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Film transfer shake/ jitter removal in PPro (or AE)
I’m working with a digital transfer from an old 35mm film. From the transfer process, I see bit of up&down film movement/shaking/jitter. Any recommendations on the best way to get rid of it without softening the image, causing other artifacts, etc.?
Would appreciate suggestions for the best approach. I’ve worked with Warp Stabilizer in Adobe Premiere CS6 but have not found settings which could be applied to a majority of the shots without needing to come up with creative solutions for various issues (for example, I don’t want it to do any left/right movement, there are places where there are dissolves between two shaky shots, etc.).
Also, I’m wondering if I should use dynamic link to After Effects instead of PPro(and perhaps not use Warp Stabilizer but track/stabilize motion).
Thanks for your help!
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I am getting good results removing handheld jitter using the Stabilize Motion function in AE, and then importing the AE composition to Premiere Pro.
Ways to reduce softening and artifacts are to i) minimize scaling (and avoid double-scaling), ii) increase composition bit depth, iii) import the AE composition to Premiere Pro instead of creating an intermediate file, and iv) if using intermediate files, select a codec with low/no compression.
If your workflow allows, another option is to edit the unaltered footage in Premiere and then stabilize in AE prior to exporting the final output file.
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Thanks for your response. I have been doing stabilization as the last step before export. But I have been testing the Warp Stabilizer, which is now a built-in feature of Premiere Pro CS6, so there is no need for me to use AE if I use the Warp Stabilizer. Have you ever tried the Warp Stabilizer, and would you still suggest doing motion stabilization in AE instead? Thanks!
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