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birdus_
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December 22, 2018
Question

Stabilize Motion not working

  • December 22, 2018
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I'm new to AE so bear with me if my lingo is off.

I have a clip in Premiere (I'm using CS6 for both products). The whole clip is about 11 minutes long, but with the in/out points, I'm using only about 1 minute. I use dynamic linking to edit it in AE. In AE I drag the clip down into the timeline, then click Stabilize Motion in the Tracker panel. It selects my only source track by default. My in/out portion of the file seems to be "selected" with the work area already. I position the track point over an object on the ground. The clip was something I shot on a tripod, but it was windy and so there's just a small amount of jiggling in the clip (sturdy tripod and head, but a 600mm equivalent lens). I click "Analyze" and let it go. It takes about 8 minutes. That seems slow, but I wait. After it's done, I click Apply. However, the video then disappears from the window above. If I double-click the clip in the timeline below, it reappears. Regardless of whether I click Apply or not, when I then click Preview, the stabilizing is NOT working. The slight jiggling is still in the clip. Also, after saving my work, when I go back to Premiere, the clip there is black, too (like after I clicked Apply in AE).

So, why am I not seeing the footage stabilized and why isn't it appearing back in Premiere?

Thanks,

Jay

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Byron CortezCommunity Expert
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December 23, 2018

Stabilize it in Premiere Pro and then launch it to After Effects, it can work like that. Or simply export the minute to a format and codec that does not lose quality, then bring it to After Effects and do the editing you need. Then you import the After Effects project to Premiere Pro so you can insert the composition already edited and stabilized.

Byron.
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birdus_Author
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December 23, 2018

It just occurred to me, I may have been clicking "Track" rather than "Stabilize." Just wanted to throw that out there.

Anyway, thanks for the assistance.

Jay

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birdus_Author
Participant
December 23, 2018

Thanks for the replies, guys. I have the latest updates and I don't think I was creating an additional composition.

I tried to do this again, and it worked. I have no idea what I did differently. Presumably something. Or maybe just computer software misbehaving.

Thanks,
Jay

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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December 22, 2018

birdus_  wrote

I'm new to AE so bear with me if my lingo is off.

... In AE I drag the clip down into the timeline, then click Stabilize Motion in the Tracker panel. I

So, why am I not seeing the footage stabilized and why isn't it appearing back in Premiere?

Thanks,

Jay

When you use Dynamic link it creates a comp. You are creating a new comp in the timeline so the dynamic link does not have anything to look for. Make sure you do all of your work in the comp that is created when you select a clip in Premiere Pro and select Create new After Effects Comp from Selected...

If that still does not work then make sure that AE and Premiere Pro are both up to date.

Dave_LaRonde
Dave_LaRonde
Inspiring
December 22, 2018

I'd export the one-minute clip from PP in a good intermediate codec, import into AE and stabilize.  Dynamic Link isn't one of Adobe's most bulletproof features.

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