Mavic Pro to Facebook

hannahskellam · Jan 22, 2017

I edited my drone footage in iMovie and now I want to put it on Facebook but the quality is coming up bad, can anyone tell me how to get it on their while still looking good?

Thanks x

anim8me2 · Jan 22, 2017

Facebook kills video! Your best bet is to upload to Vimeo or Facebook and post a link.

Nigpd · Jan 22, 2017

Or upload to YouTube and post a link.

But you'll still look good whatever you do (shameless flirting

CC Rider · Jan 22, 2017

How does your footage look straight from the microSD card? Did you have your camera video settings properly set to capture your footage in 4K or at least in a high resolution and frame rate?

I'd work backwards. Take a look at your raw footage on the card. If that looks good then your camera was properly set up. Compare that quality to your output via iMovie. If there is a difference after editing, then that narrows down on your problem, i.e., something went awry during the editing or with how your footage was saved afterwards. These things can be tricky at times. Others in this forum who know more about these matters than I do will probably chime in.

I wish you success on your project and hope you can resolve your issue soon. I know it's frustrating when you know what you are doing but things simply aren't cooperating with you. Good luck!

Jake Galloway · Jan 22, 2017

hannahskellam said:
I edited my drone footage in iMovie and now I want to put it on Facebook but the quality is coming up bad, can anyone tell me how to get it on their while still looking good?

Thanks x

Also keep in mind iMovie doesn't support anything higher than 1080. So if you're shooting in 4k, you'll lose the quality in iMovie.

Sean · Jan 22, 2017

Jake Galloway said:
Also keep in mind iMovie doesn't support anything higher than 1080. So if you're shooting in 4k, you'll lose the quality in iMovie.

I am not sure that is 100% accurate…

Edit and Share 4K video with iMovie

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anim8me2 · Jan 22, 2017

It might be a question your settings.
http://iosguides.net/share-imovie-videos-facebook/

anim8me2 · Jan 22, 2017

I guess I should ask if you are using iMovie desktop or iOS.

Jake Galloway · Jan 22, 2017

Sean said:
I am not sure that is 100% accurate…

Edit and Share 4K video with iMovie

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I'll be damned, seems it does in fact support 4k now. Article published Jan 16.

niclariv · Jan 22, 2017

If you're using iMovie for iOS then you're probably also uploading straight from your phone.. when you upload straight from the iPhone to Facebook or YouTube the video gets super compressed on your phone automatically before uploading so it doesn't take as long, but the end result is terrible. The only way to get full quality is to upload from a computer.

Also, if you upload to YouTube and then post a link to Facebook, unfortunately if someone using an iPhone clicks that link it comes up within Facebook's built in browser (instead of the YouTube app) and plays in the lowest possible quality. Part of Facebook really trying to force you to use their own system and skip YouTube so they get all the ad revenue.

iPhone 6S

Sean · Jan 22, 2017

Jake Galloway said:
I'll be damned, seems it does in fact support 4k now. Article published Jan 16.

Haha had to do it! [emoji2] I thought it supported 4K prior to last week, but maybe not.

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devGOD · Jan 23, 2017

Sean said:
Haha had to do it! [emoji2] I thought it supported 4K prior to last week, but maybe not.

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iMovie has supported 4k since Oct 2015

Jake Galloway · Jan 23, 2017

devGOD said:
iMovie has supported 4k since Oct 2015

Interesting, I could have sworn I couldn't get 4k to work when I received my Mavic. Thats why I switched to FCP

Pablo · Jan 23, 2017

Yeah I used iMovie over Christmas and exported in 4K. It was pretty decent to be honest.

hannahskellam · Jan 23, 2017

Thank you everyone, I think I'll put them from iMovie onto YouTube and then post the link to FB x

Jake Galloway · Jan 23, 2017

hannahskellam said:
Thank you everyone, I think I'll put them from iMovie onto YouTube and then post the link to FB x

Share with us when you do! I love seeing other's work

hannahskellam · Jan 25, 2017

Here is is Jake! My first go!

anim8me2 · Jan 25, 2017

Stunning scenery! I love watching the dogs chase the drone.Check for some info an adjusting settings to smooth out the gimbal motion.
Other than that it looks good.

Jake Galloway · Jan 25, 2017

hannahskellam said:
Here is is Jake! My first go!

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Great editing! I wish I had views like that around here lol

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greymonkey · Jan 25, 2017

Great video, I am impressed with iMovie as well, seems to do a decent job, all on an iPad Air 2 as well, ( even though only 2k). Where was this HannahSkellam as its great location.

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