Litchi orbit with inner and outer facing images?

[Dronemark]

Hi folks, I'm new to Litchi and I hope you can help me.
I need to orbit around a POI and take still images from specific waypoints on that orbit with specific gimbal pitch for each. Then I need to position the camera over that POI and take outward facing still images in the directions of those exact waypoints, again with specific gimbal pitches. Any assistance in the best way to set this up would be most appreciated.

 

[brett8883]

Hi folks, I'm new to Litchi and I hope you can help me.
I need to orbit around a POI and take still images from specific waypoints on that orbit with specific gimbal pitch for each. Then I need to position the camera over that POI and take outward facing still images in the directions of those exact waypoints, again with specific gimbal pitches. Any assistance in the best way to set this up would be most appreciated.

So this will be a waypoint mission not an orbit mission, those are two different things. You can set POIs in waypoints but you’ll need to make the waypoints circle around what you want it to circle manually and you can enter the pitch values and heading however you want it to work. You can set POIs on top of waypoints if you want to.

start by planning your flight path and then worry about the heading and gimbal pitch values next. Sounds like a complex job

 

[Dronemark]

So this will be a waypoint mission not an orbit mission, those are two different things. You can set POIs in waypoints but you’ll need to make the waypoints circle around what you want it to circle manually and you can enter the pitch values and heading however you want it to work. You can set POIs on top of waypoints if you want to.

start by planning your flight path and then worry about the heading and gimbal pitch values next. Sounds like a complex job

Thanks - this is helpful. Once I've set the waypoints and the pitch etc, can I set it to capture a still image (or multiple images) from each waypoint automatically once it reaches the point?
Alternately, can I define how long it stays at each waypoint before moving to the next, so I have enough time to get the shots I need? I'm primarily a video guy and not well versed in the still image capture options, and I have limited experience with waypoints.

 

[brett8883]

Thanks - this is helpful. Once I've set the waypoints and the pitch etc, can I set it to capture a still image (or multiple images) from each waypoint automatically once it reaches the point?
Alternately, can I define how long it stays at each waypoint before moving to the next, so I have enough time to get the shots I need? I'm primarily a video guy and not well versed in the still image capture options, and I have limited experience with waypoints.

Yea you can do it either way. I usually prefer to set it to stay for a few seconds before moving to the next way point so the camera can settle before taking the shot.

Remember that you can use POIs to point the camera at the location and hight you want it to be pointed at. I find this to be more accurate and dynamic than explicit gimbal pitch values.

 

[Edward Knight]

Just keep in mind you CAN NOT have curved turns enabled in the settings if you will be using actions at your waypoints.

 

[MavicFlyer]

Hi folks, I'm new to Litchi and I hope you can help me.
I need to orbit around a POI and take still images from specific waypoints on that orbit with specific gimbal pitch for each. Then I need to position the camera over that POI and take outward facing still images in the directions of those exact waypoints, again with specific gimbal pitches. Any assistance in the best way to set this up would be most appreciated.

I'm not a Litchi specialist, but here's how I'd approach your situation:

I would think of this as creating a set of waypoints, on radials coming out from a point (the POI at the center of the "orbit"), and coming out the same distance. - an approximation of a circular orbit. You'd set the action at each waypoint to be a picture of the POI - this gets you the picture looking in at the POI along that radial. The next step would be creating a waypoint at the POI. The action at that waypoint would to take a series of pictures of each of the "orbiting" waypoints, which results in the pictures looking out from the original POI, along that corresponding radial.

 

[Dronemark]

I'm not a Litchi specialist, but here's how I'd approach your situation:

I would think of this as creating a set of waypoints, on radials coming out from a point (the POI at the center of the "orbit"), and coming out the same distance. - an approximation of a circular orbit. You'd set the action at each waypoint to be a picture of the POI - this gets you the picture looking in at the POI along that radial. The next step would be creating a waypoint at the POI. The action at that waypoint would to take a series of pictures of each of the "orbiting" waypoints, which results in the pictures looking out from the original POI, along that corresponding radial.

yes. thanks. that’s exactly what i ended up doing. some trial and error to get the gimbal pitch just right for the needed shots, but it works.