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Is there a way to make effects track with Stabilize?
I am working on a multicam clip. One of the cameras has a dead pixel, and also needs to be stabilized. I have DH Reincarnation which usually works well for repairing a dead pixel. From the stack of “effects > color > transform > …. > stabilize” it seems that an effect like DH Reincarnation would be applied before the clip is transformed/rotated/scaled for stabilize.. but effects and color adjustments will not move with stabilize. It seems stabilize is actually done first.. although it is listed near the bottom of the video processing stack. The transform controls will move effects and color adjustments with the rest of the clip like I am hoping stabilize would do in this instance.. 😉 most instances I think you would want it to work the way it seems to be working.
I would compound clip my shot and apply DH Reincarnation in the compound and then stabilize on the compound, but you cannot stabilize a compound clip.
I could apply DH Reincarnation, export, import, replace and then stabilize. That is a lot of extra work though, and is an extra render generation… but probably my only option
I’m thinking if I get Lock and Load X and apply it after DH Reincarnation I will get what I want. Any other ideas?
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[Matt Trubac] ” Any other ideas?”
You have all good ideas. Another might be SliceX after you stabilize, but that might be messy.
lock and load does work on compounds.
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Not that this is a fix for your problem, but instead of a Compound Clip, try using a “complex clip” which is the same as a pre 10.0.6 style Compound Clip. In your angle editor, right click and open that clip timeline. You’ve now got a new timeline witch you can do whatever you like. You can now stabilize within that clip without a problem since it’s not really a compound clip.
However, to fix a moving dead pixel, I would instead use Mocah. Either in Slice X or in After Effects. It is simple SliceX should work for you. More complex work is going to require a trip to After Effects.
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T. Payton
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The dead pixel only appears to be moving because of the stabilization. I had tried the “open in timeline” from the angle editor idea thinking maybe I could fix the dead pixel inside the “complex clip” timeline and then use the built in FCPX stabilize function back in the angle editor so that the repaired (covered) pixel would move with the rest of the shot as it is stabilized. It didn’t work. When I “opened in timeline” the stabilization on the video links through into the timeline, and I had the same problem.
My trial of Lock and Load had expired and the old version wouldn’t do anything. I installed an updated version that still showed as being expired, but worked with a watermark. Adding Lock & Load after DH_Reincarnation allowed me to fix the dead pixel, and then move that fix with the rest of the shot.
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