Cinematic Shots with the HOVERAir X1 - Austin, TX 

Yeah, still a beautiful city, but cheap and laid-back it no longer is. Still small, and feels smaller every day with how many people are crowding into it. You oughtta see SoCo, South First, and S. Lamar now. Nothing like you'd remember.

I sincerely appreciate that. Thank you so much! I bet you'll create beautiful videos!

@@LifeOfIvyQuinn thank you. I surely will. I have ordered mine via my friend in US and can't wait to get my hands on it.

Thank you so much! I'm planning on it!

For some of the shots, I was flying it manually.

@inquisitvem6723 Not really. There's no camera settings to adjust (ISO/shutter speed), and as far as I can tell, the X1 cranks up the ISO in order to expose for the darker areas, which, in turn, blows out the highlights.

Thank you! This video took 2-3 hours to shoot, and with that comes changing light as the sun rises. I first had to adjust each clip to get white balance/exposure/color/etc. to match as close as possible. I then applied a filter to the entire video, after which I went back into the individual clips for final tweaking of the image. As for manual control, I'm quite used to it. During manual flight, the drone's speed is significantly reduced, from a 15mph top speed (when flying itself) down to about 1.5mph during manually controlled flight, so chances of you losing control of it/running into something or someone are greatly reduced. It's actually pretty relaxed.

Thank you!

Thank YOU for watching! Yep, just the phone for control. I have debated buying one of the 8Bitdo controllers, but now that I'm used to the phone app, I simply haven't seen the need to spend the money.

Aww, thanks so much! I appreciate that. It's a fun little camera, and so quick and easy to use. No doubt you'll create some great videos with it!

Thank you! Yeah, it does pretty well. Especially in the right light.

Thank you!

It's a neat little piece of tech!

Yep! I'm currently in texas, helping some friends with some things, but I'll be getting back on the road in April for more adventures!

Thank you! I'm really just learning color grading, and I edit all my videos on my phone. This video took a couple hours to shoot, and the lighting was different for just about every scene, so I first had to go in and manually adjust (color/brightness/temp/etc.) each clip individually. Once I got them all looking relatively the same, I applied a filter to the entire video and adjusted that. I then went back and tweaked the individual clips to get everything to match as close as possible. Lol, I don't know if it's the "right" way to do it, but that's how I do'd it.

Thank you for the reply, color grading can be quite the challenge when you have multiple clips and want them all to match. I’ve had this drone for a few days and I really like it.

Thank you so very much! No upscaling. Every shot was recorded in 2.7K @ 30fps and edited on my phone with CapCut.

​@LifeOfIvyQuinn But it shows as a 4K video. So you must have upscaled it, no? Nice shots, if a little heavy on the orange and teal tint.😊

@markr041 Thank you! I don't know what to tell ya. On my end, the highest resolution shows as 2160p. It was recorded in and exported as 2.7k, and that's the file uploaded here. Why it would show as 4k is beyond me 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@LifeOfIvyQuinn lol, ok, appreciate you taking valuable time to respond. 👌🏾

@Coatsey007 lol, I don't know if I would describe my time as "valuable", but you're welcome.

Thank you! I'm tryin'!

Thank you!

Спасибо 🙏🏻

Thank you! I'm not very good at any of this, and your compliment makes me feel like I'm progressing, even if it's just a little bit.

@@LifeOfIvyQuinnFrom the evidence of this video, you are pretty darn good at this!

@revomartin Thank you so much! You're very kind. I really am trying.

@@Fei_Bi 謝謝你美麗的讚美 🙏🏻

Yup! It's called "Dolly Track", and as long as it's not too tight where you'll be, you really shouldn't have any trouble.

@@LifeOfIvyQuinn Thanks!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! I really can't take credit, though. The skyline and Town Lake make it easy to get nice shots.

@@LifeOfIvyQuinn I agree as I shoot in the same location 😀 but your time of the day/lighting and edits are awesome!

@@showingaustin Aww, well, thank you!

$479 USD on amazon right now

@@LifeOfIvyQuinn Compared to DJI, which one is better?

@ikhsaneddiesaputra5668 That's a difficult question to answer. On one hand, the HOVERAir is EXTREMELY convenient to use. It takes only seconds to turn it on and get flying, and it does what it does very well. On the other hand, a DJI 2SE is only $299 on amazon, it flies farther, it flies faster, it flies higher, and it has better image quality, but it's not as compact or as convenient to fly as the HOVERAir. They both have their pros and cons. It really comes down to what is best for your situation. For me, having both would be the way to go, and is my plan.