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underwater_videography_with_gopro [2025/05/07 22:44] – include feet and round figures in attenuation table qlyoungunderwater_videography_with_gopro [2025/07/27 16:35] (current) qlyoung
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 | Depth (m) | Depth (ft) | Light Intensity (%) | | Depth (m) | Depth (ft) | Light Intensity (%) |
 |------------|------------|---------------------| |------------|------------|---------------------|
-| 0          | 0          | 100                 +| 0          | 0          | 100%                
-| 5          | 15         | 78                  +| 5          | 15         | 78%                 
-| 10         | 35         | 61                  +| 10         | 35         | 61%                 
-| 15         | 50         | 47                  +| 15         | 50         | 47%                 
-| 20         | 65         | 37                  +| 20         | 65         | 37%                 
-| 25         | 80         | 29                  +| 25         | 80         | 29%                 
-| 30         | 100        | 22                  +| 30         | 100        | 22%                 
-| 35         | 115        | 17                  +| 35         | 115        | 17%                 
-| 40         | 130        | 14                  +| 40         | 130        | 14%                 
-| 45         | 150        | 11                  +| 45         | 150        | 11%                 
-| 50         | 165        | 8                   |+| 50         | 165        | 8%                  | 
  
  
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 Without this adjustment stabilization will still work, just not as well. GoPro Labs docs say that without it, Hypersmooth is about 70% effective compared to shooting in air. Without this adjustment stabilization will still work, just not as well. GoPro Labs docs say that without it, Hypersmooth is about 70% effective compared to shooting in air.
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 +To get an idea for the difference, compare the results of distortion correction calibrated for air (left) versus water (right):
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 +{{:air.png?400 |}} {{:water.png?400 |}}
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 ### GoPro specifics ### GoPro specifics
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 - It is performed on the camera CPU in real time and thus has hard compute limits to contend with - It is performed on the camera CPU in real time and thus has hard compute limits to contend with
 - It does not know what will happen in the future and cannot benefit from the additional information; stabilization in post can view the entire gyro track and perform smoothing over a larger time window, improving results - It does not know what will happen in the future and cannot benefit from the additional information; stabilization in post can view the entire gyro track and perform smoothing over a larger time window, improving results
 +- As mentioned above, distortion correction is not calibrated for water reducing stabilization quality
  
 For these reasons I do not use Hypersmooth when shooting underwater. For these reasons I do not use Hypersmooth when shooting underwater.
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 - A binary track containing gopro-specific metadata. This is where gyro, GPS and other metadata is stored. - A binary track containing gopro-specific metadata. This is where gyro, GPS and other metadata is stored.
  
-By default, GyroFlow will drop the metadata tracks when producing a stabilized output. This metadata is valuable and other tools such as Telemetry Overlay rely on it to function, so you want to keep this track.+By default, GyroFlow will drop the metadata tracks when producing a stabilized output. This metadata is valuable and other tools such as Telemetr 
 +y  
 +Overlay rely on it to function, so you want to keep this track.
  
 ## Denoising ## Denoising
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