# Getting smooth, easy orbits

**URL:** <https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/getting-smooth-easy-orbits/1874>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** orbit\
**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/getting-smooth-easy-orbits/1874 "2022-03-04T14:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![NewPilot](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@NewPilot](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/NewPilot)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/getting-smooth-easy-orbits/1874/14 "2022-03-12T20:09:02Z")

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> [@Dronut](#):
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> You can switch apps while the drone is airborne.

Thank you, I wasnt aware of that. And I didnt have the courage to test it during the flight 🙂

Back to the stabilization.

> [@NewPilot](#):
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> I used the “Stabilize” filter with the following settings - and I quite like the increased stabilization:

The stabilization approach in post processing works well enough for my needs for now. Linking some resources I used:  
The following post from the shotcut forum is useful - although some of its explanations are wrong:

> **[Stabilization Settings, Descriptions, and Tendencies](https://forum.shotcut.org/t/stabilization-settings-descriptions-and-tendencies/2139)**
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> After rendering a video project countless times with low & high settings of each scale, then closely studying the results, this is what I believe each setting does. The higher the setting, the more it does what is described. Shakiness seems...

If you want to know the settings better, here is the project which it is based on - and it explans what the settings control better:

> **[GitHub - georgmartius/vid.stab: Video stabilization library](https://github.com/georgmartius/vid.stab)**
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> Video stabilization library. Contribute to georgmartius/vid.stab development by creating an account on GitHub.

So as a concluding remark for this thread here is what I do to get smooth orbits on a Mini 2 using Litchi app:

1. Before using litchi, in the DJI FLy app set the **Normal** mode Max yaw rate as ~15 degrees per second and smoothness 15 or more

2. Switch to the Litchi app and use a reasonably slow radial velocity when orbiting - say 6 degrees per second (60 seconds for 1 full orbit) or lower.

3. Use [_ **shotcut** _](https://shotcut.org/) (free, open source video editor) and apply the stabilize filter. I have settled on the following values, generally using the higher end of these values if the video has large jitters:

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