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  • Motion Control on a budget

    Posted by Evan Silver on January 27, 2020 at 11:44 am

    Hello,
    I’m trying to stitch two videos together with a hidden cut in the middle. While the cam is panning left to right, I’m masking the first footage and revealing the second. I’m using a wardrobe door as a guide for the mask and so far the trick is going well. My problem is that the two videos aren’t perfectly steady, event though we used a tripod. Is there a way to connect the movement of the first clip to the second, so they can wiggle the same way?
    Thank you!

    Michael Szalapski replied 6 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Blaise Douros

    January 27, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    This is what stabilization is for. Use the point tracking stabilizer (so you have control, vs the warp stabilizer which is automated), get the footage stable, and you can then match those sections up.

  • Michael Szalapski

    January 30, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    You don’t need to stabilize both shots. You only need to do it with one. Get one rock-hard stabilized and then use motion tracking to tie it to the other one.

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