To edit 1080 on a computer, you really don't need a video card, although it does help. If you have an i5 CPU, Windows, 8GB (16 preferred), and the computer is less than 3yrs old, that should suffice to edit 1080 video resolutions pretty good. If you ever get into 4K editing, you will definitely need a higher end computer with a graphics accelerator. What editing s/w are you using? I assume you captured the fall color video at 1080, correct? After you edited the video, are you sure you rendered at 1080 as your final step?I’m doing the sd card. I thought it looked low quality also. I had the first mishap with this flight. I was getting some green screen while flying down a path. I thought a forest floor shot with all the colors would be nice, The green screen came on and the ac was around a turn at about 5 ft. el. It nick a tree trunk with one prop. The prop broke and the video got corrupted in the fall. I fix the corrupted video but it didn’t act right in the editing. It took 4 tries to render it to you tube. I put so much time in it, I just gave up and let it be because of that corrupted video. I didn’t think I could fix it anyway. My wife also said leave it. She thought I was being too picky.
I thought the color was saturated enough, but I never touched the contrast. I am having a difficult time understanding the video editing process and program. I seem to do fine with stills, but even that has taken some time. I use to have fun posting on Panoramio. I need to get the computer video card upgraded. I had to retire this year because of medical reasons and can’t throw money into everything at once. I do what I can and I’m having a great time flying my p4. I dreamed of flying since I was a little kid. I do appreciate your comments and knowledge. Thank you.
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