Insta360 X5 release date

If you look at the release dates of the previous models Insta360 ONE X2, Insta360 X3 and Insta360 X4 we can see that there is always about 2 years between the releases.

Insta360 X5 Specs

The change from the Insta360 X3 to the Insta360 X4 involved a significant technical update. The Insta360 X4 introduced 8K 360-video and was a game-changer for the Insta360 X series. What improvements the Insta360 X5 will bring can only be speculated. It is assumed that the Insta360 X5 will certainly feature a larger sensor and improved low-light performance. Whether the Insta360 X5 will also bring leaps in video resolution is difficult to say. However, it is assumed that the X5 will also be capable of recording 8K videos. 10K is rather unlikely.

Are you searching for the ultimate immersive experience with a high-resolution 360 camera? Look no further! This comprehensive guide presents the best 8K 360 cameras available in 2025, revealing the top choices you can make right now. We'll explore why 8K resolution is crucial for 360 content and dive into the leading models on the market.

A 360 camera captures the entire surrounding environment, but viewers can't experience the full 360-degree view on a standard screen without distortion. Even with VR headsets or interactive video navigation, only a portion of the captured 360° environment is visible at any given time.

This means only a defined section of the entire recorded 360 video is displayed, significantly impacting perceived video quality. When a 360-degree camera captures the whole scene and only a small portion is shown, the majority of the filmed environment remains unseen. For example, if a 360 camera records in 8K and only one-third of the image is displayed, the effective resolution drops from 8K to approximately 2.7K.

"Reframing" refers to converting 360° video footage into a standard video format. Reframing dictates the viewer's perspective, removing the ability to navigate the immersive space freely. It's the most common way 360 video is presented to audiences. It's crucial to understand how you reframe and which reframing settings you use. Poor reframing leads to poor output quality. However, one thing is certain: the higher the resolution of the original 360° video, the better the quality of the reframed video. This is why 8K resolution is so beneficial for 360 cameras.

When we talk about 8K in this context, we're referring to 8K video resolution. This is important because most 360 cameras can easily capture 8K 360 photos. However, very few can record 8K video. For a long time, only 5.7K video resolution was readily available, but in 2024 and 2025, the first consumer-grade 8K 360 cameras were released.

Important Note: This guide focuses exclusively on affordable consumer 360 cameras. Professional 360 cameras with 8K or higher resolution have existed for years (e.g., the Insta360 Pro 2*), but these cost $5,000 or more.

Technology continues to advance, and in 2025, several affordable 8K 360 cameras are available for consumers. Reputable manufacturers like Insta360, QooCam, and others are leading the market:

8K 360 Video Upscaling

Advancements in AI have made it incredibly easy to upscale videos to 8K.

The Gimbal Guru Reframe Presets are ready-to-use 360-video reframing templates! These Ready-to-use reframing presets can be applied to your 360-footage via drag and drop. Whether perspective presets with precisely selected parameters for the best output quality, prefabricated animations for creative reframing ideas, ready-to-use reframing transitions and a lot more, this all you get in one package, with the Gimbal Guru Reframe Presets! Perfect for all beginners as well as professionals, who want to exploit the full creative scope of 360-cameras.

Installation

The main requirement is Adobe Premiere Pro. You cannot use the Gimbal Guru Reframe Package without Adobe Premiere Pro! So make sure you have the latest version installed. A version for Davinci Resolve may be available in the future!

To use the preset package, it is also a necessary requirement to have the Insta360 Reframe plugin installed. To install the Insta360 Reframe Plugin, install the latest version of Insta360 Studio. You can find the download link in the user manual. The installation of Insta360 Reframe is automatically included in the installation of Insta360 Studio.

If you have purchased the Insta360 Reframe presets, you will receive a ZIP folder containing everything. The first step is to unzip this ZIP folder. Then open Adobe Premiere Pro and create a new project. Click on Effects and search for Insta360 Reframe in the search bar to make sure that the Reframe plugin has been installed. If so, delete the search term from the bar and open the “Presets” folder. Right-click and select “Import Presets”. In the unzipped folder, search for the file “gimbal Guru reframe presets.prfpset” and import it. The complete folder of “Gimbal Guru Reframe Presets” is imported and you can start immediately.

Helpful information

Before I show you all the details of the application, I can only recommend that you watch my “Insta360 Reframe Tutorial” in advance. There you will learn how the Insta360 Reframe plugin works and all the basics that are helpful and necessary for usage.

Application

Now the installation is complete, so let's start with the application. If you open the “Gimbal Guru Reframe Presets” folder, you will find subfolders with the different resolutions. To explain the application examples to you, I will therefore create a 4K sequence with 30fps.

