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Fix a Bad Camera Move with Track Motion?
Somewhere I read that you can fix some bad camera movement using Track Motion. Don’t remember where though. It said to put a piece of gaffer’s tape on your monitor as a reference point then keep lining up the frames 1 by 1.
I have to fix a camera pan and a small jump on a clip. Do I have the right idea or is there some other way that’s better.
First the camera slowly went up off the subject then back down again and right after that a rather sharp pan left, than bak to normal. Can I re-track these to get rid of them, or is the customer stuck with his bad camera work? 😉
It’s only about 25 seconds on the video so it’s not having to go through an entire hour video! phew!
Thanks
AllenASX Media Productions
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You can certainly try and add a bizillion keyframes after zooming in a bit to hid the edges, but chances are, you will never get it to look quite right. If there’s really a lot of movement you will have to zoom in beyond what you can get away with resolution-wise (unless it’s an SD project from HDV).
So if you have the time to play or are getting well compensated, it could be an educational experience. Otherwise, it’s probably not worth the trouble.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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You can indeed fix it, or at least, improve it a lot. If you have to zoom in much to keep from showing the edges of the frame when you correct the unwanted camera moves, you will lose some resolution.
Another possible “fix”…
Cut to an audience reaction shot, or some other piece of B-roll. If the speaker is talking about something you can show a picture of, insert a graphic of whatever he’s talking about (the new company facility, dear departed Uncle George, his new Mercedes, whatever). The “reaction shot” doesn’t have to be one that was taken at the same time as the bad camera move, if it’s just a generic shot of a bunch of listeners, listening.
Regards,
Doug Graham -
Not sure why no one has yet mentioned DeShaker (https://www.guthspot.se/video/deshaker.htm) which works in Virtual Dub.
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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Thankyou everyone. I didn’t think of DeShaker because I already had ArcSoft’s Stabilizer and it didn’t do too good with this one.
No, sorry, no speaker, no audience. I got a clip up so take a look and you’ll see what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpUe5aa2t4
I think I got the problem solved anyway. I had to change some stuff around but I had another clip I could substitute that I dind’t know I had before.
Thanks
AllenASX Media Productions
https://www.asxvideo.com
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