As VR videos are shot by specific cameras, the original material needs to be stitched to be one playable VR video.
Today, we are going to teach you how to stitch videos starting from Samsung Gear 360. Here is an example of what the video looks like in dual-fisheye mode, right after you shot it.
Just so anyone from samsung needs to know i have a samsung phone S20 and I have a PC using windows for the app. Major issue if I cant actually use the app or software to view edit or share my videos and good luck trying to watch a 360 video in 2 fish eye circles instead of in 360.
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- Up until Note 8, Samsung flagships used to pack a 360-degree camera app, which quickly turned out to be one of the standout features. The company saw an opportunity to capitalize and launched a dedicated 360 camera: Gear 360. Samsung also stopped bundling the 360-degree camera app with its flagships.
The Dual-fisheye mode
In order to edit it, you will need to download (or use the camera-attached CD) and install the editing software that exclusively designed for Gear 360 – Gear 360 ActionDirector.
Gear 360 ActionDirector
First of all, take your Gear 360 memory card out, connect it to your computer with a card reader and export the video you just took.
Samsung Gear 360
Then open up the software Gear 360 ActionDirector. It only supports Windows system for now, so Mac users, you might have to wait a little bit longer.
Now we see the welcome interface, click the '360 VR video' button to enter the software's main interface.
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Click the 'File' button in the top left corner and then click 'Import' in the drop-down menu to import the videos you want to stitch into the software.
Gear 360 ActionDirector's interface
Click the 'Play' button in the lower left corner then you can preview the video in a small window.
Quicktime player for mac 10 5 8. Gear 360 ActionDirector's import interface
Then click the 'Open' button to import the selected videos.
The video that you just imported will appear in the 'Media' interface on the left sidebar. Click on the video and drag it into the timeline below and click the blue 'Produce' button in the bottom right corner to enter the production interface.
Gear 360 ActionDirector's edit interface
You will see the production interface on the left hand side, and the file format is defaulted to be mp4 of encoding H.264.
Gear 360 ActionDirector's production interface
With sufficient computer configuration, we recommend you set the 'Video Quality' to the highest level which is 'MPEG-4 4K 3840 × 1920 / 25p (50 Mbps)'.
After selecting 'Output Folder' (where the export file is located. It is recommended that you put them on the Desktop). Click the blue 'Start' button to start stitching.
You can check the box 'Enable the preview during production' to monitor the stitching process.
Wait a moment then you'll receive a notification saying 'Production Completed'.
Congratulations! You are a real VR video creator now! Besides, VeeR VR has recently launched a new app — VeeR Editor to help people make 360 VR videos easily, you can also use its slideshow function to turn 360 photos into VR videos!
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Gear 360 ActionDirector is top of the line 360° video editing software designed specifically for and included with your Samsung Gear 360 camera.
Gear 360 ActionDirector assists Gear 360 users by importing and automatically stitching videos and photos shot from your Gear 360, and provides several essential editing functions such as trimming, adding titles and creating transitions in your videos – and the best part is, ActionDirector excels at 360° video editing!
In this tutorial, we will give you a brief introduction to Gear 360 ActionDirector.
Upon launching ActionDirector, you will see the following start-up menu, and from here you can choose to edit:
- 360° VR video: import 360° videos, add 360° effects, and then share directly to social platforms that support 360° video, such as Youtube or Facebook
- HD video: import 2D videos captured from your smartphone, digital camera or action camera, and you can use ActionDirector to edit these as well
Click on the '360 VR Video' icon to enter into Gear 360 ActionDirector's editing interface, and from here you will see the following:
- Media Room: here you can import your 360° videos and photos taken from your Gear 360
- Titles/Transitions: you can switch rooms here if you would like to add titles or transitions (between clips) into your video
- Preview Window: you can preview your content as you edit, from the Media Room or the Story Board here
- Story Board: here is where your story comes alive, you can drop your footage, titles and transitions and edit for the perfect sequence
- Music: need a little ambiance? No problem, you can add background music by clicking this button here
- Produce: when your work has been completed, you can produce your video here!
Next, you can move onto the following tutorials for more in depth explanations of each feature for Gear 360 ActionDirector, that we just went over:
