Mini Early begginig of editing... Learning from ashes

samoyeds · Jan 30, 2021

Here is one of my first edits (first with Mavic Mini)
Please tell me what u think.

Thanks

Palerider · Jan 30, 2021

Nice video. I would have completed the video at 1:55.

tck444 · Jan 30, 2021

Very good and rather smooth for first attempt! Wondering if you consider some smooth transition between scenes instead of a hard cut?

samoyeds · Jan 31, 2021

tck444 said:
Very good and rather smooth for first attempt! Wondering if you consider some smooth transition between scenes instead of a hard cut?

Yes, I will do it as soon as I'll get a good program to do so.

Palerider · Jan 31, 2021

samoyeds said:
Yes, I will do it as soon as I'll get a good program to do so.

I use Filmora.

Dale D · Jan 31, 2021

samoyeds said:
Here is one of my first edits (first with Mavic Mini)
Please tell me what u think.

Thanks

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I liked the first part. You had smooth flying, not jerky and full of yaws. After about 1:55 it got repetitious, and after 2:14 the film was unusably dark. I would have stopped it at 2:14 with a fade out. I agree with the post about the lack of transitions. A nice crossfade dissolve always works well for me. Finally, I think you need better color correction. The entire film seemed like a RAW file to me- e.g.: no punch, flat coloring, dull. Your flying around the church and he circle was good. Just keep up the practicing and learn editing more. I find You Tube amazingly helpful for particular problems in my editing.

Dale
Miami

samoyeds · Jan 31, 2021

Dale D said:
I liked the first part. You had smooth flying, not jerky and full of yaws. After about 1:55 it got repetitious, and after 2:14 the film was unusably dark. I would have stopped it at 2:14 with a fade out. I agree with the post about the lack of transitions. A nice crossfade dissolve always works well for me. Finally, I think you need better color correction. The entire film seemed like a RAW file to me- e.g.: no punch, flat coloring, dull. Your flying around the church and he circle was good. Just keep up the practicing and learn editing more. I find You Tube amazingly helpful for particular problems in my editing.

Dale
Miami

thanks a lot for suggestions. I`m trying now Filmora witch i found quite easy and full off usable features.
Below you will find what I`ve done today so I`m waiting for another review (it`s still processing HD version)

Thanks
Adam

Dale D · Jan 31, 2021

samoyeds said:
thanks a lot for suggestions. I`m trying now Filmora witch i found quite easy and full off usable features.
Below you will find what I`ve done today so I`m waiting for another review (it`s still processing HD version)
Thanks
Adam

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I like this one a lot! The best part was the low pass over the grass through the gravestones. A true Hollywood shot if I have ever seen one. Was that done with a camera gimbal held close to the ground or your drone placed amazingly close to earth? Whatever it was, it was effective. The haunting music and choir also very good. The color balance still a bit off- a bit muddy looking. Needs some sort of contrast or sharpening...not really sure of the term I'd like. In the US we would say, the image "pops!" It sort of jumps out at you like a very high definition print.

samoyeds · Jan 31, 2021

Dale D said:
I like this one a lot! The best part was the low pass over the grass through the gravestones. A true Hollywood shot if I have ever seen one. Was that done with a camera gimbal held close to the ground or your drone placed amazingly close to earth? Whatever it was, it was effective. The haunting music and choir also very good. The color balance still a bit off- a bit muddy looking. Needs some sort of contrast or sharpening...not really sure of the term I'd like. In the US we would say, the image "pops!" It sort of jumps out at you like a very high definition print.

I was just flying low over the grass. I have no idea yet how to correct that colours and contrast on the video clip recorded by drone. It's only mavic mini.

Dale D · Jan 31, 2021

No, you cannot correct color in the drone.(in the US we spell color differently). The SD card file is loaded on to your computer and opened up in a video editing program like Adobe Premiere Pro or others and the color correction done in the video editing software.

samoyeds · Jan 31, 2021

Ok. I'll try how it works, but please have it in mind that less than month ago I knew that there is something called video editing software and it's used to make movies we watch in cinemas

Dale D · Jan 31, 2021

samoyeds said:
Ok. I'll try how it works, but please have it in mind that less than month ago I knew that there is something called video editing software and it's used to make movies we watch in cinemas

YES! There is no question that video editing is a daunting challenge!!! Bit if you want to fly a drone, I'm sure you also want to use your drone to film still images and create video memories, or video productions. I spent the better part of two years (I've had a drone for 2 years), trying to get somebody to teach me Adobe Premiere Pro. Other editing programs are said to be more user friends and intuitive. Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro have large learning curves. There Finally, YOUe are free programs that our forum members say are equal to the capabilities of Premiere (DaVinci Resolve- free version). There are many others. I suggest you read the posts for video editing by clicking on the reading glass icon and the top of this page and typing in the search term, "video editing."

I was sort of fortunate in being able to learn Premiere. I found a person who would sit with me for two straight days from morning until night at my own computer and walk me through the program. It's a bit of a longer story that I can relate on a private conversation. Finally, there is always YOU TUBE which has many Adobe Premiere Pro film on it as well as other software programs. I can also recommend the company, Creative Live, and I have purchased their course, called Adobe Premiere Pro Video Editing, The Complete Guide

A final word!!! You will need a fairly powerful computer, and have at least 32GB of RAM. I find Apple iMAC with iOS operating system very intuitive for graphics software.

Best of Luck

Dale
Miami

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tck444 · Jan 31, 2021

DaVinci Resolve is FREE

Dale D · Jan 31, 2021

tck444 said:
DaVinci Resolve is FREE

Yes- that was mentioned in my first paragraph, and there are tons of videos on You Tube to help

wsteele · Feb 1, 2021

tck444 said:
Very good and rather smooth for first attempt! Wondering if you consider some smooth transition between scenes instead of a hard cut?

I agree. I may use something different at the beginning or the end but between scenes I only use fades or dissolves. Makes the video much smoother. I also would remove the underexposed scenes or adjust the, before I include them

samoyeds · Feb 2, 2021

Dale D said:
No, you cannot correct color in the drone.(in the US we spell color differently). The SD card file is loaded on to your computer and opened up in a video editing program like Adobe Premiere Pro or others and the color correction done in the video editing software.

is it anything better now? i1ve done my homework (but is it done correctly?)
thanks

Dale D · Feb 2, 2021

samoyeds said:
is it anything better now? i1ve done my homework (but is it done correctly?)
thanks

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Absolutely YES!!! Looks great now. Better sharpening, color correction, and the images have some definition, or "pop." Good work.

Dale
Miami

eaglesurfing · Feb 2, 2021

Nice.... Thanks for sharing.
I also am getting use to Filmora and they will overwhelm with how to videos.
All software programs will have many controls to get use to.