How do I export 360 degree video as 180 video?

I have the Insta360 One camera and edit footage shot with it in FCP X. In order to make a non-360 video, just create an HD project (1920 X 1080) in FCP X before placing any Insta360 One footage on the timeline. then when you bring the footage into FCP X's timeline, you will be able to set keyframes that allow you to pick the viewing angle that you wish. FCP X will create very smooth motion between these key frames. Some excellent training in 360 video editing in FCP X can be found at rippletraining.com.

Tom

Gene_Arnold wrote:

… I'd like to be able to pause a frame and then circle around the location then pick back up again. Kind of like a Matrix move ;-)

… not bullet-time (where the cams node is not in the camera), but a sort-of:

create a HDproject

apply 360° material

set a Hold/shift-H (no Freeze, a freeze loses the Orientation)

… and within that hold range set some keyframes in the clips Orientation tab in the Inspector.

Again: a bit diff. than bullet-time, because the cam rotates in its 'inside' own axis, not around an 'outside' anchor point (… but that does the Insta's own 'bullet-time' neither)

Using the bullet mode with the Insta360 One may be more what you are looking for. However, that mode is really designed for a 360 movie so it may not be what you want. In an HD timeline, you can certainly grab any still from that you wish, hold it for as long as you like, and surround it with different angles using keyframes to specify the view that you want. Incidentally, just to be clear, I have no affiliation whatsoever with Ripple Training. I have just been a satisfied customer of many of their FCP X and Motion Training tutorials.