In this tutorial, we will show you how to import videos captured from your Gear 360, directly into Gear 360 ActionDirector. The original video footage captured from your Gear 360 is in dual-sphere format, as shown in following graphic (1). If you would like to edit your video or upload and share your video on YouTube or Facebook, you will need to “stitch” your video into “panoramic” format (2). In this tutorial, we will show you how to stitch your footage using Gear 360 ActionDirector on your PC.
Launch Gear 360 ActionDirector and select the “360 VR Video” editing mode.
Importing your 360° footage
First, drag-and-drop your video file from your Gear 360 into ActionDirector’s Media Room. Or you can simply import your file from the assigned file location on your PC by clicking on the button.
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Next, ActionDirector will automatically begin stitching your 360° video (you can see a progress bar on your file’s thumbnail). When 100% has been reached your video has finished stitching into panoramic format, and is now ready for you to edit.
Previewing your 360° clips
You may also switch between Panoramic display modeand 360 display mode by clicking on this button located below the display.
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When in 360 display mode, you can click and move your cursor in the preview window to view different angles of your 360° footage. Finally, to locate your stitched video file, right click on your file in the Media Room and select Open File Location. From here you can take your video file and work on it using advanced editing software, such as PowerDirector 15.
Now that you are ready to edit your video, next you can see how to use ActionDirector’s Story Board!
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>>Learn the basic editing functions of Gear 360 ActionDirector
To edit 360° videos shot by a Samsung Gear 360, you will first need to stitch the dual-sphere video into “equirectangular” (flat mode) video first. This (below) is the original dual-sphere video from a Gear 360, before flat mode.
Step 1: Download and Install Gear 360 ActionDirector
Go to Samsung Gear 360 website and download Gear 360 ActionDirector In your Gear 360 package, there’s a serial number for Gear 360 ActionDirector. Install ActionDirector and activate it using the serial number from your package.
Step 2: Stitching footage using Gear 360 ActionDirector
Launch Gear 360 ActionDirector, then drag and drop the original dual-sphere footage into the Media tab.
ActionDirector will detect that it is dual-sphere footage shot by Gear 360, in which case it will automatically begin stitching for you. When stitching is in progress, you will see a status bar showing on the file thumbnail, as seen below.
Step 3: Locating the stitched footage
Once the stitching process is complete (the bar has reached 100%), you can edit the video using ActionDirector, or transfer the file and edit the footage with PowerDirector. To then locate your stitched file, simply right-click on the thumbnail itself and select the option “Open File Location”.
You will find the newly stitched file in your assigned folder and you can now use PowerDIrector to edit your stitched footage.