"stiching" 360 videos before editing

rschoenert

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Jun 18, 2018 20:23

I saw on YouTube the other day that you have to "stich" the 360 video BEFORE you edit it.

What does "stich" mean and what software should I use to do it?

Robert Robert

CLD

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 02:05 Messages: 925 Offline

Jun 18, 2018 22:09

Hello,

Stitching is literally stitching the RAW video from your camera to a format that is readable by a player or video editor. Your camera should have come with a software that will do this for you.

David

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rschoenert

Newbie Joined: Apr 15, 2016 18:10 Messages: 16 Offline

Jun 19, 2018 06:17

Quote Hello,

Stitching is literally stitching the RAW video from your camera to a format that is readable by a player or video editor. You camera should have come with a software that will do this for you.

David

Thanks, I'll look on the camera but it's a tiny Samsung with a screen about half the size of a stamp.
Robert Robert

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jun 19, 2018 10:09

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Thanks, I'll look on the camera but it's a tiny Samsung with a screen about half the size of a stamp.
Robert

It always help if you give more detail regarding the camera (and your computer).

For instance I have a Samsung Gear 360 camera (older) that looks like a undersized pool cue ball with a tripod underneath. It has no screen except for a small one that allows you to select your options. It is not full 4K and cost just about $150 US. The newere ones are 4K, have a white base and cost around $250.

Go here for tutorials on 360 video..

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CLD

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Jun 19, 2018 23:32

Hi Robert,

To be clear, the software is installed on your computer, where you stitch the videos for playback and editing. This is not done on the camera.

As Steve mentioned, Samsung Gear 360 uses a special version of ActionDirector to do this, so it should of come with your camera if that is what you have. If not, check with Samsung.

David

Hatti

Contributor Location: Bonn, Germany Joined: Feb 21, 2017 15:54 Messages: 576 Offline

Jun 20, 2018 11:43

And to what is stitching:

A consumer 360° camera has two fisheye lenses at both sides of the camera. They make pictures with two round pictures side by side. Thats nice, but not 360°. What is needed, is an "equirectangular" picture. That must be calculated. The both round pictures are "stitched" together.
I have a samsung gear 360 (2016) as described by stevec. There is a special "Gear 360 Actiondirector" in the package. The Cyberlink ActionDirector or PowerDirector is NOT able to stitch 360° pictures/clips. So you need the software by Samsung.

Hatti


Filename	360_0073.jpg	Download
Description	360 unstitched
Filesize	881 Kbytes
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Filename	360_0073_Stitch_YHC.jpg	Download
Description	360 stitched (equirectangular)
Filesize	906 Kbytes
Downloaded:	2 time(s)

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