Hey what's up every body?
Right now I am riding on my OneWheel and heading to Starbucks to get a fresh new cup of coffee.
Get a fresh new cup of coffee.
Stop sign is coming up so I am gonna stop.
And Go.
If you look on my left you see the world famous Mark Twain middle school and it is really
windy right now.
And today I am gonna show you how to vlog with the brand new GoPro MAX filming me right
now.
And create interesting vlogging video like this one.
So if you are ready, let's dive right in.
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Today, I am not talking 360 filmmaking but vlogging with a 360 camera - specifically,
the brand new GoPro MAX right here.
So let's talk about the WHY.
Why I think GoPro MAX is a great camera for Vlogging.
First, and the most important point, this is a 360 camera.
It captures everything around you when ever you hit recording.
So you never miss an action - like I ran the stop sign - by accidents.
For action sports - you can reframe in post and follow the action, like what you saw in
GoPro official commercial.
No camera can do this, well except Insta360 ONE X, Vuze XR, and other 360 cameras.
But that is why you subscribe to this channel to learn the latest tech on using 360 camera.
Because 360 camera can capture both you and where you are looking, essentially, you have
2 camera angels and later, I will show you how to do it in Premiere.
Second, GoPro MAX is very easy to use, compared to even GoPro Hero 8.
Vlogging is all about making it easy, making it fast, so you can get the shots you need
to tell your story.
MAX is small and easy to use, just like Hero 8.
One thing does stand out compared to all the cameras I ever used is audio.
You heard from the beginning of this video, everything is captured with the camera without
lav or mic.
And I am flying on an onewheel with wind blow me in a different direction.
I was so worried the take was ruined.
But no, the wind reduction, newly introduced in the MAX and Hero 8, is so amazing.
Rewind and hear it again yourself and comment below and tell me what you think.
You can not use a shotgun microphone in 360 camera because the fisheye lens has a wide
angle, and everything is captured.
And you don't want to use a lav - because it against the principle of ease to use.
That is why I choose MAX instead of Fusion or ONE X as my 360 Vlog camera.
Third, impressive stabilization and horizon leveling.
MAX is the most stable GoPro I ever use.
In the next review video, you will see a stabilization comparison between the MAX, Fusion, and the
ONE X.
You saw the beginning of this video, my hand is shaking like crazy b/c I am on a Onewheel.
If you ride this thing before, you know that it is not easy to ride and require lots of
constant balancing with my hands.
I am not a good Onewheel rider - and you guys know that already.
So just to recap, capturing everything, good audio, good stabilization, and easy to use,
make GoPro MAX the perfect Vlog camera.
Now, let's talk about the how.
The great benefit of using MAX is capturing everything.
So forget about Hero mode, we are using 360 mode in 5.6K and 30fps.
You need the max resolution to reframe it in post-production.
Then you need to get a round base for small footprint.
I used the smartree adapter right here to covert the gopro mount into 1/4 mount so I
can use the Insta360 invisible selfie stick.
As you see my footage, my selfie stick is invisible so I can use the Nadir shot to see
me getting on the OneWheel.
There is no official GoPro accessories just yet for the MAX and all their tripod is not
INVISIBLE.
Another solution is the Bushman Monopole V2 360 bundle.
I don't have it yet.
When I do, I will do an indepth review to see if it is worth invest that much money
for a consumer monopole.
The common mistake for beginners is to tile their camera like this.
You even see in some big YouTube influencers are doing it wrong.
So watch out.
Make sure you camera is align with your pole verically.
And look at the preview window on your phone to make sure you are not seeing the monopod.
You don't need to look straight to the camera.
I know it is a very werid concept if you come from a traditional Vlogging setup.
But this is a 360 camera, so everything is capture so don't worry.
So now it is the fun part, editing and post-production.
You can edit your entire Vlog on your phone without even touching your computer.
Abe Kislevitz has a very nice tutorial on 360 reframe with mobile phone.
I put his YouTube link down below.
If you are a long time followers of this channel, you know I am against editing on a mobile
phone.
Because that is just lazy.
If you are really serious about your vlog, you will want the best image quality and most
creative edting possible to tell your story.
So I am only going to teach you how to edit with the GoPro FX Reframe plugin
Plus, you don't need GoPro MAX to follow along with this tutorial.
Any 360 camera can be a great vlogging camera as long as they have good audio
Good stabilization.
The good news is, GoPro FX Reframe work on any 360 camera in any resolution.
So what you learn today will be future proof.
So let's open Premiere and dive right in.
Before we start, this is the second tutorial of GoPro FX Reframe plugin.
So please go watch the first tutorial before moving forward.
If not, you will get lost - especially you never done 360 reframe before.
I also teach you already how to import the best looking 360 video footage from GoPro
MAX with ProRes and cineform in that tutorial.
So we start from videos already inside Premiere.
Now go ahead and create a sequence.
It can be 4K or 1080P, does not matter.
Now go ahead and drop in the MAX footage and click keep current setting - so you don't
accidently scale your footage backup.
If you are on a older computer, please do this extra step by creating a proxy.
This is very important.
Lots of my viewers complaint about slow editing speed.
Well, because you are not using Proxy edit - which should be the first lesson of any
editing class.
Go to your source video, right click, Proxy, create Proxies, choose VR 2048x1024 Monosopic
DNxHR Stereo Audio proxy.
