Warp Stabilization and Long Clips (15-45 minutes)

[Todd Kopriva]

Yes, you need to stabilize this in smaller chunks. The memory demands of Warp Stabilizer are rather large, and they increase with duration of the analyzed video.

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[Kevin Larrabee]

Thanks for the reply. So to do that, what would be the best way to split it up without losing video quality (lossless)?

[Tom Daigon]

I wonder if stabilizing 24 – 2 min. sub clips might work? The only challenge might be if this is one long camera take and you have no b roll to use as cutaways. Im not sure if the end of Clip 1 after stabilization will be a match frame as the beginning of Clip 2 after stabilization.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[Todd Kopriva]

I just trimmed a footage item into three pieces in the Footage panel in After Effects, added the three pieces to the composition, and then stabilized the layers individually. This reduced the peak memory demand compared to stabilizing the entire item as a single layer based on a single footage item.

Regarding Tom’s good point about making sure that the edit points connect smoothly if you don’t have something to cut away to: You could animate the Smoothness property so that it dips to 0% at the edit points, which would make the result at the edit point match the original—and therefore match across the edit point.

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[Tom Daigon]

Nice way to create match frames, Todd .

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[Mike Hollins]

I know what I’ll propose is the option I’d like the least myself, but I will anyway recommend that you try switching to a different program.

Since the problem is that your work memory is not sufficient for the task, you should try vReveal. It enhances its processing power by borrowing memory from your graphic card, which just might be sufficient to allow it to complete the video without splitting it. It also makes this program much faster.

But the most important factor is that it is very good at stabilization because it was originally developed for the military, and is used on drones. There’s also a free version available for download.

Good luck!

[Kevin Obrien]

Todd…
Can you suggest the way to animate the Smoothness property to 0% at the edit points? I’m using Premiere CS6