Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
Yeah, that doesn't look too bad @HippoDrone ... I sure wish I could find a way to make one so simple... it'd probably save me loads of time in the editor 
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Hippo-Drones
Pleb
I have spent a lot more effort on some edits, just to find they get hardly any views... is kind of frustrating, so generally keep it simple and then if it tanks, at least I know it didn't cost me a night of effort!
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
Yeah, I feel the same way, but for some reason, I just can't help myself!!!I have spent a lot more effort on some edits, just to find they get hardly any views... is kind of frustrating, so generally keep it simple and then if it tanks, at least I know it didn't cost me a night of effort!
I get so little views, but I'm hoping if/when my channel gets bigger, that folks who click on the older stuff aren't disappointed. I mean, I have STANDARDS I've set for myself, and they're lofty LOL-John
Hippo-Drones
Pleb
I guess it also sets the bar for you, if you put all the effort in on each vid, then that is the norm so it is the required effort! 
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
Yep, and that's the sticky wicket I'veI guess it also sets the bar for you, if you put all the effort in on each vid, then that is the norm so it is the required effort!
Oh well... now to find some really good, free VFX to start adding since the rest doesn't take as long
-John
Theodor
Don't wannabe
A night... wow. When my editing gets complex, I won't be able to complete it in one day for sure. Then again, I don't have the persistency to edit for more than 2-3 hours straight. So it could easily take few days just to prep the footage from 360 camera, before I get to actual editing.I have spent a lot more effort on some edits, just to find they get hardly any views... is kind of frustrating, so generally keep it simple and then if it tanks, at least I know it didn't cost me a night of effort!
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
AMEN! I usually export the 360 footage while I work, so it's ready to set up in the multicam clips when I'm ready to edit... or are you framing it in the Insta/GoPro app and then exporting?
I agree though, 2-3 hours is my max, usually 1-2, unless I'm really into it and fine-tuning the edit before final playthrough and render.
-John
Theodor
Don't wannabe
I frame it in the insta app and then export only the bits that I might realistically use in the edit.
edit: that is mainly due to hard drive space. the raw files take a lot of space already, I have already been deleting the ones I am done with, unlike my action camera footage, I usually have kept for a year or two.
edit: that is mainly due to hard drive space. the raw files take a lot of space already, I have already been deleting the ones I am done with, unlike my action camera footage, I usually have kept for a year or two.
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
Dude, I felt that comment. Storage is my biggest issue right now. I have 2 external drives - 4TB and 8TB, and both are pretty much full of archived footage at this point. My 1TB SSD is full of current projects, and I've got a bit stored on my internal 1TB SSD, which is half full.
I export all the footage from GoPro's app and reframe it in Davinci Resolve when I use it - I usually have 1-3 hours of 360 footage and never know what I'll use until I'm actually editing the ride footage.
-John
Theodor
Don't wannabe
You know SSDs should never be full or even almost full. That increases the amount of read&write cycles on their normal use and that in turn shortens the life of the drive. It is even recommended, that you leave a percentage of the drive unpartitioned.
I keep my footage on HDD, I use proxy clips (because my PC is old and slow, as I keep mentioning ) and those will be on the SSD, for speed of use, until I am done with the edit, then I will delete them.
I keep my footage on HDD, I use proxy clips (because my PC is old and slow, as I keep mentioning
) and those will be on the SSD, for speed of use, until I am done with the edit, then I will delete them.
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
I have heard that... so I try to keep a couple hundred gigs free on it... right now there's only 106GB free though. I will have a couple of projects finished up soon, and then move footage off the drive.You know SSDs should never be full or even almost full. That increases the amount of read&write cycles on their normal use and that in turn shortens the life of the drive. It is even recommended, that you leave a percentage of the drive unpartitioned.
I keep my footage on HDD, I use proxy clips (because my PC is old and slow, as I keep mentioning
-John
Skyd
Wannabie Member
I've been MIA for a few days, catching up here.
I used to use OpenShot as well and I started to have some issues that were very irritating. No matter what I did for settings I couldn't get the preview to play smoothly making it a real pain to edit, and it wasn't my machine (Lenovo Legion). Anyway I switched to PowerDirector at the suggestion of my good friend MotoCheez and my videos instantly got better and they're still improving as I learn more and experiment more.
Storage - ya, I didn't think that would be an issue but I've already got close to 1tb on my backup drive. What files do you guys trash? I have pretty much everything I've ever recorded and all the project files and rendered videos. I probably don't need all that but I have a hard time hitting delete.
I think this upcoming weekend is supposed to be decent weather and I wanna try mounting my Akaso cam to my handlebars for an alternate angle. It's not as wide angled as the gopro though so we'll see how it works out.
I used to use OpenShot as well and I started to have some issues that were very irritating. No matter what I did for settings I couldn't get the preview to play smoothly making it a real pain to edit, and it wasn't my machine (Lenovo Legion). Anyway I switched to PowerDirector at the suggestion of my good friend MotoCheez and my videos instantly got better and they're still improving as I learn more and experiment more.
Storage - ya, I didn't think that would be an issue but I've already got close to 1tb on my backup drive. What files do you guys trash? I have pretty much everything I've ever recorded and all the project files and rendered videos. I probably don't need all that but I have a hard time hitting delete.
I think this upcoming weekend is supposed to be decent weather and I wanna try mounting my Akaso cam to my handlebars for an alternate angle. It's not as wide angled as the gopro though so we'll see how it works out.
scooterwuf
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A more complicated video as I was working in a multi-cam set up with five tracks of video and sound.
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Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
Hippo-Drones
Pleb
I only keep footage from the last 12 months, although have kept a few other vids that were special to me. I doubt I'll watch them again, and if I did, I'd do so on YouTube. I only keep the last 12 months content in case I get around to recording a new intro trailer for the channel.
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
I'm trying to only keep 12 months of footage, but damn do I record a lot! I'm at about 10 months of footage and the drives are full
-John
Skyd
Wannabie Member
Well I'm at like 5 months and well over 1tb, but I keep EVERYTHING, raw footage, project files, rendered .mp4 I'm thinking of not keeping the rendered files once they're uploaded, I can always render them again or download back off youtube....hmmmmI'm trying to only keep 12 months of footage, but damn do I record a lot! I'm at about 10 months of footage and the drives are full
-John
Drakhen99
The Forrest Gump of Motovloggers
Yeah, I'm keeping all that... and I have about 9 or 10TB of footage stored right now, maybe closer to 12TB [I haven't really calculated it, but it's averaging 1.5TB/month]
-John
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