Don't recall this setting ever being available on a per-waypoint basis. You can selected the yaw reference on a per-focus-trigger basis when selecting direction as the focus strategy.
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Ahhhhh yea you are right!! It's been so many months since I've used it, forgot it was in the focus trigger!
So, yes you can still do a "spinner" function by setting focus trigger (direction:-90; yaw course:180) at or between two very close waypoints.
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Is it repeatable and automated with zero input from the flyer?
Thinking of that season intro video of Dancing with the Stars where they had to do a series of videos over two days and 40-50 re-takes. Final cut was manually flown as not enough automation was available (No spinner mode for the overhead of the group of dancers.) to do a re-take with the dancer's choreographer according to the aerial videographer outfits Facebook page who did the shoot with their Inspire. Doing re-takes is costly, especially 40-50. A spinner while climbing or descending (two controls) is not easy to do manually.
You can?
How do you do a two-rotation spinner and drop with the focus trigger, along with a speed of the rotation? I'm at a loss because I get minimal rotation (i.e. Start stop, another focus point to start stop movement again, etc.). Has to be an easier way rather than setting up a dozen focus points along a short blue waypoint/mission line to do a couple of full circles.
I've tried and sometimes the aircraft stops the spin, then spins backwards, and then moves the correct way again at the next focus point. Maddening for what should be a simple one-step setup!
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That's sort of what I find with the limitations of 180 degrees in the current setup. I've tried to go full circle or two and it is hard to do. I get a 180, then it goes backwards if I try to do a 360, and then goes the other way on a third. I can do a lot of smaller ones to keep the spin going the same direction, but then there is a lot of focus points to contend with.
Too bad there isn't something in just one focus point for a Spinner like:
Clockwise or Counter-clockwise rotation.
Gimbal degrees.
Number of degrees of rotation, say 720 for two or 1080 for three rotations (Which would depend on gimbal too: Inspire full body or just its gimbal vs. P4 where entire craft would rotate.).
Speed of rotation, and maybe a buffer for getting up to the speed of rotation and also a slowing down near the end of the rotation.
Vertical or descending climb during rotation.
Speed of ascent or decent.
Altitude stop point for action.
Maybe something else in there too.
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I've been shooting professionally for 30+ years and I've never heard of a "Common movie shot" called a spinner
See Creative Live's video course: "Learn How To Fly A Drone For Aerial Photos And Videos" by Blayne Chastain.
The course outline is in the attached photo where it shows the five basic cinema shots by drones, and "Spinner" is one of them in red with the others in the yellow box. Been around since real helicopter and RC copter shooters both where they try and place the camera on the rotor's axis for effect.
I would think it would be a common implemented focus effect shot in the autonomous apps as the effect has been used, or attempted so much.
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The demo video is in the $99 course mentioned above, but copyrighted and not on Youtube.
Just imagine the movie camera running and pointing straight down. Then a 'spin' (or yaw?) is applied to rotate a given amount in either a CW or CCW motion, and maybe 720 degrees for two full rotations. Now apply either a hover while doing so, or climbing or descending the craft while doing it <--- That altitude change makes it hard as you may need to do two full rotates in a drop of 150 feet (or whatever) for a given effect's window of operation. Try making that repeatable if the scene on the ground isn't correct or co-operating well and leading to dead batteries on re-takes of the same flight pattern. Ugh!
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An very close example is the video on YOUR YouTube page; user content for socal landscape aerials. Look at 1:52 over the marina.
Ideally, we want ability to control speed and total angle of yaw or total # of turns, plus amount of elevation.
This link on the Youtube webpage?
It does briefly show about a 90 degree clockwise "Spinner" in a climb mode at ~1:50 into it.
Aside, I see Autopilot has been sold, merged, or bought by Hanger on their webpage here: Home - Autoflight Logic Might not see it now and may be the end of it too - as software mergers generally tend to go.
This is not the end of Autopilot. In fact it is just the opposite as we now have more resources to fully realize the original vision of Autoflight Logic. More to come soon...Might not see it now and may be the end of it too - as software mergers generally tend to go.
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Hi Jim,
I'd like to try out the new Auto Pilot, I have the Inspire 1 which I love ...
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Derek
I think the current version 3.7 already supports the older Inspire 1 since last summer. Inspire 2 might not yet be supported, nor Mavic unless in beta version.
Support for Inspire 1 was added in v 3.5 build 97. To sign up for beta, please follow the link below:
Autopilot - Autoflight Logic
Mavic support is currently in beta. Inspire 2 support coming soon to beta...stay tuned!
Testing the Mavic in Beta. It works well although the camera movements from one focus trigger to the other sometimes go a bit abrupt.
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Safe to use Autopilot still with the new DJI Go 4 app being released?
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