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So I thought it was time to redo an age-old tutorial
and that is: How do you make a tiny planet photo
or a tiny planet video
I've done this video a few times before but i haven't done a complete tutorial
Showing you everything from beginning to end
It's more been little bits here and there
So i'm going to try to make something as comprehensive as possible
that's everything you need to know about tiny planets
At least to begin with
It's 42 degrees Celsius in Dubai today
So you've been warned
There will be copious amounts of sweat in this video
By the way, It doesn't matter which 360 camera you own
As long as you have a point-and-shoot 360 camera like this one
The easiest way to take a tiny planet photo is
Simply pressing the button on the camera
Every single 360 camera has one
You press the button and it takes a photo instantly
So let's do it. Three, two, one, smile!
This is a good quick way to do it
However, if you look down in my hand its massive
It looks like I was stung by a bee
So, you don't always want that in your tiny planet photos
Which is why your best friend and best investment you could possibly make to shoot tiny planets is
A selfie stick.
Yeah. I know. It's a bit sad owning a selfie stick.
But a selfie stick is a 360 cameras best friend
So let's try that again exact same shot
But this time, I'm going to be using my Manfrotto selfie stick
and I'm going to turn on the self timer on the camera
Which means I don't have to physically have my finger on the button
It's going to give me two seconds to strike a pose
Then it will take the photo
First one, I'm going to try out really high
and second one. I'm going to try it out across the river
How a pic did those look?
And you know what?
You don't even have to hold the camera that far away from you
You can hold it this far and still it'll make your hand disappear
Llike so
Once you come through with that
You want to start taking shots where you're not actually physically holding the camera
So you want to find yourself a small tripod
Just to make sure your camera doesn't tip over
Because these things are not cheap to replace
and don't worry, we can erase this from our photos later
But this is going to allow us to place this basically anywhere we want
So I have an idea for a really cool shot here
This area is surrounded by massive buildings
and I'm going to place the camera on the ground
Capture it as a 360
and then invert it into an inverted planet
Where the buildings all point towards the middle.
It's gonna look so good.
You're just gonna have to trust me
Okay, the coast is clear
One more for good luck
Now, let's download that photo and see how that one turned out.
Nice. It just looks so nice
I love how clean circles around it and there's so much juicy detail in the middle
Finally, I could find an area with even more buildings.
You know, I think I can make this photo look even more epic
Okay, if you thought the buildings from before were epic
Check this out.
Oh my God.
Look at these, they're monsterous
If this doesn't make for a good tiny plant then I give up
Alright, time to see what I got
Yes! I got the money shot! I got the money shot!
Whooo!
So once you have the tiny planet and inverted planet down pad
That's when you can start getting creative
Trying things differently, trying new positions
Bring the camera in different places
There are a million different ways you can shoot and edit a 360 photo into a tiny planet
If you want more ideas about what kinds of cool and interesting shots you can get
Check out my Instagram.
I've got 10 million different shots based around tiny planets and inverted planets
Whoa, I am feeling the heat.
I swear. I have gone three shades redder since the beginning this video
So before I become a tomato
Let's talk tiny planet video
And when you shoot a tiny planet video
It's not that different to shooting tiny planet photos
Basically everything's the same in terms of composition.
It's just video moves, photos don't
One thing I will say is that if you are going to use a selfie stick
Like so, you will want a 360 camera that has in-built stabilization
It's just not good enough anymore to have shaky footage 360 video is disorienting enough already
So please don't settle for shaky 360 video
Most cameras have stabilization by now
So make sure you choose one with stabilization
If you plan on shooting a lot of 360 video
Now, it's time to shoot me some 360 video
So what happens next?
Probably the most boring part of the workflow
and it's called 'stitching' which essentially means
Downloading the footage from your 360 camera to your phone wirelessly,
It turns these two circle things into this stretched thing
There's no need to overcomplicate things.
You don't need to go to your computer
It's best if you can do everything on your phone
Because it means to be able to work like 10 million times faster
You're just gonna have to trust me
Now is when the magic happens
and the next step of the workflow is
Is that in shot?
My dear soul. I see that
Oh no, damn it
If only there was a camera they could see everything, that would be awesome
The next step of the workflow is where the magic happens
and this step is called 'reframing'
Where we're choosing a new angle to position our 360 footage
So, if we want, say, just the tower over here
We can reframe so it's just the tower
Or, if you want to reframe is just me
You could reframe as just me
In this case, we're going to reframe so we see everything
The full 360-degree landscape, which is what we call a tiny planet
To do this you'll need a tiny planet manipulation app
My personal favorite is Theta+
and it accepts photos from any 360 camera
So you don't necessarily need the Ricoh Theta camera.
So we're going to choose our photo and then select 'edit a still image'
Next all you do is tap 'little planet' and voila!
We have a planet that has been pre-made for us
Your two weapons of choice now will be your left thumb and your right thumb
Where you can zoom in, zoom out and change the field of view however you like
I think this one definitely worked as a tiny planet
With that massive tower behind my head
When you're happy, just click 'Save'
Once you've saved it to your camera roll
Congratulations! You've got yourself a tiny planet!
The process for tiny planet videos is exactly the same
I do have a whole bunch of tutorials on my channel that go more in depth
about 360 video and how to reframe that in a really stylish way
Also, you may choose to animate your 360 photo into a video
Hey, I've got a tutorial about that too
So now that I've got all those cool shots
There's only one thing left to do
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
So that's my video
I hope you liked it
If you want to learn more about tiny planets
I wrote in an eBook that teaches every single trick I've learned over the years
And you can learn in like three hours
So check it out, link in the description
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I've got an epic adventure about to start
Just wait until you see what's to come
This ain't nothing!
and with that, I bid you adieu!