[Sterling Fisher]

Apple has a discussion group on this topic at
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3135035?start=15&tstart=0

A composite of several suggestions worked for me. The key seems to be that the clip to be stabilized should not be transcoded and analyzed during ingest – or if it was, delete that clip from it’s Event then reingest w/o transcoding & analyzing. Place the new trimmed clip in the timeline, then click stabilization in the Inspector: it is transcoded and analyzed at that time and stabilization works. You need not change scan from interlaced to progressive as one letter suggests.

If I haven’t been entirely clear, some of the letters posted in that group will likely answer your questions.

Sterling

[Sterling Fisher]

[Mark Worsfold] “Apple if you are listening, I’d love to be able to send a clip to Motion 5 smooth it out and then embed this back in the timeline in FCPX. Alternatively give users the Motion 5 stabilisation functionality in FCPX. If it is already present in FCPX then please show us how to use it !”

I just discovered how to give Apple feedback on FCP X’s performance! With FCP X open, click on “Final Cut Pro” at the left end of the menu bar. Halfway down the dropdown list is “Provide Final Cut Pro Feedback…”
As they used to say, ‘if it was a snake it would have bit me’. I’ve sent them my comments.

Sterling

[Sterling Fisher]

My results with Stabilization in FCP X have been disappointing, too – very much like Mark Worsfold’s. As a workaround, I find that exporting a clip to iMovie 8.0.6 , stabilizing it there and exporting it back to FCP X works well – but what a nuisance and time waster. I haven’t compared these results with those from Motion 5 or FCP 7 Smoothcam, but they are very good. Not perfect, but very good.

Apple, PLEASE take note.

Sterling