#Gear 360 actiondirector review manual#
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If YouTube is your platform of choice, you can share directly from the Gear 360 Manager app or after editing in ActionDirector. Unfortunately, uploading to Facebook involves a noticeable loss of quality along the way. If your friends are viewing on a mobile device they can physically move it to pan around the frame if they're on a desktop, they can use their mouse instead. You'll probably get more traction on Facebook, mind, which can now handle both stills and video embedded in the timeline.

#Gear 360 actiondirector review professional#

Originally launched as the oddly named Milk VR, and subsequently retitled Samsung VR, the company's own virtual reality library supports both professional content вЂ“ including movies and apps вЂ“ and user-generated content uploaded from the Gear 360. If you want a copy from the camera, you need to save it manually (you can select multiple thumbnails and save them all in one fell swoop, mind) otherwise, every time you view something stored on the camera's memory card, you'll need to wait for the processing to take place every time.Дoubly-frustrating is the fact that there's no apparent way to store 360 photos or video on a memory card, which means you're limited to the generally 32GB of in-phone storage on the Galaxy S7. What's somewhat counter-intuitive is that processed media isn't automatically stored to your phone. As with the camera preview, you can choose between a 360 view вЂ“ moving with a finger-drag or, optionally, as you physically move the phone вЂ“ a panorama, or a split-screen with each of the two stills or videos. That happens on a per-view basis when you tap each item in the 'Gear 360' tab in the app, the processing time depending on factors like length and resolution. Once you've captured a photo or video, it needs to be stitched before you can see it properly.

Samsung's dinky little tripod is good for impromptu shots, and the legs snap together to make a useful handle, but the best results often come when the camera is fairly high up off the ground which means locating either a regular tripod or something tall enough to stand the Gear 360 on top of. It's not so much about positioning вЂ“ after all, everything around the Gear 360 is going to be in the snap вЂ“ as it is height.

If you're in time-lapse mode you can adjust the interval between shots in the app too the Gear 360 remembers your most recent setting, even if it's powered off or disconnected from your phone.Д«est of all, there's minimal delay after recording before you can take another photo or start recording video again.ДЇraming with a 360-degree camera is a different experience than most of us are used to.

#Gear 360 actiondirector review manual#

Manual settings include white balance, ISO from 400 to 1600, exposure from +/- 3.0 in 1/10th of a stop increments, and resolution, as well as the ability to toggle HDR and sharpness on/off.