- In this video, we'll take a look at the best 360
video editing software options to help you decide
which is the right fit for your 360 videos.
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So let's jump into it, 360 video is
becoming increasingly popular.
It's just crazy now, the amount of 360 cameras
you can pick up for under the two
and three hundred dollar price point.
When it comes to editing 360 videos,
you can imagine that things get a little
different compared to regular video.
Now, support for 360 video editing
is rolling out through the major software packages,
so in this video, we're gonna take a lot at the best
options that we've played with
that are currently available.
Before we start, let's cover why 360 editing
is a little different to editing in regular videos.
The obvious reason is, that your footage isn't flat
and you're not viewing just one camera angle,
you're actually viewing two or multiple camera angles
to build up the full 360 spherical video.
So how we edit those, typically is done
with what's called an equirectangular video file,
so it's essentially the flattened version
of those two cameras or multiple cameras
depending on the camera that you're using.
So is the flattened version of your 360 spherical video
that we're gonna be editing.
Essentially, the actual editing of that flattened video file
is exactly the same, the way we can cut
and frame and reposition our clips
and move everything around, is going to be exactly the same.
On that regard as to normal video editing,
it's not until you start adding graphic elements like,
titles or graphics or logos, into your 360 spherical space,
that you're gonna have some differences come into your
editing process, and that's where,
Adobe Premiere and Power Director
are really standing out at this point.
Both of those programs will let you view
and playback and move around in your 360 spherical video
in real time while you're editing
to position things like your titles and graphics
and really play back and see what your viewer
will see at the time of editing.
A software like Final Cut, only supports
it with additional plugins and plugins like 360VR Express,
which, I'll put a link in the
description if you wanna check it out.
Without the plugin though, you can still edit
your 360 videos down, you're just seeing that
equirectangular or flattened 360 video image
while you're editing and there's no way to preview it
without a plugin like this one.
At this stage, as I said, the two primary options
you've got for decent 360 editing
when you do have that immersive editing
and full 360 playback of your videos,
you're looking at Adobe Premiere
and Cyberlink Power Director.
So it's important to note here that,
as we look at these two pieces of software,
that this isn't a how to edit 360 video.
This video's looking at my thoughts
and my opinions after using both of these software packages
for editing and specifically, editing 360 videos.
Essentially these two do pretty much
exactly the same thing, they'll both
let you play back your videos in 360,
they'll both have a mode where you can actually click
and drag and interact with your video,
you can position your titles, your graphics
and everything and see what they look like,
or see what the viewer will see before
you export and try to play back
on some way like YouTube or Facebook.
In regards to actually editing and moving these titles
and things around, personally,
I am a big Adobe fan, I really like the power
that you get in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Power Director though, is surprisingly fast
and has a lot of grunt in it as well,
obviously, Power Director is Windows only,
so if you're gonna be editing 360 videos on Mac,
then, definitely say to check out Adobe Premiere
because you won't have the option of
using Cyberlink Power Director.
Essentially, Adobe Premiere and Cyberlink Power Director
will let you do the same thing.
It's the way that they edit the videos though,
that is the biggest difference.
Now, typically, Cyberlink Power Director
is a less professional video editing
platform than Adobe Premiere.
The power and the performance that you get
behind Adobe Premiere and the tools
for color correction and effects
and titles and everything, far surpass
what you get in Cyberlink Power Director,
but also it comes with the different price tag as well,
Cyberlink Power Director is a one off fee,
versus a subscription base for Adobe Premiere.
Cyberlink Power Director is Windows only,
whereas Adobe Premiere is Mac and Windows,
so some of these things may come into play
when you're making the decision.
What I would recommend is if possible,
download a trial version of each
and see which one is going to be best for your work flow
and is gonna allow you to edit these 360 videos,
the quickest and most efficient way.
In regards to the tool sets themselves,
specifically for editing 360 videos,
there's definitely more bells and whistles
in Cyberlink Power Director at this point in time,
just the little things like, how you can
get full control over where your titles are
and how they look in 360 space,
versus the more basic cut down tools
that you have in Adobe Premiere.
But Adobe Premiere though, seems to be
releasing more updates and more functionality
and really streamlining this process
much, much faster than Cyberlink and any other
video editing software out there,
or at least for now, so it's definitely
something that if you're not gonna jump straight into,
it's worth keeping an eye on,
because there's some cool stuff coming by the look of it.
The main difference I see between the two editing
applications, when it comes to editing 360 videos,
besides some of the minor things that I just mentioned,
with titles and positioning in Cyberlink Power Director
is just the power of the editing applications,
when you're comparing to just for video editing in general,
not specifically for 360, so with the Adobe Premiere side,
you've got way more performance and power and control,
things like color correction, effects
and all the rest of it that comes with the Adobe pack.
Cyberlink though, being a more
beginner or entry level video editing software,
you can still get great results with it,
still an awesome editing application
but it doesn't have the same level of professional
tools that you will find in Adobe Premiere.
In regards to editing of the 360 video,
my personal preference is Adobe Premiere Pro
because of the amount of tools and control that you'll get.
It is missing some of the little advance features
when it comes to 360 editing, but you can get
plugins, for pretty much any video editing application now
to allow you to edit 360 videos or preview videos
using whatever application.
The 360VR plugin that we mentioned earlier,
you can also get versions for Adobe Premiere
to give you more of the features and tool sets
around 360 editing, you can also get
them for Adobe Aftereffects and Apple Motion as well.
Now this is just one plugin, there
are other plugins that are available as well,
but this one seems to be the most popular
and in my experience, is the best bang for buck as well.
If you're gonna be using most of the consumer
360 cameras around and you want to edit
the footage off the more basic cameras,
the ones that are 200 to 300 or
200 to 500 dollar price point without
getting into the full professional solutions
then this is going to everything that you'll need.
So my suggestion then, if you're looking for
great results, editing 360 videos
then it's definitely worth checking out
Cyberlink Power Director.
It's something that's not to be taken lightly,
or jump straight into the more professional solution,
the complete package when it comes to video editing
which is Adobe Premiere Pro.
But either one will give you great results
when it comes to 360 video editing.
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