Editing 360° footage in a regular timeline

Today, most 360° footage is reframed for output in a regular timeline. You’ll get many of the benefits of a 360° camera — it doesn’t need to be pointed at the subject, it can be placed in odd positions and still get the shot, and it’s always upright — but distribution is far simpler. At its base, this is really simple:

1. Import your 360° footage as usual.
2. Review your 360° footage with the 360° Viewer.
3. Keyword and Rate your footage as usual.
4. Create a regular Project, not a 360° Project. (You can close the 360° Viewer now.)
5. Place and edit your clips within that timeline.
6. For each 360° clip, reframe it with Orientation.

It’s that last point, Orientation, where we need to focus.

Understanding Orientation

Although Orientation is a very similar concept to the Reorient controls you’ll find in a native 360° Project...