360 reframing
Also known as: reframing 360 video, OverCapture, 360 to flat
Turning a spherical 360 recording into a normal flat video by choosing where a virtual camera points, how wide it sees and how it moves over time.
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What it means
A 360 camera records everything around it at once, but nobody watches a sphere on a phone or a TV. Reframing is the step where you place a virtual camera inside that sphere and decide, moment by moment, what it looks at. The result is an ordinary flat clip in 16:9, 9:16 or any other aspect ratio.
The big advantage is that framing becomes a decision you make after the ride, not before it. You can follow a rider who passes behind you, swing round to catch a friend reacting, or pull out to a tiny-planet view, all from one take. The trade-off is resolution: you only ever see a slice of the full 5.7K or 8K sphere.
How it works in practice
In Insta360 Studio or the Insta360 mobile app you open the INSV clip, drop keyframes along the timeline and set pan, tilt, roll and FOV at each one, and the software interpolates between them. Deep Track lets you tap a subject and have the view follow it, and similar tools offer Auto-reframing that picks the angles for you.
GoPro MAX footage is reframed the same way in GoPro Quik. When the moves look right, export a flat MP4 at the highest resolution offered - usually 4K from a 5.7K source - with stabilization and horizon leveling switched on, because both work best while the full sphere is still available.
What to watch out for
Fast keyframe moves make viewers seasick. A pan that feels fine on a laptop becomes a whip on a big screen, so ease in and out and leave a second or two between direction changes. Very wide FOV settings also bring back heavy fisheye distortion at the edges of the frame.
Watch the stitch line. Anything closer than about half a meter, including your own hand, can tear where the two lenses meet, so avoid parking the view on that seam. And respect the resolution budget: punching in on a distant subject gives soft, blocky detail that no export setting can rescue.
How RawClip handles it
RawClip does not read 360 files directly. Reframe each clip in the Insta360 app or Insta360 Studio first, export it as a flat MP4 or MOV, then upload those exports alongside footage from your other cameras. The AI cuts the reframed clips into your highlight like any other video.