Fixing shaky footage at DVinfo.net

Joseph Laczkoskie · December 14th, 2009, 04:16 PM

Is it possible to fix some of your shaky shots in final cut and make em appear to be on a stabilizer? If so how is it done?

Perrone Ford · December 14th, 2009, 04:40 PM

Justin Tomchuk · December 15th, 2009, 06:39 PM

Perrone, great video that filter works incredibly well. I'll take a look at this filter next time I use Final Cut.

Robert Turchick · December 15th, 2009, 10:08 PM

depending on the type and amount of shakiness, smoothcam gave me mixed results. Just got Lock and Load from CoreMelt which works much better and faster. There's a promo code too for dvinfo members. $20 off
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Chris Davis · December 16th, 2009, 11:15 AM

I use Red Giant's Magic Bullet Steady plug-in for After Effects. Results are pretty much identical to the SmoothCam example.

Matthew Overstreet · January 3rd, 2010, 02:08 PM

That's pretty interesting, question though... does it result in any resolution loss?

John Woo · January 7th, 2010, 09:33 PM

Any of the great plugins for Sony Vegas?

Aric Mannion · January 13th, 2010, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Overstreet

That's pretty interesting, question though... does it result in any resolution loss?

Always, because it has to scale up the footage to compensate for it's shakiness. After Effects has a nice stabilizer as well, and I heard CS4's is even better.

Thomas Moore · January 25th, 2010, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Woo

Any of the great plugins for Sony Vegas?

New Deshaker for Sony Vegas

December 14th, 2009, 04:16 PM	#1
Joseph Laczkoskie New Boot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: York, PA Posts: 7	Fixing shaky footage Is it possible to fix some of your shaky shots in final cut and make em appear to be on a stabilizer? If so how is it done?

December 14th, 2009, 04:40 PM	#2
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December 15th, 2009, 10:08 PM	#4
Robert Turchick Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,389	depending on the type and amount of shakiness, smoothcam gave me mixed results. Just got Lock and Load from CoreMelt which works much better and faster. There's a promo code too for dvinfo members. $20 off type in "dvmaglnl09" __________________ The older I get, the better I was!

January 3rd, 2010, 02:08 PM	#6
Matthew Overstreet Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Whitman, Massachusetts Posts: 168	That's pretty interesting, question though... does it result in any resolution loss? __________________ Late December. A feature film by Matthew Overstreet & Christopher J. Adams.

December 15th, 2009, 06:39 PM	#3
Justin Tomchuk Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 164	Perrone, great video that filter works incredibly well. I'll take a look at this filter next time I use Final Cut.

December 16th, 2009, 11:15 AM	#5
Chris Davis Trustee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Willmar, MN Posts: 1,400	I use Red Giant's Magic Bullet Steady plug-in for After Effects. Results are pretty much identical to the SmoothCam example.

January 7th, 2010, 09:33 PM	#7
John Woo Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 160	Any of the great plugins for Sony Vegas?