Horizon & tilt correction
A drifting horizon is the fastest way to make an expensive aerial look amateur. Every shot is levelled.
Drone video
Aerials that sell the location, not just the drone.
Flying is the easy half. The edit is where a set of orbits becomes a listing video that establishes the lot, the setting and the approach — matched to the footage you shot on the ground.
Why aerials underperform
Most drone footage is three orbits and no story.
The shots are fine individually. Strung together unedited, they tell a buyer nothing about the property.
Aerials are context: this is where the house sits, this is the lot, this is what the street and the view look like. Used that way, thirty seconds of air time raises the whole edit. Used as filler, it is a minute of rooftop no buyer needed.
Technically, aerials also need the most repair. Horizons drift, haze flattens everything past the first hundred metres, exposure moves as the aircraft turns, and drone log profiles look nothing like the interior footage until they are graded to match.
What is included
What the aerial edit covers.
Haze & contrast recovery
Atmospheric flatness at altitude cleaned up so the treeline, the water and the roof lines read properly.
Exposure through the turn
Orbits swing through the sun and the exposure moves with them. Those shifts are evened out across the move.
Graded with the ground footage
Aerials and interiors finished to one look, so the cut from sky to living room does not change the film.
Cut for structure
The establishing shot opens, the reveal earns its place, and the lot pass appears where it actually helps.
Delivered with the listing
The finished edit lands in the same client gallery as the stills — no separate transfer link.
Fly for it
Four moves that always make the cut.
- High establishing orbit that places the property in its setting
- A slow reveal pushing toward the front elevation
- A boundary pass that shows the lot honestly
- The feature shot — water, view, acreage, pool
- Fly in the hour after sunrise or before sunset for usable light and less haze
- Record flat or log and send it ungraded so it can be matched to your ground clips
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do you edit drone footage separately or with the ground clips?
With them. An aerial-only edit rarely sells a property — the aerials establish the location and the lot, then the walkthrough sells the interior. Both are cut into one listing video.
What do you fix on aerial clips?
Horizon levelling, haze and flat contrast at altitude, colour that drifts as the drone turns through the sun, and the log or flat profile most drones record in.
How much footage should I fly?
Three or four deliberate moves is usually plenty: a high establishing orbit, a reveal toward the property, a boundary pass showing the lot, and the feature — water, view, acreage.
Do you handle log footage?
Yes. Send it flat and ungraded rather than baking in a look on the drone; there is far more room to match it to the ground footage that way.
Are you providing the pilot?
No. You fly — legally and licensed for your jurisdiction — and we edit. Aerial capture, permissions and airspace compliance are yours.
Turn your air time into a listing video.
Upload the aerials with your ground footage and get one finished edit back.