
MP4. Codec uses H.264 or H.265. Encoder if you have it use Nvidia. Resolution should be good as
timeline resolution. Use VBR high quality and add to render queue. Hit render all.
You see, this is all GPU accelerated - super fast. Your mobile phone will never
achieve the same quality. If you want to stand out and look professional, do that.
Thank you for watching this tutorial. It is a game-changer. And I have a favor to ask you.
Share this workflow with all your 360 friends so they can save money and time as well.
Sharing is loving. In the next tutorial,
I will teach you how to make the best-reframed snowboarding video with GoPro MAX, Insta360 ONE X2
and Qoocam 8K. I will teach you how to mount your camera - beyond just unicorn mount.
How to capture 360 videos safely. Basically, a hand-free capture for snowboarders.
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