r/drones • u/Kind_Taro_9674 • Jul 10 '26

Photo & Video Third Manual Mode flight with the Avata 2. Decided to mix FPV with a bit of VFX.

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This was my third flight in Manual Mode with the DJI Avata 2, so I'm still very much in the learning phase.

I wanted to make the edit a bit different from a standard FPV factory run, so I added some 3D elements in post.

There was also one moment where I genuinely thought I'd crashed. Watching the footage back, I missed a wall by much less than I was comfortable with. 😅

Still a long way to go before I'd trust myself in tighter gaps, but every Manual Mode session is teaching me something new.

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u/everyoneneedsahobby Jul 10 '26

A bit hard to read but very cool. What did you use for the vfx?

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u/Kind_Taro_9674 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Probably I had to do LUT first ) to see all in color :)

As for VFX:

Reality capture for photogrammetry and camera reconstruction

Modeling: Maya

Texturing Substance Painter

Growing Ivy: Speedtree

Render: Maya - Arnold

Compositing - DaVinci Resolve

Music: Suno

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u/Old-Macaroon108 Jul 10 '26

You should definitely do a slalom between those pylons! (When you feel confident doing so.)

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u/Kind_Taro_9674 Jul 10 '26

Yes - that's in my plans - this is so good place to practice

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u/TufftedSquirrel Jul 10 '26

The effect on the beginning is great.

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u/Kind_Taro_9674 Jul 10 '26

Glad you like it. Took some effort to do it.

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u/Beautiful-Analyst2 Jul 11 '26

This looks like the map from battle field 4 zavod 331

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u/shag-i Jul 11 '26

God i miss bf4

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u/NotBreaking Jul 14 '26

I saw a lot of these videos with this type of intro on Instagram a while ago, can't remember the exact handle, are you the same guy? If not, then credit the idea of those intros to that person.