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Handheld video stabilization
Hi.
I’m new to video editing and taking the first steps in Final Cut.
Most of my footage is Travel Footage taken on holidays and suffer from the typical defects of handheld camera.
Videos have lateral movement, up and down movement and zoom.
Do you think it is possible to stabilize this kind of footage with smoothcam in final cut or stabilize in motion?
Is there any tutorial about that?
Any suggestion is very much appreciated.
Thanks
Giovanni -
2 Replies
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Smoothcam and stabilize in Motion are fairly easy to learn. Neither will totally fix crazy shaking, but I’ve had pretty great results with them, especially with Motion. Keep in mind that these take FOREVER to render. I just used smoothcam on a 10 second clip and I think it took well over 10 minutes just to analyze the clip. I can’t remember how long it took to render..Also, some clips will turn out better than others. If there’s a lot of zooming around and stuff, I don’t think it’ll work as well because it won’t be able to accurately analyze the clip and determine something to base the stabilization from.
The FCP/Motion help sections should be able to give you an idea of how to do this, as well as the multitude of search results on this forum. Also, the Apple Pro Training Series Motion book has a good section about it I think.
Also, invest in a tripod or monopod for future holidays 🙂
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Hey Guys,
If you’re working with stabilizing footage, checkout our latest plugin for FCP; Lock & Load X.
It’s up to 12 times faster than smoothcam and analyzes in the background so you’re free to keep working as it’s tracking.For more info check out this page:
https://www.coremelt.com/products/lock-and-load/lock-and-load.htmlAnd you can check out our video stabilization video tutorial here:
https://www.coremelt.com/products/videos/lock-and-load-step-by-step.htmlFeel free to contact us if you have any queries.
Cheers,
Ravian
CoreMelt
https://www.coremelt.com
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