My latest drone trick - The Einord, with speed ramping

[Dangerly]

An einord is when you record a dronie and then reverse the video in post. Then add some speed ramping to make it more interesting, and voila - an einord with speed ramping. Extra points if:

1. You can't tell it's being played backwards
2. You can't tell it's speed ramped.
3. You pick a flight path that goes near tall object like trees or buildings - threading the needle

Sometimes, though, the pre-programmed dronie Quickshot doesn't ascend fast enough to get out of the way of an obstacle behind it. In these situations, I get a POI lock on the subject, and then just fly the quickshot manually, and do the same post production reverse / speed ramp thing and it comes out good.

 

[DaveS]

I did something similar a few years ago. I was asked by the University of Texas branch campus in Tyler to shoot a shot of a special academic group of students, outside of their new alumni house, waving at the camera. They shot they wanted was a very wide shot of the house and surrounding area up high, then I' d fly in and descend to just a shot of the group waving. It was nearly impossible to do going forward because of wires, trees and light poles. So, I got the shot in reverse, allowing me to avoid obstacles, made sure there were no cars nearby driving around campus, then I reversed it in post and it looked just like I flew "in" because people waving look the same backward or forward! The client was pleased.

 

[Dale D]

An einord is when you record a dronie and then reverse the video in post. Then add some speed ramping to make it more interesting, and voila - an einord with speed ramping. Extra points if:

1. You can't tell it's being played backwards
2. You can't tell it's speed ramped.
3. You pick a flight path that goes near tall object like trees or buildings - threading the needle

Sometimes, though, the pre-programmed dronie Quickshot doesn't ascend fast enough to get out of the way of an obstacle behind it. In these situations, I get a POI lock on the subject, and then just fly the quickshot manually, and do the same post production reverse / speed ramp thing and it comes out good.

I always thought speed ramping was a sudden burst of speed, not a gradual one like this. Nice jacuzzi!

 

[Dangerly]

I always thought speed ramping was a sudden burst of speed, not a gradual one like this. Nice jacuzzi!

Thanks! There are a number of different typical patterns for speed ramps that make it more noticeable, like you're saying::


I tend to used a more subtle custom speed ramp that got up to 2.8x faster:
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[Dale D]

Thanks! There are a number of different typical patterns for speed ramps that make it more noticeable, like you're saying::
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I tend to used a more subtle custom speed ramp that got up to 2.8x faster:
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I was referring to the type of speed ramp like shown in this tutorial