Lynda - Video Gear: Action Cams & Drones
What's one of the best parts about being a video professional? All the cool gear! In this course, Rich Harrington and Robbie Carman tackle action cams and drones, some of the hottest pieces of equipment for video production. These cameras allow you to capture incredible bird's eye views, underwater dives, long panning shots of landscapes, and "driver's seat" angles of sports and other fast-paced action. Rich and Robbie review the best of the batch, including the GoPro HERO, Sony HD Action Cam, Garmin Verb, and Polaroid Cube, as well as the DJI Phantom quadcopter, which allows you to take your video production to the air. They introduce practical techniques for creating time lapses and other types of shots, developing your footage with programs like Premiere Pro, and keeping you and your gear safe and on the right side of FAA regulations.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. Mounting GoPros2. Modifying a GoPro3. Is the GoPro HERO4 Session Right for Me?4. Analyzing the GoPro HERO4 Session5. Creating a Panning Time Lapse with a GoPro6. Developing GoPro Time Lapses with GoPro Studio7. Is the Garmin Virb Elite Action Camera Right for Me?8. Is the Sony HDR-AS15 HD Action Cam Right for Me?9. Polaroid Cube10. GoPro Parallax Time Lapse11. Shooting with the GoPro 3-Way12. How Do I Register My Drone?13. Is the DJI Phantom 2 Vision Quadcopter Right for Me?14. Working with the DJI Phantom 2 Vision Quadcopter15. Advanced Options for Quadcopters