How do you want to mix a 360° video with a non-360° video? As you might know, a 360° video is a kind of projection of a video in the inner surface of a sphere. You as a viewer are in the center of that sphere. You can look in any direction, you will see the projected video clip. If you have a non-360° video, you have to decide, how to project it on the inner surface of the same sphere.
The most popular way is to project it over the view-angle of that clip on the inner surface. If you look in the direction of the projected video, you see it. If you look in an other direction, you will not see it. Thats the way 360° works.
But if you are in the center of the sphere, you cannot leave it for the same video file, so having a 360° video and leaving the 360° video mode and display a "normal" video without the 360° controls by using just one video file is not possible.
Thre are not many editors, that can edit a 360° clip. One of them is PowerDirector, I think, since version 15, even better in version 16, but PowerDirector is not able to stitch the video clips. You still need the Gear360 ActionDirector for that.

I hope, I understood your question. And it does really no matter, which editor you use.

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Yes, you understood my question. I'm looking to interject 360 video occosionally into my vlogging videos. Most of my video will be with my GoPro cameras, but everynow and then I'd like to switch it to 360 for parts. If no editor can do that then my search is complete. Sad though. It seems I could edit the files together but I suppose the coding when uploading (as in my YouTube channel) would want to apply to the entire video.

Thanks.

Is there a simple way in Gear 360 ActionDirector to edit the video so that the viewer is automatically facing a certain direction (where the action is and I'm trying to draw their attention as the narrator) when the video starts or each scene of the video starts?
With the video clips I have, the viewer needs to turn around 180 degrees to view the action...surely there's a simple fix other than re-shooting the video, right?
Thanks if anybody can help!

Mike

No, this OEM software was mainly created to stitch the video and produce it as 360. You need the "360 Start View Setting in PowerDirector to do this.

Ash

Quote No, this OEM software was mainly created to stitch the video and produce it as 360. You need the "360 Start View Setting in PowerDirector to do this.

Ash

okay, thanks very much for your help. I'll get that.

As a workaround, you can clone the video and set a new "360 Start View" for every clone, while carefully cutting the in+out points of the clones to try and make the transition smooth to the new default "front view" of each new cloned clip.

I'm doing this now but finding it does look a bit jumpy, unless I spend a very long time making dozens of precision cuts, each with new "360 Start View" settings.


I've informally suggested a new feature request here:
https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/80661.page

to allow changing "front view" X Y Z metadata on any keyframe.

Quote As a workaround, you can clone the video and set a new "360 Start View" for every clone, while carefully cutting the in+out points of the clones to try and make the transition smooth to the new default "front view" of each new cloned clip.

I'm doing this now but finding it does look a bit jumpy, unless I spend a very long time making dozens of precision cuts, each with new "360 Start View" settings.


I've informally suggested a new feature request here:
https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/80661.page

to allow changing "front view" X Y Z metadata on any keyframe.

Thanks, I just went ahead and bought PowerDirector.
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