Handheld videocamera simulation.

[Joost Van doremalen]

I guess you can use the wiggle statement to do this.

[Erik Waluska]

Google “after effects hand held camera”. There’s a ton of info.

[Walter Soyka]

[Thomas Foley] “Is there an already tried and tested and effective way of doing this in After Effects using an expression to give it a random and authentic look?”

Yes. Get some handheld footage, track it, and apply its motion to your original, too-stable footage. You will need to scale the footage up a bit to prevent the added shake from revealing the raster boundaries on-screen.

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[Thomas Foley]

Thanks for the replies, and particularly to Walter – great :))

[Vishesh Arora]

You can use wiggle expression to give random movement but it will be too Rigid. To make it smooth and floaty read the comments by John in this link:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/1022347

This will make your camera movement smooth and more realistic.

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[Tom Daigon]

Video Copilot has software called Twitch that does a great job of creating the “hand held” effect.

https://www.videocopilot.net/products/twitch/

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[Thomas Foley]

Hey thanks. Many thanks to all the excellent replies to this question.
TJ