Hey what's up, everybody?
It is your boy Hugh here from CreatorUp!
Today, we are going to do an in-depth technical review of the Insta360 ONE R Invisible 360
Drone Mod for Mavic Pro 2.
To truly understand the benefits of ONE R Drone Mod, we need to know how to capture
360 drone video and remove the drone in post-production without using ONE R drone mod.
And this is still the professional way I will recommand if you use other 360 cameras like
Qoocam 8K, GoPro MAX or the brand new Labpano Pilot One - another 8K 360 camera - review
is coming next in Feb 10th.
So right now I am gonna do my professional setup as you see the drone right here.
I have a different Insta360 ONE R right here and then is this is my setup with the vibration
dampener right here if you see it vibration dampener right here and then we just connect
this part onto the drone
mounts connect to the camera to the vibration dampener as you see the drone and the camera
shaking but it absorbs the vibration right here in 4 concerns - let's fly the setup to
see how good is compared to the invisible drone.
So now we have a different setup right here as you see the Insta360 one r on my vibration
dampener on my drone and that is actually my professional setup that what I have been
filming 360VR for the past 3 years so let's fly this compare it with the invisible drone.
As you see, it is really stable even without Mocha stabilization.
But you do see the drone, very big in the sky.
I will show you the easiest way to remove first in Premiere.
Click the Export Frame button here to export a PNG still frame.
Open that frame in Photoshop.
We see a pretty blue sky without any cloud and bright sun.
So we are going to match that with sky replacement technique.
This is a very quick demo.
For a detailed tutorial on sky replacement - check this one here instead.
Go on hdrihaven.com - choose HDRI and choose skies.
And we see this one is a perfect sky to use to replace my sky.
HDRI haven is free.
But if you can not find your skies here - you might need to buy them from other websites.
Go in and download the 8K version as our video is 5.7K.
So you want to get the sky that is bigger than our resolution.
Download it.
Now open the HDRI file in PTGui or any free HDR software.
I like to open the panorama editor and edit the tone mapping to match my sky.
Then click create panorama.
Change the width & height to 5760 by 2880 - use Tiff format - click settings - make
sure it is 16 bit per channel with none compression.
Hit Create.
Bring the Tiff file into Photoshop and put it on top of the screenshot layer.
Now we need to align the sun location so your shadow looks realistic.
This is a very important step.
Take notes.
Hide the sky layer, drag a vertical guide line in the middle of the sun.
Also, drag a horizontal guideline to find the lower spot of the drone like so.
Go to filter - Other - Offset.
And offset the sky layer to match the sun location.
Now show the sky layer and drag another horizontal guideline to meet the top of the mountain
like so.
Click Add Layer Mask button right here.
Select Gradient Tool and draw a gradient like so to create a gradient mask.
Now hide the guideline.
We just need to color match the sky.
Create a level adjustment layer.
Right-click and select create a clipping mask.
So your color adjustment only affects the sky layer.
Now adjust the setting until you match your sky.
Now, hide the original screenshot, export a transparent PNG sky patch layer.
Bring it into Premiere on top of the video layer.
As you see the drone gone.
For more complicated drone removal technique - like using Photoshop or BrorisFX Mocha Pro
to paint out the sky to have a more original looking, realistic sky - please refer to this
in-depth tutorial on step by step drone removal technique.
You can literally remove any size of drones in monoscopic and stereoscopic 360 video.
The advantage of ONE R Drone Mod - Post Production Cost Saving
So the biggest advantage of using ONE R drone Mod is in post production.
You just saw how complicated to remove the drone in Post Production, and it involves
expensive software like Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, PTGui, and even Mocha Pro and Mistika VR.
In ONE R, it is as easy as drag and drop.
So right now we gonna fly the Insta360 ONE R invisible drone compared to my regular professional
setup to see how stable this version compared to my version and everything else So again
we don't have a GPS right here we gonna go ATTI mode so we gonna fly very careful
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Here we have the ONE R studio software.
I just drop in the footage just shot, check Use FlowState Stabilization, Dynamic Stitching,
Aerial Edition, and Chromatic Abberation.
The Aerial Edition button is the magic button to make the stitching work flawlessly.
Make sure you DO NOT check Lock Direction to avoid sudden movement.
We control the reframing in post production with smoothing instead.
Then I hit the Start Explore button.
DONE!
Bring the render into Premiere, you see the exact same result as before - without the
drone.
It literally takes me like 5 seconds and 4 mouse clicks.
Think about the money and time you can save in post production.
Stabilization Comparison / Jello effect Another big concern of FPV drone pilot and
360 videographers is stabilization.
As right now, both lenses are touching the drone body directly without vibration damper
- as I show you right here.
So the images will take in all the machine vibration - which will create a jello effect
- the rolling shutter causes the image to wobble unnaturally.
Let's do a quick comparison to show you.
Here you see the TWO flights.
The first one we have the Insta360 ONE R Aerial Edition.
Then we have my vibration damper setup also filmed with Insta360 ONE R - the twin edition.
Put them together, they both are invisible drone 360 videos, and both are very stable
thanks to FlowStation stabilization.
Look at the horizon line, they are a lot better than GoPro MAX or Qoocam 8K - both will need
post stabilization with Mocha Pro to achieve the same result.
But, if you pay extra attention, you can find the differences.
I circled 3 spots on the ONE R Aerial Edition for you to look at.
You see this Jello Effect on the horizon line - comes and goes.
Let's zoom in 200% and see it better.
Pay attention to the tall buildings here in front of the mountain.
You see it clearly this unnaturally wobble caused by rolling shutter.
Something that Insta360 really need work on to remove the rolling shutter problem.
The Aerial Edition is not the final production unit - so there is a chance Insta360 will
figure out how to remove rolling shutter.
But again, this is not an easy problem to fix.
I will suggest also purchase an ND filter for the Aerial Edition to reduce the shutter
speed and remove this Jello Effect.
A common solution very well-know in the FPV community.
Hey, if I help you, don't forget to this video a like.
Stitching Distance Since the two lenses are far apart, there
is a safe stitching distance for anything film with this Aerial Edition.
Again, since we do not have GPS, you should never get your drone too close to anything
anyway.
But as a good 360 videographer, this is the thing you should know when you are on the
field.
So you can position your drone correctly to capture the best, seamless footage.
As you see right here, the stitching distance is pretty large.
I am standing 5 meters away from the camera, and I am still affected by the stitch line.
If you look at the pole here on your right, it is about 7 - 8 meters away from the drone
- and it is looking good.
So in general, I will push everything 8 to 10 meters away from the camera to avoid the
stitching artifacts.
You should also pay attention to where the Sun hitting the camera.
If the sun is hitting the camera around the stitch line - you will see this line of different
brightness.
So change the attitude of your drone to avoid direct sun hit on the stitch line.
This is just the part ONE of the Insta360 ONE R aerial edition series.
I hope it gives you lots of useful information that is not mentioned by others.
All sample footages of this video are available to be downloaded.
Check the link in the description.
Insta360 told me they would try to modify the Mavic Pro 2 setup to get a more stable
GPS connection - so you don't need to fly in Atti Mode.
But, as I mentioned, you do need to have the skill to fly in Atti mode, so you don't panic
when you lost GPS like indoor or in a forest.
In the next video, we will review the Mavic Pro 1 version, which will have the full GPS.
And I will teach you some 360 reframe techniques as you saw in the introduction of this video
- to recreate them step by step using only your mobile phone or inside Adobe Premiere.
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Until next time, please fly safely and keep creating.