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image stabilization
Hey guys,
a question.
I have a couple of shoots from helicopters… we did not use any steady-cam or an external stabilization system.
Now the shooting is so so, vibrations here and there and I was trying to fix it.
I have been playing with final cut tools to find a workaround.
I enlarged the clip size of a 3% (103) and kept the subject in the center using X and Y, basically mooving back the image every time it jumped away.Any better tool you can suggest for image stabilization?
Thanks!
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13 Replies
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Use smoothcam if you have FCS2.
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[JeremyG] “Use smoothcam if you have FCS2.”
Same feature in Shake…iffin you have Shake but not FCS2.
Iffin you don’t have either…time to get one.
Shane
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for same feature do you mean enlarge the image and play with the position of the subject or some shake`s special power tool?Not familiar with shake yet… but I have to get it anyway for color correction
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[massimiliano] “for same feature do you mean enlarge the image and play with the position of the subject or some shake`s special power tool? “
NO, Smoothcam is a new feature in FCS2. It douse the image stabilization for you.
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Shake is NOT a color correction tool. It is a COMPOSITING tool, with other handy features. And yes, FCP 6 DOES (not “douse” zrb…stop that) include that. I just offered Shake in case you didn’t want to upgrade….just another option that DOES image stabilization.
(ribbin’ ya zrb…)
Shane
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alright,
I promise I wont use shake for color correction! But definitely for fixing the up and down -
If you don’t know Shake yet, it’s much easier to upgrade to FCS 2. You’ll get SmoothCam in FCP (and it works great!) plus Color, an excellent CC tool.
Regards,
Uli
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[zrb123] “It douse the image stabilization for you.”
Why the heck would it pour water on the image stabilization?
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As somebody posted here just the FC Smoothcam makes worth the upgrade to FCS2.
The results are amazing.
But few tips to use it:
Don’t use it directly over your master clips, because will analysed the whole movie.
Edit your shoots in a sequence trying to clean all the images with too much movement.
After you can use the media manager to export all the shoots to a new projet. Use the Smoothcam in this second project. Only this footage will be analysed.
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If you can’t go to FCS2 (and it is worth it) then an alternative that works well is iStabilize. A stand-alone app that is simple and effective… not connected, just a happy user. I’ve corrected heli shots with it and it works well. Learning curve isn’t too bad either…
50 of your ‘merkin dollars I believe.
J
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