Drones Archives - PhotoshopCAFE

Jaw Dropping Drone images, Aerial Photography and video Post Production

Colin Smith — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:02:59 +0000

How to make your aerial photos look great in Lightroom or Camera RAW

More advanced approach to Lightroom / ACR for fine tuned adjustments to your Photos

How to put together a multi image panorama in Adobe Lightroom.

Stitch an aerial panorama in Adobe Photoshop

How to make a panorama photograph from a video in Adobe Lightroom

Have some fun with your panoramas with the tiny planet effect in Photoshop

How to merge HDR in Photoshop, High Dynamic Range

Colin’s entire workflow used to create winning photographs in Photoshop, start to finish

Expanding on the previous tutorial, a more advanced Photoshop workflow

How to Edit video in Photoshop, yep, it’s true

Crash course to get you up and running with Premiere Pro. Edit your videos like a pro

How to change the speed of video to create a high impact ramp effect

How to smoothen out shaky and jerky videos in premiere Pro

How to easily apply cinematic colorgrading to your videos in Premiere Pro

How to add sound effects and music tracks to your videos in Premiere Pro

Title screens and how to encode your videos for playback online, mobile and anywhere

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How to Fly DJI Phantom 4 Drones & shoot stunning photos and videos

Colin Smith — Wed, 18 May 2016 00:36:44 +0000

Welcome from Colin. He tells you what to expect from this training

Learn how to fly safely and legally

Get out of the box and into the air

How to attach the propellers to the Phantom 4

Care and feeding of Batteries. Very important battery information, don’t skip this

Setup the camera and gimbal for the Phantom 4 and customizing the settings

Which cards to use and how to manage your data

How the controller works and what the sticks do

Understand the electronics that control your Phantom 4

Knowing this will help you avoid a lot of hassles and maybe save your copter

How to update the firmware on your copter, controller and batteries

Understand telemetry and screen layout of the Go App

All the Menus and settings explained

How to activate the different IOC modes

Camera Settings for the Phantom 4 Pro and Advanced

Choose the best video settings for the Pro and Advanced

Choose the best settings for your camera, It can do more than you realize

How to fly for the first time

The best sequence for startup, calibrate your compass

What’s in the Phantom 4 Pro? Find out here

New in Phantom 4, tap an object to fly to it

How to compose photos, panos and HDR. Different settings in action

How to shoot the best video, 4K and slo-motion

Make your Phantom a flying robot. Follow a car and avoid the trees at the same time, automatically!

A little tip for avoiding dust and sand

A box to put all your gear in, protect it and carry it around.

Your Phantom 4 can fly all by itself, here is how

How to set waypoints and different ways of automatically flying between them

Flying and shooting with the Phantom 4 Pro and Advanced

Wrap-up and recommendations

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DJI Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 Quadcopter Drones

Colin Smith — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:51:52 +0000

Welcome from Colin. He tells you what to expect from this training

What’s new in the Phantom 3 and the Inspire 1. High level overview

Learn how to fly safely and legally

Get to know the DJI Phantom 3

How to attach the propellers to the Phantom 3

Setup the camera for the Phantom 3

Getting your Phantom 3 all set up and ready to fly

Inspire 1 overview, history, capabilities and more

Getting your Inspire 1 ready for flight

What’s an Inspire 1 pro? Attaching the X5 camera to your Inspire 1

Care and feeding of Batteries. Very important battery information, don’t skip this

How to update the firmware on your copter, controller and batteries

Learn about the RC controllers for the Phantom 3 and the Inspire 1

How to actually fly your quadcopter

Other useful things available for your quad, including bags and cases

Understand telemetry and screen layout of the Go App

All the General settings explained

Learn the features of the MC controls. This is where a lot of the critical settings are

Features and settings to configure your controller

Set up dual controllers for the Inspire 1, hand over camera control to a 2nd operator

Is your signal for Lightbridge coming through clearly?

Lots of information on your batteries, keep an eye on them, your fuel gauge

Settings for your gimbal movement in the app

All the different things you can do with the camera, settings and features

Additional settings and features in the Inspire 1 and Inspire 1 Pro camera

Wrapping up this section and heading outdoors

Learn the calibration dance, calibrate your compass

How to compose a panorama in the air over the ocean in Hawaii and the process of capturing the photos and video

How to shoot aHDR in the jungle in Hawaii.

How to fly up a waterfall and capture smooth video

Reveals, pans, pull ins. orbits and more. Different camera shots and examples of each

Your Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 can fly all by itself, here is how

How to set waypoints and different ways of automatically flying between them

Your quadcopter can follow you around like a puppy, this is how to do it

How to make your aerial photos look great in Lightroom or Camera RAW

More advanced approach to Lightroom / ACR for fine tuned adjustments to your Photos

How to put together a multi image panorama in Adobe Lightroom.

