Hey guys, this is Serge,
and welcome back to my channel.
Last week, we learned how to edit 360
or VR videos in Final Cut Pro.
In today’s video,
we’ll take a look at how to export
your 360 video projects,
how to view them on your mac or iPhone,
and how to compress and share your videos online.
Let’s jump into Final Cut Pro and take a look.
Down in our timeline,
we have a short 360 project edited in Final Cut Pro,
ready for export.
To export your project,
click the share button,
and select Master File.
Click on the settings tab
and select your export settings.
Now, 360 project files can take up a lot of disk space,
so for the video codec,
I would recommend H.264,
to compress your video for a smaller file size.
But, if you have lots of hard drive space,
and want to retain maximum quality,
select one of Apple’s Pro Res formats.
Just for comparison, a short,
three and a half minute 360 video file
will take up almost 15GB in a Pro Res codec,
while being only about 1.8GB
if you select the H.264 codec.
Almost 10 times smaller.
Let’s leave it at H.264 and click Next.
Give your file a name,
select your save destination,
and click Save.
Your 360 video will be exported as a .mov file.
But when you click to open it,
your video will look like this.
To view your 360 video on your Mac,
you’ll need a video player
capable of playing 360 videos.
There’s a number of free 360 video players
available for download online.
The one I use is called VLC,
and I’ll leave a link for it in the video description.
To open your 360 video in VLC,
make sure you have the latest version of the player,
right click on your video file,
select Open With,
and choose VLC.
Your video will open in the VLC Player,
initially set to the Master Orientation
you selected in your project.
To look around,
simply click and drag
anywhere in the video player window,
for a complete 360 view of your video.
Viewing your 360 video on an iOS device
is a little bit trickier, but is also much cooler.
I’ve tried a number of different
360 video viewer apps on my iPhone,
but couldn’t find anything that works
as good as watching it on YouTube.
So, to watch your 360 video on your phone,
you first have to upload it to YouTube.
Log into your account,
and click the upload button in the top right corner.
Choose your privacy settings,
and select your video file.
When exporting 360 video,
Final Cut Pro includes all the appropriate 360 metadata,
so sights like YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo
and others recognize it as 360 video.
After your video is uploaded,
you can view it on YouTube.com on your Mac,
where it behaves just like in the VLC player.
You click and drag in the viewer
to look around in your video,
or you can use the pan controls in the top left corner.
Watching it on your iPhone
is where 360 video really shines.
Open your video on your iPhone,
using YouTube’s official iOS app.
You will start with your Master Orientation you set before.
To look around, simply move your phone,
and the video will track to your movement.
You can also use a VR Headset,
such as Google Cardboard,
for an even more immersive VR experience.
I’ll leave a link in the video description below
for my demo 360 clip,
so you can check what 360 video
looks like on YouTube.
Last thing I want to talk about today,
is compressing your 360 video for a smaller file size.
Apple’s Compressor App can be used
to reduce the file size of your video,
while still retaining all the necessary 360 metadata.
To compress your video,
open the Compressor App,
and add your video file by clicking the Add File… button.
To retain the necessary 360 metadata,
you have to use either the Apple Devices setting,
MPEG 4 or QuickTime Movie.
For our example,
let’s pick Apple Devices 4K.
Last thing you have to do,
is in the inspector,
make sure the Include 360 metadata checkbox
is selected, and click the Start Batch button.
Compressor will compress your video,
while retaining all the necessary 360 metadata.
The compressed video file is only about 531 MB,
about one third of the original file size.
This is a much more manageable size
for uploading online, or even storing locally.
Next week, we’ll take a look at using 360 video
in a rectilinear, or just a regular video project.
There’s some really cool things you can do with it,
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