Using Skills within the Skydio 2 app
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.
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 | |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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". |
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. |
Rocket |
Skydio 2 will fly straight up to capture a bird’s eye overhead view of the subject. |
Boomerang |
Skydio 2 rotates once around the subject, beginning close, flying outward, and finally returning close to the subject. |
Vortex |
Skydio 2 will fly up and outward while rotating around the subject. |
Specialty Skills | |
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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