I was wondering if anyone knew of a program that makes your film thats shakey look smoothe. I remember a while back I saw a program like this and might of even had a demo but I can't remember the name..

haha, no, there is no way you can correct that kind of stuff without re-animating the entire shot frame-by-frame, there is no plug-in that automatically fixes shakey camera otherwise business that rent dollys, cranes, and steadicams would be out of business. You have to get it smooth during the shoot.

I'm pretty sure After Effects has a image stabilization plug in, but Tresspasser is right on this one (your going to need a steadicam/dolly). Google the fourteen dollar steadicam though if you want a cheap solution to your shakey shots.

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there is no plug-in that automatically fixes shakey camera

Don't answer if you don't know what you're talking about. The motion tracker in AE can be used to correct shaking, but it's primarily meant for removing minor shaking from a tripod-mounted camera, not major hand-held shaking.

Hey, Evan, why so harsh? There's no need to say things like "Don't answer if you don't know what you're talking about." Because Trespasser generally DOES know what he's talking about.

All your higher level Discreet and Avid lines have realy cool stabilising systems which also reduce motion blur. You are always better off having a stable shot in the first place but.

I actually find it kinda interesting to dabble in the creation of my own equipment. Its fun to have the same resources as big budget companies has at hand.

I have yet to build anything of mind but I have planned out some neat skateboard dollies, a steadicam, crane cam...

I didn't think it was harsh, but I guess it's hard to read tone over the internet. I just wanted to clear up the misconception - there are ways of stabilizing shots in post, although it's not as good as getting stable footage to start with.

I do know what I'm talking about. I am aware that AE has a stabilizing plug in, however, I have wasted too much of my time experimenting on trying to make it actually work decently, and let's be frank: trying to correct shakiness in post is like trying to make digital footage look like film through interpolation, or trying to fix badly recorded audio in post. No matter how good the technology, it will never be the same (but that's a different argument I won't go into). Like I said before, if you absolutely HAD to get rid of the shakiness (and couldn't just reshoot the footage), you'd need a hell of a digital animator to fix it. Trust me proceed, get the shot right when you can, you'll save yourself from so much work. And thanks for the defense, durden.

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or trying to fix badly recorded audio in post

^my worst nightmare

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Trust me smiles, get the shot right when you can, you'll save yourself from so much work. And thanks for the defense, durden.

Are you thinking smiles posted this? Anyways, I was just wondering because I thought a while back that I did find something like this that could fix minor shaking. I know tripods, dollys, etc would be the best way to go, its obviously important when making films. Maybe Ill look into the AE plugin and try to work with that, thanks.

The two things I hate the most is little, unnoticable specs on the lens that become noticeable when light hit it, and one thing I hate even more- booms and equipment getting into the shot. I HATE that, because clipping the image makes it look so bad.

sorry proceed, i've been responding to a lot of smiles comments lately

SteadyMove Pro


SteadyMovePRO stabilizes image sequences. It is an advanced version of SteadyMove, which ships with Adobe Premiere Pro, and provides additional controls that allow you to get just the result you want.


http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catPlugins_2d3Ltd_SteadyMove_Pro

even though they are lying when they say that your shots will look like they've been shot with a proefessional dolly, that is a cheap, decent solution for what you're looking for. But just remember, it's never going to look as good.

The plug-in is called "steady move pro" for after effects and you can get it for premiere as well. It's also pretty easy to use. But the downside is that it zooms on the picture a little bit and decreases resolution.

Xpress Pro has a neat image stabilizer that works really well. You select a point to "track" and it zooms in slightly on the video image and uses that point to stabilize the picture. Works quite well actually.

-Chris
Studentfilms.com