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stabalize motion
I was a little disappointed with the “stabalize motion” feature in the tracker controls window in AE. It seems impractical when there are larger camera movements (other than typical camera shake) involved.
for instance how would you steady a shakey panning motion? It works by locking onto certain points in the shot, but what if those points leave the frame?
I found too that the shot had to be enlarged so much to compensate for the roaming frame edge that it wasn’t worth the loss in resolution.
Can anyone share how they use this feature? Or recomend another program? I hear Shake has a similar feature. Is it any different?
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question, why don’t you use a tripod if you wanne get rid of al that shaky stuff or just a steady hand or some other tools?
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https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/pkg_plugins.aspx?ui=F1EB99D0-D084-4F93-AA6C-E1998EC5AF39
Unfortunately, I believe Furnace is not available as a plug-in for AE… but, is a plug-in for Shake,Avid DS Nitris, OFS and Discreet. If you have any of these editing soltware, you can use Furnace as a plug-in. That being said, according to AE… Furnace is available as a plug-in… but, the foundry sites doesn’t seem to indicate this as an acceptable plug-in. You probably need to contact The Foundary to be certain.
Also, I believe SteadyMove Pro is an AE plug-in.
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Joe
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For difficult stuff many here like SynthEyes (only $400 and really for placing 3D object in scenes):
https://www.ssontech.com/synsumm.htm
https://www.ssontech.com/learning.htm
I like this one, unreal:
New! Traveling-shot image stabilization tutorial (camera windshield-mounted on a car)
https://www.ssontech.com/content/filstab.htm
If the shot is all over the place, any system will have to enlarge the shot that much. Like Ultimate Bart said, get a tripod or a cameraman that had less caffeine/speed.
When the tracking point ia about to leave the frame, press Alt/Option as you drag the track point to a new spot, it will keep the same relative starting point:
Tracking obscured objects in video
https://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/tip.jsp?p=1&id=399&xml=aft6tracking
Here’s an Aharon tut that covers adjusting track points frame-by-frame:
https://forums.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/cartoon_look/CC_LiveTrace_Pt_3CD.mov
It’s at about the 5 minute mark, I think. It’s a one point track on an eye, but the principal is the same.
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The only other way to get around over sizing a real shaky shot is to over-sample, shot HD for a final output of NTSC. Maybe IMAX for your shot (Sorry, I couldn’t resist), then just take the middle of the shot after stablized.
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well I do use a tripod, but i like to be hand held sometimes too because i can be more mobile. I can be pretty light on my feet but Im just trying to find a way to at least steady that hand held footage a little.
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hmmm, lol, yeah, my camera’s pretty low end I guess though, sony vx2100. the middle of the shot just doesnt look great… those were a lot of helpful links though, thanks.
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