Editing & Grading Drone Footage

Who it's for

Pilots whose aerial clips won't match the rest of the video. You flew the shot of your life — a clean reveal over the coast, the horizon dead level — and the moment you drop it into your timeline it looks like it came from a different film. Too flat, too green, a little wobbly, and somehow both too smooth and too jittery at once. This guide fixes that. It teaches you to correct, grade, and match drone footage so your aerials feel like they belong to the same story as everything shot on the ground.

What's inside

• Aerials That Won't Match the Edit
• Organize & Cull Your Aerial Clips
• Fix Rolling Shutter / "Jello" & Stabilize
• Speed — Ramps, Slow-Mo & Reveals
• Color-Correct Aerials First
• Grade the Look — D-Log, Flat Footage & LUTs
• Match Air to Ground Footage
• Cutting Aerials Into a Sequence
• Export for YouTube, Reels/TikTok & Client Delivery
• A Repeatable Aerial-Edit Workflow