Stitch an aerial panorama in Adobe Photoshop

How to make a panorama photograph from a video in Adobe Lightroom

Have some fun with your panoramas with the tiny planet effect in Photoshop

How to merge HDR in Photoshop, High Dynamic Range

Colin’s entire workflow used to create winning photographs in Photoshop, start to finish

Expanding on the previous tutorial, a more advanced Photoshop workflow

How to Edit video in Photoshop, yep, it’s true

Crash course to get you up and running with Premiere Pro. Edit your videos like a pro

How to change the speed of video to create a high impact ramp effect

How to smoothen out shaky and jerky videos in premiere Pro

How to easily apply cinematic colorgrading to your videos in Premiere Pro

How to add sound effects and music tracks to your videos in Premiere Pro

Title screens and how to encode your videos for playback online, mobile and anywhere

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DJI Phantom Quadcopter Drones

Colin Smith — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:09:22 +0000

A glimpse of what is in store for you on this epic video training manuel- Colin welcomes you.

A look at the DJI Phantom line of quadcopters. The differences between the different models. Which is best for you?

No fuss, from the box to flight, the bare essentials to get flying ASAP

The care and feeding of batteries. How to safely use the batteries, very important safety information

How to attach and change props. Self tightening and regular.

How to mount prop guards and why do you need them?

How to attach and detach camera platforms. How to install bushes

How to attach a GoPro to the DJI Phantoms

How to install Micro SD cards and which ones to get

How Colin likes to transport his Quadcopters

Update firmware and software calibration

Connecting your mobile device to your Phantom vision camera for FPV (First Person View)

Learn how to rename your copter.

The free app for iOS and android, tutorial on the apps features and use

Flying with the app, telemetry, radar, and shooting controls, Panorama and HDR

Using the Epson Moverio see-through goggles

Fly safely and responsibly and no one gets hurt

How to control the Phantom Quadcopter, how it flies

Calibrating your Quadcopter and using satellites for stability and marking your home base

Your first controlled flight and a very basic exercise to get the feel for your new quadcopter

Two exercises to help you get the feel for flying in straight lies and for basic copter orientation

How to fly in circles and camera orientation, Two exercises for you to practice

Two advanced flying exercises, learn to control your copter and to control the camera with precision

It’s not the end of the world if you crash

Using the built in return to home failsafe

Use the Intelligent Orientation Controls (The switches on your controller) for different ways to fly

Attitude, GPS, Course Lock and Home Lock demonstrated

Using Course Lock and Home lock to get different types of shots

Fully Automated Robotic Flight

On location at the beach, we go for a fly and see what we can see. Shoot some video and photos

How to shoot a panorama on location

How to shoot while following a moving object, on location

Some different cinematic camera moves. Simulating dollies and cranes. An on location sports car shoot

What is the best format to shoot photos on your Vision camera?

Getting started in Photoshop with aerial photographs. What most images need

How to correct the lens distortion with Photoshop

How to create stunning aerial panoramas with your Phantom and Photoshop

Have some fun with your panoramas and create tiny planets

How to make a true HDR with your aerial photos to bring out a ton of detail and dynamic range

Use Intensify Pro and Tonality pro to bring our texture and details in your aerial images

Different ways of extracting still images from video

Use Camera Raw as a powerful video adjustment tool

How to use Photoshop to easily create different cinematic color grading on your videos

Part 1 of 5. Getting video into Photoshop and basic cutting

Part 2 of 5 of our project. Change time with slow motion and sped-up time

Part 3 of 5. Using Photoshop to color grade our project using adjustment layers

Part 4 of 5 adding sound. Specifically music to set the mood.

Part 5 of 5. Create titles and overlays. How to export the final video for online and mobile viewing

A 30-minute crash-course for Premiere pro for beginners

How to use Premiere pro to stabilize shaky footage

How to fix fish-eye and lens distortion in Premiere Pro

A crash-course on using the free GoPro studio software for enhancing and editing video

“Doc” Russell Brown talks about new perspectives quadcopters are offering the photography industry

Creativity is what the game is about now

Learn what Russell Brown has to say about Breaking the rules

What Russell thinks the future may hold for Aerial Photography

Some tips on processing images from one of the world’s top pros

Mark Johnson shows you his crazy contraptions and modifications to make a unique and accessorized flying experience

Romeo demos the Epson Moverio FPV goggle system

Romeo shares some valuable travel advice for your DJI quadcopter

Jeff Foster discusses shooting video with quadcopters

Colin discusses creative ways to position your copter to get unique shots

Colin opens up his portfolio and discusses some images. Also, traveling advice is discussed

Colin gives you one last word of advice on shooting stable, high quality video with your Phantom copter

Colin gives you some final thoughts and valuable resources.