I import my first 360 raw material there, which I need straight away. Back under the Effects tab and the Gimbal Guru Reframe Presets folder, I open the 4K folder. There I find further subfolders with “perspecitive”, “animation”, “advanced animation” and “transition”. I will explain everything here. Let's start with the “perspective” folder.

Perspective

The first folder contains the “Perspectives”. There you will find ready-to-use presets for the reframing process. All presets can be applied to your 360-raw footage simply via drag & drop.

Cinematic

The first perspective preset is “cinematic”. The perfect viewing angle and the best parameters for the highest possible quality, for cinematic reframing, have been selected here. The values “View control”, “FoV control” and “Distortion control” are defined here to achieve the best quality. This perspective template is perfect for any 360-camera raw material. You get a wide-angle view without noticeable distortion. This template is ideal for landscape or similar shots. You can animate and change the viewing angle as you like.

Cinematic wide

The perspective template “Cinematic wide” is very similar to the “cinematic template”. The only difference is that you get an even wider angle of view.

Cinematic extra wide

With “cinematic extra wide” you get the maximum wide-angle that still looks natural.

Ultra wide angle

With the “ultra wide angle” perspective, a large part of your 360-degree Shot is squeezed into the reframing image section. The distortion is already clearly noticeable. The “ultra-wide-angle” preset is perfect for shots on a mountain, in front of a cliff or other places where you want to give the viewer an insight into the impressive environment.

Zero distortion

With “zero distortion”, all parameters have been preset, that no distortion is recognizable in the image. No matter how you turn and twist the view, you will not find any distorted lines, even in challenging environments.

City Cinematic

The “city cinematic” preset is ideal for reframing 360-degree shots taken in cities. Care has been taken, to minimize vertical distortion so that there are no falling lines in the image. Regardless of whether a panning or tilting movement is reframed, the reframed shots with the “city cinematic” preset look professional and high quality.

 So we are done with the “perspective” folder”, now we continue with the “animation” folder.

Animation

In the “Animation” folder you will find ready-to-use creative reframing animations for your 360-video material, which can be applied simply by drag and drop. Let’s start with the first one.

 Planet landing

With the “Planet Landing” preset, it looks as if a small spaceship or drone is landing on a planet. The effect works best if you move your 360-degree camera on a selfie stick from top to bottom and then apply the “planet landing” preset.

 First I import the raw material and then I trim the video. I put a cut where I want the effect to start. Then I apply the animation preset by drag and drop.

Important: You can use the source parameters to adjust the initial parameters so that the presets are suitable for your 360 recording. If you apply an animation preset to your material, this tab is always open by default. This makes it easy to make adjustments. In this example I adjust the Pan Parameter a little bit.

Very important: I recommend you only adjust the pan angle in the source parameters. If you change another parameter or more than one, errors may occur! Then you must close and open Premiere Pro again!

Top Dive

The preset “Top Dive” simulates a nosedive flight. This preset is perfect for dynamically diving into a scene. Here I also cut the video first and then I apply the presets animation to it. The panning parameter must then be adjusted in source mode. And the animation is finished.

Vertigo effect / Dolly zoom

The Vertigo or dolly zoom effect is an optical illusion where the zoom is changed during a camera movement. The effect works best when you are walking along with a constant speed and then apply the effect. Here are some different scenes where I used the presets. The effect can be shortened by pulling the two keyframes backwards.

FPV Drone

With the FPV Drone preset, the flight of an FPV drone can be simulated. The FPV presets works best, when you film in an environment with the selfie stick fully extended. The dynamic reframing movements simulates the flight of an FPV drone.

Dynamic lookaround

The reframe preset “Dynamic lookaround” is perfect in environments where you want to present the viewer the complete 360-degree environment. The preset provides a dynamic 360° all-round view.

Tiny planet flip 1

The “tiny planet flip” is a creative way of reframing, where you switch from an inverted tiny planet perspective to a tiny planet. This results in an interesting animation with your 360-video-material.

 Mega Zoomout

The Mega Zoomout is ideal for presenting the surroundings to the viewer. For example, if you have a stunning landscape, the Mega Zoomout is perfect for presenting this landscape. A large part of the 360-shot is displayed in the reframed image.

 Tiny planet flip 2

The “tiny planet flip 2” preset is similar to the tiny planet flip 1, except that it switches from the tiny planet view to the inverted tiny planet.

Dynamic Zoomin

The “dynamic Zoomin” is perfect for a dynamic entrance into a scene. This effect is suitable for almost every 360 Shot.

Tiny planet explosion

The tiny planet explosion is an experimental, creative 360 effect where an explosion is simulated. Also a creative way to enter into scene.

