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Vegas 10d Pro Stabilizer Makes Video Zoomed-In – WHY?
Hi,
Would somebody tell me why the video becomes much zoomed-in, almost 2x after using “Stabilize” tool in Sony Vegas 10 Pro?
Notice: I always use the option “Pan/Tilt and Roll”, but never “and Zoom” !!!
I think this problem appeared after upgrading to v.10.0d
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10 Replies
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It has to crop some to eliminate pan, tilt and roll. Think about it.
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Also, if it has to crop some to eliminate pan, tilt and roll as you wrote, then what the last “Zoom” option is for?!?
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Some? It zooms 2+ times! For example: a person in the middle of the picture after stabilization his chest is visible only! And, as I said already, this never happend in v10.0c
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[Plamen Petrov] “Some? It zooms 2+ times! For example: a person in the middle of the picture after stabilization his chest is visible only! And, as I said already, this never happend in v10.0c”
This will happen if your footage is too shaky or the camera moves too much. Back off on the Pan/Tilt Stabilization and it should zoom less but be more shaky.
~jr
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[Plamen Petrov] “Also, if it has to crop some to eliminate pan, tilt and roll as you wrote, then what the last “Zoom” option is for?!?”
If you are talking about the options under Motion to stabilize the last “Zoom” option is to compensate for zooms that you made with your camera.
~jr
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Also be sure to cut down your clip so there isn’t a really shaky part at the very end or beginning of the clip when you may have still been rolling and moved your camera toward the ground.
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Thank all of you for your replies!
Well, the famous Deshaker is still the best stabilizing software. It always gives the most stunning results. -
I like Mercalli by ProDad (I think this is supposed to be a lite version) but I find it way too expensive just for one effect, as important as it is. I saw a sale that I missed, unfortunately, and at this point will rely upon the software to correct the image. Ideally it would be nice for a camera to shoot slightly larger video above 1920×1080 so it could be cropped. I’m guessing that is an option on high end professional cameras.
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[Michael West] “I’m guessing that is an option on high end professional cameras.”
No, a professional would use a tripod or steady-cam and not shoot shaky video in the first place. Mercalli V2 allows you to adjust how much it zooms in so you could decide less zoom with more shake. But the ultimate solution is to stabilize your camera while shooting.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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As John says, A tripod is the way to go, but when you can’t use one, zoom out some so the stablizer effect has some extra space to crop.
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