How to get GREAT looking VIDEO out of the CGO3+

DroneNerd · Jul 29, 2016

Excellent share CD. I do a lot of video and am just starting with the drones and appreciate the time you took to put this together, especially the DaVinci Resolve piece and which LUT to use. I haven't tried DaVinci yet since Premiere has improved their color tools. After seeing your video will definitely try it.

Boomcaster · Jul 29, 2016

Awesome video! I use DVR as well, love it!

KEN TARDIO · Jul 29, 2016

Thank you for your effort and giving us a tutorial that actually teaches us something. I know that video didn't throw itself together in 5 minutes. It seems like I spend 9/10's of my time trying to lean and 1/10th actually doing but learning is what makes it fun.

Brandon Lowe · Jul 30, 2016

Thank you CD, when my camera comes back I will try out your techniques.

Reasty · Jul 30, 2016

Great video,I think this will help a lot of people to shoot better video with the H,very well explained and very informative.
Thank you!

Malibu_Rod · Jul 30, 2016

Thanks for the information CD that helps a lot. Going to shoot some video on the beach.

John S · Jul 30, 2016

thanks Captain, just what I needed to know...going to practice today!
...subbed and eagerly awaiting more tutorials!

Seachange01 · Jul 30, 2016

Probably one of the BEST (and definitely the most usefully informative) posts I have read on this site EVER!
Great video, thanks so much for sharing you knowledge with us

Greatly appreciated.

eric bee · Jul 30, 2016

@CAPTAINDRONE nothing new, but very well done video. good comparing of with and without and before and after

thanks for doing it and share with us

Haydn · Jul 30, 2016

CAPTAINDRONE said:
I finally had some time to edit together a long overdue video showing how to get great looking video out of the CGO3+ camera. With a little knowledge, the CGO3+ can take videos as good as the P4 camera.

I couldn't cover everything or else it would have been an hour long video. I hope some of you find it helpful!

Have fun with your Typhoon!

Nicely edited...
I'm sorry that you had to go to the expense of hiring a professional actor/presenter to film this tutorial. But I think we can all say that it was worth it.
The end result was a well scripted, great framing, excellent use of subject and examples.
Would not be out of place in a Lydna.com teaching lesson.
I give it a big fat fresh red and a full.
Fantastic job mate.

BobDE · Jul 30, 2016

The best video ever! Thanks.

JohnL · Jul 30, 2016

Hey @CAPTAINDRONE, just got back from vacation and saw this post. That was freakin excellent! Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to do this and help us all out. You're the man!

charliehorse · Jul 30, 2016

Excellent tutorial Capn.
Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.

JCFlippen · Jul 30, 2016

charliehorse said:
Excellent tutorial Capn.
Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.

I endorse that. This has to be the best CGO3+ 101 video tutorial out there. I hope the ace design camera team watch and learn from this. Yuneec should commission CD to make more of these.

CAPTAINDRONE · Jul 30, 2016

DroneNerd said:
Excellent share CD. I do a lot of video and am just starting with the drones and appreciate the time you took to put this together, especially the DaVinci Resolve piece and which LUT to use. I haven't tried DaVinci yet since Premiere has improved their color tools. After seeing your video will definitely try it.

Thanks! I'm still no expert myself with DaVinci Resolve but there are plenty of YouTube tutorials for when I get stuck.

CAPTAINDRONE · Jul 30, 2016

Seachange01 said:
Probably one of the BEST (and definitely the most usefully informative) posts I have read on this site EVER!
Great video, thanks so much for sharing you knowledge with us
Greatly appreciated.

Wow, thanks!

Glad it was of help.

CAPTAINDRONE · Jul 30, 2016

Haydn said:
Nicely edited...
I'm sorry that you had to go to the expense of hiring a professional actor/presenter to film this tutorial. But I think we can all say that it was worth it.
The end result was a well scripted, great framing, excellent use of subject and examples.
Would not be out of place in a Lydna.com teaching lesson.
I give it a big fat fresh red and a full.
Fantastic job mate.

Ha ha! I may play a highly paid actor on YouTube but I'm a drone pilot geek (according to my wife) in real life. Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

CAPTAINDRONE · Jul 30, 2016

JohnL said:
Hey @CAPTAINDRONE, just got back from vacation and saw this post. That was freakin excellent! Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to do this and help us all out. You're the man!

Thanks John!

PatR · Jul 30, 2016

CD,

Well done, you cleared up some questions I had relative to how the lock function actually worked. Your video became one of my bookmarks for quick reference.

Wileytrigger21 · Jul 30, 2016

CAPTAINDRONE said:
Right. The best way to white balance is to fill 75% of the screen with white. Can't really do that in the air so you have no choice but to point the camera at the next best thing with a color that fills much of the screen... a beach or water or grass or trees, etc. If the colors look correct on the ST16, then lock them in. If not, then select one of the preset White Balance settings. Sunrise Sunset is the most common one I use on most sunny days.

Great video captain! I've only done a few videos so far but also find that the sunrise/sunset preset seems to get the white balance right O partly cloudy days. Thanks for the lut mention. I am new to editing and that seems to make it much easier.