This week on
Chaos Causes!
I show you how to get your
footage from this
to this!
With my motorcycle currently out of order
I've been looking for videos to make that don't
require it.
This isn't my motorbike
and that's why this weeks video is
How to make your GoPro footage and motovlogs
look better.
And believe it or not this
process starts before you even get on the bike,
because even editing can't fix starting with ugly footage.
The first thing that I concentrate on is
the angle of my GoPro.
Because I try to follow the rule of thirds when it comes to this.
Which means that the bottom third of the frame has
a bit of the bike in, whether it is
the speedo, the windscreen, the handlebars
The middle portion of the screen has
whatever I'm looking at
the road and things that are up ahead.
And the top portion of the screen
has a bit of clouds and sky in.
Because
in my opinion this creates a more
detailed and interesting screen to look at.
The next thing that I focus on
and it might seem quite picky
but this is just how I like to make videos,
and that is that I try to make videos on pretty days.
If you look around now
there's bright blue sky,
and very white clouds
which create a beautiful contrast and look great
on the screen.
So this immediately gives you a
good base layer to begin with
and editing can only improve this.
So let's head over to the computer and
I'll show you how I edit my footage.
Once you're back at your computer
import your footage and edit it like you normally would do,
we're going to leave colouring until the end.
Once you're finished and happy with your edit
zoom out so that you can see your entire video
on the timeline at once
Once you can see your whole video on the timeline,
the next thing that we're going to do is come down to the bottom here
where it says new item,
select that and choose an adjustment layer.
Now, it is going to give you presets based on
what your video settings already are,
For instance my GoPro was recording at 1080p
so it is 1920 by 1080
at 30 frames per second
So I'm just going to accept the presets because it's what I already have.
And you'll see the adjustment layer pop-up here
in your project bin.
Now, you're going to have to find a clean layer,
thefirst available clean layer, above your edit.
Mines layer 2 because I haven't put any titles
or anything over it.
So you're going to take your adjustment layer
and drag it onto the first available layer.
Stretch it out over all the footage that you want to color.
Then, select that adjustment layer,
so that it turns white,
and go up to the top
select window
workspaces
and colour.
This will open up the colour workspace.
And on the right here you'll
see it say: basic correction,
creative curves and more.
Select basic correction to open it
and underneath it you'll see the input LUT
which is what we're going to use.
We're going to use a LUT because
it's an easy and effective way to colour your footage.
It stands for look up table,
it's basically like an Instagram filter.
The LUT I'm going to be using is called
the Osiris M31 LUT.
It's a very popular and common LUT
among YouTubers.
I personally really like
the look it gives your footage.
I'm going to put a link in the description
for you to go and download this LUT.
Once you've downloaded the LUT,
on the right where it says input LUT,
click on none,
and go down to browse.
And then locate where the LUT is on your computer.
Select the LUT you want to use,
for instance,
the Osiris M31
and select open.
This will be applied to your footage straight away.
and don't be discourage if you don't like the look it gives it,
it starts very strong
but we can change that with the adjustment layer settings.
So once you've done that,
go back to the top with your work space options
and go back to your editing work space.
Then,
with your adjustment layer still selected,
go to effects and
under opacity you'll see it say 100%.
And by changing this number
we can increase or decrese the
effect that the LUT has on your footage.
I usually like to use around 60%
because I find that that's the level that
it doesn't effect the blues as much.
So like this already
it's creating a more saturated look
everything is just more vibrant.
Now whatever is under your adjustment layer
will be effected by this colouring.
So if you turn the layer off over here
you can see the difference.
That's before
and after.
It already looks a lot better.
But if you'd like to go a bit further you
can play around with some more colour settings.
Go back up to the top
to your window, workspaces and colour.
On the right again
there's a whole bunch,
basic correction, creative and at the bottom
is the vignette.
The vignette will also create a more
interesting frame
and help to bring your eyes to the centre of it.
Play around with it until you find something that you like
And once you're happy with that
go back to editing.
Remember this is still on your adjustment layer
so you can turn it on and off to see
how it effects your footage.
So I personally think that this is
a very goo look
especially for YouTube.
I know that not everyone likes this look
but you can choose your own LUT
This just happens to be one that I like.
This is how I colour grade all my motovlogs.
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