Mega Zoomi

The Mega Zoom in is the opposite of the Mega Zoom out. It zooms in and reduces the reframing image section.

Cinematic tiltup

The cinematic tiltup is a simple tilting movement, which looks like a professional shot due to the smooth movement.

Cinematic tiltdown

The cinematic tiltdown is almost identical. The only difference here is that it tilts down.

 The drone above me

The preset “the drone above me” simulates an overhead flight of a drone. The best results are achieved, when you film with a long selfie stick directly above your head and walk around.

Fast back and forth

“Fast back and forth” changes the view-perspective between front and back. In other words, a quick 180° pan. This allows you to display the scene from both sides in one reframing video. You can adapt the back and fo Requirementsrth pan by moving the keyframes.

360-scan

The “360-scan” preset scans the entire surrounding by panning through with 90° increments.

 Drone Zoomout

The drone zoomout simulates a drone flying over you and taking off in the air. The best results are achieved when you film with a long selfie stick directly above you and walk slowly.

 Phone tilt effect / Only in SocialMedia

In the Social Media folder there is an additional effect in the “Animation” folder. This so called “Phone tilt effect”, is slowly rotating the video by 90°. If you watch the final video on your Smartphone and you rotate it slowly, it creates an interesting effect.

 and these were all animation presets!

To summarize, the preset animations can be easily applied as follow:

1. Import and trim the clip
2. Apply the desired animation preset via drag & drop
3. Adjust the pan angle in the source parameters

Advanced Animations

The Gimbal Guru Advanced Animations are animations where more than one video layer is necessary for the final result. Here we work with tow layers, which I will now explain to you. Layer 1 is always for the lower video track and layer 2 for the upper one. Most of the time the video is simply copied.I will now show you what this means!

Split screen vertical

A split screen is a good way to display several viewing directions of a video in one Shot. For example, if you have a recording where you want to show the front and back view at the same time, you can do this with a split screen. In this example, I want to see myself and the people in front of me. By holding down the ALT key, I copy the video from layer 1 to layer 2. Then I apply the preset for layer 1 to video track 1 and the preset for layer 2 to video track 2. And my split screen effect is finished. You can now adjust the viewing angle in the different layers as you like.

Split screen horizontal

The “Split screen horizontal” preset is exactly the same as the “Split screen vertical”, except that the split screen is displayed horizontally.

Inception

The Inception preset is a creative way to create the Inception look with your 360 video material. To do this, copy the video into layer 2 and then apply the preset to both layers.

Attention: If you change the source parameters, it is important that you do this in both video layers 1 and 2. In addition, you must change the second parameter at anchor point, to adjust the effect optimally to your video. Do this for layer 1 and layer 2.

Dynamic Inception

The Dynamic Inception look is similar to the Inception look. In addition, movements are included in the dynamic inception effect. As with the Inception effect, everything must be adjusted for both Layers.

 Of course, you can also mix different videos together. For example, you can use different videos for the split screen. Or you can mix different videos using the Inception preset. There are no limits to your creativity here.

Finally, we come to the transitions!

Transitions

Transitions can be used to creatively switch from one 360-shot to the next. Here, clip 1 and clip 2 are always added in sequence, creating a creative transition with the presets. Clip 1 is always in first place and clip 2 always in second.

Attention: both clips must be lined up directly next to each other without a gap. Only then will the transition presets work. Let’s start with the first one!

Spin Transition

The “Spin Transition” preset enables a dynamic transition between the two clips. A Rotation movement is used to switch seamlessly. To do this, the clips must first be cut as desired. The transition to the beginning of clip 2 takes place at the end of clip 1. Simply apply the preset to clip 1 and clip 2 via drag and drop. If desired adjust the Pan source setting parameter and the spin transition is complete.

Pan Transition

The pan transition is similar to the spin transition, but here the seamless transition takes place by using a panning movement.

Sky Transition

The “Sky Transition” tilts up into the sky. Here, too, the goal is a seamless smooth transition.

Ground Tilt Transition

The “Ground Tilt Transition” is perfect for shots taken just above the ground. This transition is created with a dynamic ground tilting movement downwards and back upwards.

Zoomin Transition

The Zoomin Transition first zooms out and then zooms seamlessly into the new scene.

Zoomout Transition

The zoom-out transition zooms out dynamically and seamlessly.

And this were all the perspectives, animations, extended animations and transition presets of the Gimbal Guru Reframe Presets Package explained in detail. In the different resolution folders you will find the same effects adapted for the specific resolution. For example, you can also create all animations for social media in vertical format. All animation presets can of course be changed, adapted or extended. There are no limits for the user. You can be endlessly creative with it.

So try it out for yourself and take your 360 videos to the next level with the Gimbal Guru Reframe presets!