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  stabilizing in After Effects

  Posted by Marta Martinez on May 21, 2008 at 10:43 pm

  Hello,

  I am trying to smooth out some camera moves with after effect’s stabilizer. I have an object that i would like to have the camera truck along it to show all aspects. the object is too big to but it on a turn table and we are on a low budget (can’t afford the proper equipment and space is too small). So i have some footage which is a little shaky.

  I tried different variations of ae stabilizer (position, rotation, and the combination of both) but is seems more shaky. I have two tracking points which are above and below the object. Stabilizer stays on track with the markers, but the footage is more shaky than what i started with.

  anyone out there have a solution?

  Thanks

  Brian Lynn replied 17 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Brian Lynn

  May 22, 2008 at 4:50 pm

  You can also repeat edges to hide the motion of the track if scaling is not an option. All depends on how much your stabalized footage moves. There is a great tutorial here on CC for making a “Demon Face”. It starts with some great “reverse tracking” and stabalization methods.

  Sounds like you’re trying to stabalize a 3d camera move… There are a couple programs that can help with this. One is SynthEyes… depending on how much repair your footage needs, and how it was shot, it might help you out.

  I use a combination of SynthEyes, Mocha Tracking Station, and AE’s point trackers to stabalize an image depending on what is needed. The SynthEyes website has several tutorial videos that will probably be able to help you decide if this tool is for you or not.

  Brian

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