This is a default preset from Adobe Premiere on PC.
I will provide my proxy preset here from download - which is 1920 x 960 in ProRes Proxy codec
which is ever faster for slower computer.
Any computer in the past 5 years will work and you have no excuse.
For how to download and insert proxy, please check this tutorial here.
In here, I just use the Premiere proxy setting.
Click okay.
Adobe Media encoder will open and automatically create the proxy for you.
Go ahead and check the toggle proxy button and you are ready to go.
You see the quality decrease and that is exactly what you want.
You don't need 5K video in editing.
You need speed instead.
Now go ahead and drop in the GoPro FX Reframe plugin.
Open Effect control and let me show you what you can do with the plugin.
First choose your projection.
Here is 1080P so this one.
There are lots of setting but don't freak out, 99% of the time, you are not touch any
of these setting.
You are only going to drag around like what you do in the mobile app - but faster and
smoother.
Go ahead and highlight pan, an overlap will show up on your preview window.
Drag the center will change pan and tilt.
Click and drag the upper and lower section will change the camera zoom level.
Click and drag the left and right side, will change the rotation of the camera.
If you click and drag the 4th concers, it will change the lens curve.
Imporntat note is that, if you want to get rid of 100% of the fisheye look of a GoPro
camera, you set this vaule to 70 - that is your standard 35mm look.
Write this down.
It is important.
You are going use this a lot.
Besides that, toggle open advanced options, turn off motion blur to speed up the process.
You don't need that until you lock your edit.
Okay, let's do some vlogging reframe.
Here is how I did my POV view on the intro video.
Drag the center to the object we want to focus - which is OneWheel with a Damascus sticker.
Insert keyframes in all the vaule.
I actually love the fisheye look and it is really in now.
So I dail down the lens curve to 30.
Now just play the video and continue to move and track the center to the OneWheel.
It will insert keys for you automatically and this is how easy the GoPro FX Reframe
compared to Insta360 Studio or all the other previous solutions.
Here I zoom in by dragging the upper section to give my OneWheel a tighter shot.
After I am on the OneWheel, I do a tiny planet transition to create an establishing shot.
Like so.
Again, I already teach you how to do it in my last tutorial, so I am going to go fast
here.
Let's keep the Tiny Planet for a bit so copy the keyframe over and then let's morph to
normal GoPro Hero view.
Change lens curve to 70 to remove fisheye distortion.
Now we are going to enable second camera - my vlog camera so you can see my face when I
am talking.
Toggle down advanced controls and then toggle down second camera.
Btw, third camera is coming in future update according to GoPro - so this is 2 - 3 cameras
setup in 1 tiny camera.
This is crazy.
Future tech right?
The short key of moving the second camera is hold down alt in PC or cmd on a Mac.
Well, first, highlight your second camera pan first.
Now you see my face.
But I don't want my second camera in the dead center.
So I am going to offset my second camera to the left.
Before we do that, let makes my second camera smaller first.
Change the radius X and radius Y from 10 to 6.
You can remove the border as well.
But check this out, if you move the blend softness, you can create a metal crystal ball
within your video - like what you see on some of my overcapture video.
So use that creatively.
But here, let's just get rid of the border.
Move the center X to the left and change the offset X of second camera to make the offset
correctly.
So let's say I offset the center 32 degrees and you need to set the offset to -32 degrees.
It is that easy.
You can move your second camera anywhere you want and offset the same amount to create
the correct view.
I don't know if you realize how powerful is this.
Before, this can only be done in After effects with duplicate composition.
Let's do a quick animation within my vlog camera to look down on my one wheel.
Yes, you can move your camera independently to create multiple level slider shots.
Just think about how expensive a slider is and you have 2 of them within your GoPro MAX
- that is crazy.
Lastly, I am going to show you some hidden features of the plugin if you want some creative
edit.
Check this out.
I turn off my second camera.
Btw, you can keyframe the second camera on and off and that is how I did that in my intro
video.
Easy enough.
Rest all the setting, click and drag the corner and make the lens curve to -100.
Ready for this?
Reduce the zoom level.
Check this out, you get yourself a crystal ball that the background will change color
dynamically according to the video footage.
How cool is that?
Obviously, don't overuse this, but it is a cool transition you can use.
So there you go.
That is how you create a 2 camera vlog style video with the GoPro MAX.
In the next video, we are going to mount 2 GoPro MAX up and down on the DJI Mavic Pro
2 like what you see here.
Because the MAX is so much lighter than the Fusion, it is possible now to pull this trick
off.
I will show you the result and use optical flow stitching with Mistika VR to merge the
2 GoPro MAX seamlessly for indoor drone flight.
It is gonna be a great one and you don't want to miss that.
In part 3 of this GoPro MAX tutorial series, I am going to teach you how I create this
very cool upside down teleportation transition from concept, shooting technique, to post-production.
You will put everything you learn in part 1 and this tutorial into practices and create
something that will wow your audience.
I will also discuss some advanced topics we did not cover in this tutorial - including
color correction color grading.
Using your favorite GoPro LUT.
Sound design and render tips and tricks.
Thank you for all the very nice comments from my viewers and support me to continue making
this series.
If you have any suggestions, please comment below and tell me what you want to learn next.
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my review of this camera.
Should you get it or wait?
We will find out in the next video.
Stay creative, my friends.