• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Camera shake Plugin

  Posted by Martin Jordan on November 1, 2009 at 3:21 am

  I remember back when Apple first introduced FCP 6 I believe…there was in the effects panel a plugin/option in the effects, I think it was called “anti-shake” ??? OR Smooth cam or something like that. Apple really touted this as a break through in fixing “shakey” video. Well…anyway, I remember seeing this and using it about 2 years ago or so.

  Basically the way it work was, say you shot something handheld or on a car mount or something, and there was a slight jiggle, wiggling or vibration in the video. You could apply this effect and it would begin to read the entire clip and then re-render it “smoothing it out” and it worked quite well.

  Well, we have since upgraded to FCP 7 and I was looking for it tonight and could find it.

  Do you all remember what that effect was called, is it in FCP 7 and if so, where is it?

  Thanks in advance.

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  Rafael Amador replied 16 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  David Roth weiss

  November 1, 2009 at 3:44 am

  Smoothcam. Look for in the online manual.

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  Ernie Santella

  November 1, 2009 at 4:10 am

  A helpful hit with Smoothcam is to only apply to the edited shot and not the entire digitized clip. It will save you a ton of time by exporting/re-importing just the shot used. Otherwise, Smoothcam tries to apply it’s magic to the entire digitized clip, which could be very long.
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  Rafael Amador

  November 1, 2009 at 12:41 pm

  [Ernie Santella] “A helpful hit with Smoothcam is to only apply to the edited shot and not the entire digitized clip. It will save you a ton of time by exporting/re-importing just the shot used. Otherwise, Smoothcam tries to apply it’s magic to the entire digitized clip, which could be very long.”
  Right.
  And the Media Manager is very useful for this task.
  Rafael

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