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Iain Anderson
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Iain Anderson is an author, editor, director, videographer, programmer, animator, and educator based in Brisbane, Australia. An Apple Certified Trainer who helped to create the new Apple Certified Final Cut Pro exams and training curriculum, Iain regularly presents at conferences, is a Lead Trainer for macProVideo, and creates educational video content for CoreMelt and many other organizations.
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Processing your footage

Yes, you’ll have to process your 360° clips before you can work with them. While most 360° cameras record their images in dual fisheye format, you can’t edit these files directly. As each camera uses a slightly different setup, you’ll have to use software from the camera manufacturer to convert the camera-original files into a format you can edit. The best-known 360° camera manufacturer is probably Insta360, who provide the Insta360 Studio desktop app, with a new app version named for each year. GoPro also provide software for their 360° cameras, and there are independent apps too.

Whatever app you use, start by stitching the dual fisheye original frames into equirectangular 360° video clips for editing, because that’s what FCP requires. A monoscopic equirectangular clip shows the full 360° video frame in a 2:1 format, taking up the entire video area. In this format, which you can view as you edit...

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Iain Anderson

Iain Anderson is an author, editor, director, videographer, programmer, animator, and educator based in Brisbane, Australia. An Apple Certified Trainer who helped to create the new Apple Certified Final Cut Pro exams and training curriculum, Iain regularly presents at conferences, is a Lead Trainer for macProVideo, and creates educational video content for CoreMelt and many other organizations.
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