Insta360 Flow is known for its tracking ability.
It certainly has one of the best tracking amongst
all other smartphone gimbals on the market.
But that's not everything.
It can do a lot more.
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you some tips and tricks
to get the most out of this tool.
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Insta360 Flow is the only gimbal on the market which has interactive full 360 panorama.
So I'm going to create an establishing shot right here in this location.
Let me show you how this is done.
I'm in a panorama mode.
I have reversed the clamp
and moved the smartphone into the position shown on the screen.
All I had to do now is place the gimbal on the ground and press start.
They all will be a countdown where I can position of myself in the spot I would
like to
and I can start filming.
Panorama is finished, so here I am in the app
and this is what you are going to get.
It's full 360 degrees panorama.
Right beside edit you will find animate option
so you can choose whichever you prefer for your edit.
First one is just regular pan.
The other one will create something more dramatic.
You can choose one of these options or you can do them
manually in Insta360 studio on your desktop or laptop.
I'm in the Insta360 app and if you will be filming in 4K
24 frames per second or 25 frames per second,
or even 30 frames per second,
you will be able to select one of the pre-designed filters.
However, my choice is to film in 4K 60 frames per second,
so in this frame rates, if you can see at the top all the icons are disabled.
I'm not able to change the filter so I have to film in default look.
If I was going to film in 24 frames per second, now
I could film in any of these filters
which would give my video already a certain look.
But again, I will disable this because my preferred rates
will be 60 frames per second so I can slow down the footage if I need to.
I'm going to do first shot here, but first I'm going to pull out a little bit
the elbow here and turn it towards me, which is the filming position.
Many of you are asking me
if it's possible to attach a filter to the smartphone
with this gimbal because this gimbal doesn't have a very big payload.
Well, you certainly can.
I chose to go with this very lightweight filter.
This one is a CPL filter, and I'm filming actually with iPhone 14 Pro.
I'm going to show you what it does.
If I was filming the whole day in automatic mode
and I only wanted to make sure that the water stands out,
I don't want to see much of a reflection in a water,
this is what I would be using.
So here is a shot before
and here is a shot with CPL filter.
If I was filming in manual mode,
I would definitely need a VND filter, which is this one.
And this one is also very lightweight.
So let me show you what it does,
if you are not going to be filming in manual mode.
And now notice the motion blur if you are going to slow down the shutter speed.
By the way, if you would like to learn about frame rates, I have a video on that
I'm going to link to below in a video description.
I'm at the spot where I see a perfect opportunity for a very dynamic shot.
I selected Pan follow mode because I don't want the tilt to go up and down.
I don't want any camera movement up and down.
I wanted to stay at the same level because once I frame the shot for the horizon,
it needs to stay that way.
All I'm going to be doing is moving from the side
to side.
This bridge
behind me offers a very wide variety of shots.
Is a true playground for me.
So I'm going to do a very low shot to the ground.
I extended the selfie stick all the way down
and I made sure that the elbow is no more tilted and I simply just
turn it down.
When it comes to centered medium shots,
you want to tilt the elbow all the way again
so you have a very comfortable position.
As I mentioned
at the beginning of the video, Insta360 Flow has amazing tracking.
The bonus is that you can actually reposition yourself.
You don't have to be always tracked right in a center.
Now I'm going to show you a shot where I just use a default tracking
where I am literally in the center of the frame.
And now I'm going to show you how I reposition myself
with the help of a joystick a little bit to the side
to make sure that when I come to the railing,
there is an open space in front of me in the direction I'm looking.
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When you are filming
with Insta360 Flow and Insta360 app.
whenever you can use tracking.
If you have a large object which will be always visual
and you will have no other objects in a way,
then you can move around in all kinds of directions.
It will be way easier to get the shots.
The next shot I'm going to
perform will be walking straight forward with the ultra wide angle lens.
There is not an object
at the end of which I could track, so I will need to help myself
by using lock mode on the gimbal and lock mode on the gimbal,
on this one is
if you press the trigger and hold.
Now I will be in a locked position.
So I'm going to flip the gimbal upside down
and I'm just going to go forward.
Because these objects are sticking out of the water,
they allow me to track them.
So this shot, I don't have to actually use lock mode in this shot.
I will just track one of the objects and go very low with the angle.
But first, I need to bring the exposure down, lock the focus.
Now I'm going to track one of them,
enable recording,
and now I can move in any direction
and the shot will be taken.
Another variation of this shot that would be going
all the way to the back and just lock the frame
going forward.
I will select the frame
I would like to have, press record,
press the trigger.
Now it is in lock position and I'm just going forward.
The view will stay the same.
I simply turned around and I'm going to do the same shot,
except this time not the ultra wide angle lens, but standard lens.
I'm going to bring the exposure down, press record,
frame the shot the way I would like
to be,
press lock and just keep walking.
Very interesting shot will be here
because I can get as close to the water as possible.
Turn the gimbal upside down and I will select
pan follow mode.
Now that all the shots are finished,
let's add the music, sound effects, edit it together
and let's play the final video.
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