Using Skills within the Skydio 2 app

  1. Skydio
  2. Skydio 2
  3. Flying Skydio 2

Like your own personal camera crew, Skydio 2 knows what to film and intelligently flies itself during your activity to get the best shot. Using the Skydio 2 app, you have a wide range of control over the type of shot you’d like to capture with your drone, via an ever-growing library of unique skills.

Anytime you want to get creative while filming, just select a different skill in the app. With most skills, you can adjust the height and range the Skydio 2 will film from, as well as other skill-specific controls and settings. The onscreen controls in the Skydio 2 app work in harmony with each skill to give you intuitive control over your drone’s point-of-view.

Be sure to check out our series of Skydio Flight School videos, including this deeper dive into the Skydio 2 app:

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Here are the current skills available and how the Skydio 2 app controls are used for each. This list will continue to grow and evolve with updates to the Skydio 2 app.

Cinematic Skills

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Motion Track

 Skydio 2 will track a subject from a specified angle relative to the subject’s direction of motion, such as from the front, side or behind. Great for ensuring Skydio 2 always captures the subject from a specific angle, such as the front, as they move.

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Fixed Track

 Skydio 2 will track a subject from a fixed angle regardless of which direction the subject is facing or moving. Perfect for keeping the sun at a specific angle or ensuring a great background stays in the frame.

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Orbit

 Skydio 2 will rotate around the selected subject in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, keeping the subject in the center of the frame.

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Cable

 This powerful skill allows you to mark two points in the sky and have Skydio 2 fly along a fixed path between them, like a virtual "cable cam".

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Hover

 Skydio 2 will hover in a fixed position, as if affixed to a virtual tripod, rotating and tilting the camera to look at the subject as they move.

One-Shots

One-Shots are special skills that perform a specific maneuver (such as a dronie) and then end, returning to the previously selected skill once the shot is complete.

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Dronie

 Skydio 2 will fly up and outward, increasing in range, while continuing to track the subject.

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Rocket

 Skydio 2 will fly straight up to capture a bird’s eye overhead view of the subject.

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Boomerang

 Skydio 2 rotates once around the subject, beginning close, flying outward, and finally returning close to the subject.

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Vortex

 Skydio 2 will fly up and outward while rotating around the subject.
Specialty Skills

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Learn to Fly

 Learn the basics of how to track subjects and control your Skydio 2. This tutorial appears automatically on your first flight, and you can repeat it at any time.

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