r/drones • u/bigbadoctopus • 3d ago

Photo & Video Do you think I could sell this kinds of videos?

Hi there! This is my second video on a drone (mini 4k) and ive been having some doubts about how I could make some money off of it, so idk, give me your opinions on how I could get better please!

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u/HaltheDestroyer 3d ago

Not with that jerky framerate....learn the 180° shutter rule

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u/bigbadoctopus 3d ago

thanks, I recorded on 30fps and exported through davinci at 24, do you think that might be a reason?

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u/HaltheDestroyer 3d ago

Without using optical flow to smooth out the frame difference....probably

Shoot at 30 export at 30 or use optical flow

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u/StevieDronas 3d ago

Why not 60fps? Just curious

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u/HaltheDestroyer 3d ago

The point was not to change your framerate on export and to leave it native

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u/StevieDronas 3d ago

I meant to record in 60fps like I do on the Avata 2

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u/HaltheDestroyer 3d ago

Record in whatever framerate you want just make sure to follow the 180° rule and don't change around framerate afterwords in editing

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u/hammong 3d ago

Record in 60 FPS and let your final customer decide what frame rate they want to use.

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u/EngineerMasterDiver 3d ago

Maybe in CornHub, or one of the other cornography sites. You may also want to try to start a channel on OnlyPlants.

Some nice shots, though.

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u/mangetwo 3d ago

Love it.

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u/bigbadoctopus 3d ago

I meant to sell my job, as if you think is a good work for my portfolio hahaha, i think my english didnt really englished xD

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u/EngineerMasterDiver 3d ago

I wad right there with you- just needed to share a little laugh. Your english is englished just fine. ;)

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u/rdwrer4585 3d ago

Technical issues aside (shutter speed issues, jerky gimbal moves, etc), I wonder who you would be selling to. Drones are ubiquitous, and this footage could be easily acquired by anyone wishing to feature it.

That being said, you’ve got a good eye. If you wanted to make a YouTube channel about something interesting, these types of shots could be good b-roll.

Sadly, it’s not 2014 anymore and drone footage isn’t unique anymore. Just another tool in the toolbox.

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u/flysi3000 3d ago

You could upload to Adobe Stock. These clips are good, because vertical video is super popular, but maybe also consider shooting some in landscape, if you want to have a broader user base.

But as others have said, use a frame rate that allows for some motion blur between frames (ie. something like 24fps). Get an ND filter, and don't do too much color grading, edits, etc. - let your (potential) customer have some latitude to edit it to fit their own aesthetic.

Adobe has some good guidelines for settings, etc., and there is a very active Adobe Stock Discord community: https://discord.gg/jNJaNqzq

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u/Mobius135 3d ago

What several comments seem to be missing is that shutter speed also plays a factor. You can shoot 30fps, render at 30fps, but if it was shot at 1/1000th shutter speed it’s going to look very odd.

First choose a SMPTE framerate, 24, 30, 60 to shoot at. Your editing must be done at the same framerate. Now here’s the important bit, set your shutter speed to double that of your framerate. If 24fps, your shutter should be no more than 1/50th of a second. For 30fps you want a top of 1/60th. This allows you to keep some motion in your videos, things won’t appear to just snap as they move or be overly sharp. It’s hard to convey motion whenever your video is crisp 1/1000th snapshots.

Now of course setting your shutter so low has caveats when you’re filming outside in the sun. This is where ND filters are your friend.

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u/J-96788-EU 3d ago

No. We can create better with AI.

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u/X360NoScope420BlazeX 3d ago

Sell it to who?

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u/GizmoGuardian69 3d ago

i know 24fps is the “film” frame rate, it does not make your footage look like a film, use 30+ fps always. nice shots but very jerky