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Phantom 4 Training Bundle

Colin Smith — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 23:30:08 +0000

The DJI Phantom 4 training bundle includes everything you need to Fly, shoot and edit stunning photos and video on a DJI Phantom 4
Includes the Full Versions of:
How to Fly DJI Phantom 4 Drones & shoot stunning photos and videos
Beautiful Drone images, Aerial Photography and video Post Production
Value $89.99.
SPECIAL BUNDLE PRICE $79.99
Buy together and Save $10!

Colin shares his processing secrets that made him the #1 Liked Photographer on Skypixel. Discover his entire Lightroom and Photoshop workflow. Learn how to best edit photos, panoramas, HDR and video for stunning results. You won’t find this kind of information anywhere else. Learn to edit video in Photoshop and Premiere Pro, even if you have never edited video before. Stabalize shaky footage, color grade like a pro and do speed ramping effects. This Product covers Lightroom 6/CC, Photoshop CC and Premiere Pro CC (Even if you don’t have Premiere, you will learn how to use Photoshop for your video).

Learn how to Fly the DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter Drone now! How to get your new drone out of the box and into the sky and not into a tree! This Plain-English training course is broken into three parts, to quickly teach you what you need to know to fly and shoot beautiful photos and videos. Learn the best practices for safe, hassle free flying, so you can maximize your fun. Set up your Phantom 4 correctly and customize the settings to work the best for you. Learn about the different parts and how to properly maintain them and check them for air-worthiness. Another important key is keeping everything updated and calibrated, you will learn this too along with helpful advice. Learn how to use the go app and how to get the full use and benefits out of your hardware. Learn how to customize all the settings. Most importantly, learn what everything does. The app is very useful when you understand it, but can be overwhelming if you don’t know how it all works. On location flying. Learn how to fly safely and responsibly. Learn some flying exercises that will quickly develop skills and strengthen your flying muscles. Watch over your instructors shoulder as you embark on some real-world photography and video shoots. Lot’s of tips along the way, so you can shoot winning images. Learn how to use the automated flight modes, your drone can follow things and fly by itself to get professional looking camera moves that used to take years to master.

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Drones Archives - PhotoshopCAFE

Jaw Dropping Drone images, Aerial Photography and video Post Production

Learn Colin’s complete Photoshop workflow

Learn how to work in Lightroom or Camera RAW (Use either) for aerial photos.

Post Production | Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere Pro

Lightroom, Camera RAW basic adjustments

Lightroom Advanced

Lightroom Panorama

Panorama in Photoshop

Panorama from Video

Tiny Planet

HDR in Photoshop

Adjustment Stacking workflow in Photoshop

Exposure stacking in Photoshop

Video in Photoshop

Say hello to Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro, ramp speed

Stabilize videos

Color Grading your videos

Add sound and music

Titles and Exporting

How to Fly DJI Phantom 4 Drones & shoot stunning photos and videos

Now includes Phantom 4, Phantom 4 Pro and Phantom 4 Advanced

DJI Phantom 4 setup and hardware

Introduction and overview

Safety

Quick start guide

Phantom Propellers

Batteries

Gimbal Setup

Micro SD cards

Flight Control

IMU and Compass Overview

IMU and Compass Calibration

Update the Firmware

DJI Go App

GO App Screen walkthrough

General settings

Intelligent Flight Modes

P4 Pro /Advanced Camera Settings

P4 Pro /Advanced Video Settings

Camera Settings

Flying on Location

Your First Flight

Startup and Calibration

On Location with The Phantom 4 Pro

Tap to Fly

Shooting Photographs

Shooting Aerial Video

Active Track

Helipad Hack

Hard Shell Cases

Advanced Flight modes

WayPoint flying

Flying the Phantom 4 Advanced and Pro

Where to from here?

DJI Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 Quadcopter Drones

Watch the trailer here to see what this video training is all about.

Learn Colin’s complete Photoshop workflow

Learn how to work in Lightroom or Camera RAW (Use either) for aerial photos.

DJI Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 hardware

Introduction and overview

What’s new in the P3 and I1

Safety

Phantom 3 overview

Phantom Propellers

Phantom Camera Setup

Phantom Preflight

Meet Inspire 1

Setup Inspire 1

X5 Upgrade and Inspire 1 Pro

Batteries

Update the Firmware

RC Controllers

Flight Control

Accessories, bags, cases and more

DJI Go App

GO App Screen walkthrough

General settings

MC Controls