The Dragonfly App – The Complete Drone Video Solution?

There’s no doubt that drone hardware is becoming much more consumer friendly. Industry giants including DJI and Yuneec have launched drones targeted at the lower end of the market in recent months. There are also plenty of manufacturers solely producing cheaper drones. But put aside the easy to use, beginner-friendly hardware market for a second. What about software? Where are the applications making all the bits on the side easier for the casual pilot?

Media storage, video transfer and one-click editing are just three of the more tedious (but very necessary) parts of flying a camera drone. A new app, Dragonfly, promises to take the complexity out of all of those processes.

Is the Dragonfly App a Dropbox For Drones?

Dragonfly, from San Francisco startup Memery, is effectively a Dropbox for drone users. But there are a few extra touches and developments on the way that make it more than just a cloud storage app.

The first is easy file transfer. One thing that no pilot enjoys is the tedious process of plugging your drone or SD card into a computer to transfer media across. With Dragonfly that step can be bypassed. After your flight – and while the phone is still connected to the controller – the original, high-quality media can be wirelessly transferred to the cloud through your phone.

By temporarily housing each file, your phone can transfer data off the SD card and move it to the cloud without you doing anything. It will do this the next time your phone connects to a WiFi network.

All of that high-quality media is then accessible through your smartphone and easy to explore. It’s an end to the social sharing of low-resolution files, which never quite does your footage justice.

Easy editing

The team at Memery has created an app that will appeal to pilots across the spectrum from consumer to professional. For enthusiasts who want to quickly share their best clips on social media, the Dragonfly app allows you to quickly mix high-quality videos with a few taps.

For professionals who want to carry out more demanding edits, the wireless file transfer means all of your media will be easily accessible on your computer. There’s also a browser upload feature, allowing pilots access to easily transfer existing media into cloud storage.

In total, the Dragonfly app offers:

• Automatic organization of video on the map and in filtered galleries
• Engaging emotion reactions to highlight important moments with no editing
• Automatic video mixes easily shared to social media, text, or saved to the phone
• Permanent video backup and disaster recovery
• Transcoding of video for mobile viewing and sharing
• Original high resolution files available for editing or streaming to a television
• A web based uploader for rapid transfer of existing collections to the Dragonfly cloud

Malek Murison

Malek Murison is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for tech trends and innovation. He handles product reviews, major releases and keeps an eye on the enthusiast market for DroneLife.
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