In 2016, we did a lot of agency work and we were looking for an R&D project that wasn’t just a technical challenge, but which would also heavily lean on storytelling and musical guidance. Our next blogs will be out there much faster, pinky swear □ How did we end up in this mess? We hope you will forgive us for the radio silence and hopefully this blog will help you or at least give you some insight on how and why to make the switch from AVP /Adobe to NUKE + CARA. This blog is about the things we learned from switching our entire post-production process to a proper, stable workflow which not only scales, but which also gives us the tools to do much more creative work than ever before. We got to the point where we thought we had it all figured out, which is when you tend to become a little bit overambitious. At that time I was seriously considering selling my firstborn to get my hands on one of the OZO ’s that just came out, to avoid the process of juggling 18 GoPro’s on set to get a decent stereoscopic image.Īt that time, we were finally capable of producing stereo video that could be viewed without causing immediate migraine because we messed up stereo for the 10th million time during the stitching process. To start at the beginning, let’s move back a little over a year, to January 2016 to be precise. Pull up a chair and join Eva Hashiguchi, a 90-year-old Japanese American grandmother, as she prepares traditional Japanese food for her Oshogatsu tradition, or Japanese New Year’s Day, that has been celebrated by her family for generations.It’s been a while since our last blog post, not because we were out of inspiration, but mostly because this one took waaaaaaaaayyyy longer than anticipated to write. I’ve been having issues with YouTube’s 360 video capabilities. When I upload a 360 video it defaults to “This video is 3D,” which it is not and then distorts. It’s requiring me to check on my YouTube upload repeatedly to ensure it’s not distorted. So, if these videos look weird, it’s because YouTube defaulted my videos back to 3D. Here’s my virtual reality/360 video workflow. I’m not an expert at this (is anyone?) but I’ve managed to figure out a smooth process when shooting/editing 360 video. I’ll be updating this page as I go along and figure things out. I didn’t see a major advantage of the Black over the Silver.These aren’t endorsements, mainly insight into how I’ve made it work. The Black has more 4k shooting options, but I think 1440p is good enough. And, handling six 4k videos in the stitching software seemed like it would be a daunting and glacial task. There’s a bunch of setting suggestions out there, like this one, and this one. It’s light and cameras are securely harnessed into the rig. The angle of your camera rig will help reduce parallax and stitching issues. If you’re shooting objects that are close to the camera, I’d tilt the camera so the GoPros are level and facing directly out towards the subjects. This creates vertical seams that are much easier to modify and smooth out. Placing the camera at its default position seems to be good for recordings where objects are further away from you. I think the parallax/seam issues are more pronounced when objects are within 2 meters of the camera. If you are using the wireless capabilities on the GoPro, be aware that there is a glitch in the GoPro Silver (maybe Black too?) that creates a “helicopter” noise.GoPro Hero 4 Silver Wireless Audio Issue: So, he farther away the object is to the camera rig, the less likely you will have parallax issues. It’s like a fluttering sound and varies from camera to camera. As long as you have some sounds in there, like clapping or talking, that are strong enough for all cameras to record, you should not have any issues in syncing. I’ve been using the GoPro Smart remote, which is synced up to all six of my cameras and is able to initiate recording on all cameras at the same time from one click of a button. They’re not always exact initiation times, but seem to all be within one second of each other. The only software that I’ve tried is Kolor Autopano Video Pro.
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