Thanks everyone for the feedback! Some other feedback I got:
- the clip/transition at 8s in was janky, so I decreased its speed
- the horizon line was dead-center in some shots; I moved it down a bit but didnāt want to crop the mural on the pillbox; also made the line horizontal
- drone orbiting is so 2017 and nobody cares about it any more; well though luck, I like it
I took the advice on sharpness and used the H.264 High Profile for export, with the H.264 Interpolation setting to Hyper/Lancosz. I tried the lossless H.264 profile but the output was messed up, looking like a rotoscope/cartoon filter. What else can I tweak?
For those who want to follow the progress, here is v2a of the video:
Some other folks said that,
- the ending was abrupt; I thought it was the natural ending with the drone landing, but thatās from my perspective as the drone operator, not the viewerās
- nobody remarked on the two fun bits at the end, the playful shoving off the pillobx (not even the guy who did it!), and the Asian guy at the very end ducking from the drone, so figuring itās only me who found them amusing, I replaced them with a āgoodbyeā shot
- nobody mentioned there was no motion blur; I havenāt experimented with ND filters yet but Iāve just ordered some
Hereās v2b of the video, with a fadeout ending done reversing a clip, which Iāve learned that conveniently only considers the selected In-Out portion from the Source.
