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August 28, 2020
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Warp stabilizer works but does not export?

  • August 28, 2020
  • 6 replies
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Hi, everyone,

 

I am an occasional user, so I hope it's just a blunder on my end, but I can't seem to find a solution online for this. I am stabilizing a video footage by using the warp stabilizer. It works (i.e., I can see the footage stops shaking in the preview window) but when I go to File->Export Media; it does not export the effect. It will produce an exported video file, but the footage will be the shaky original. Why?!?

 

All I'm doing is:

Creating a new project, draging the video to the timeline, applying warp stabilizer (waiting for it to complete processing), and then trying to export. Do I have to apply the changes or something like that? The tutorials in the web do not seem to do that!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

    Correct answer eloise_0732

    Hi, yeah I did manage to solve it. You can't have a warp stabilizer on a clip and have another effect on it such as a cross dissolve for some reason as it wouldn't export properly however with the warp stabilizer effect you then had to export it in media encoder.

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    ismailcakir
    Participant
    February 16, 2026

    I had the same issue. I managed to solve it by exporting via Premier not Media Encoder.

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    eloise_0732
    Participant
    October 31, 2024

    Did you manage to fix this issue? I'm having the same issues, all my clips have the warp stabilizer as I'm editing drone footage so the clips are shaky from the wind however it will only export the first 10 seconds with the stabilizer but will export all of the video without it!

    Patrickb1864637
    Patrickb1864637
    Participating Frequently
    January 18, 2025

    Having same issues, sometimes removing warp stabilizer, saving file, reopening, then adding warp again fix it, but not alyways... this time nothing works to fix it.

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    sarah21957859dzoj
    Participant
    June 21, 2023

    I am having this exact same issue. Applied warp stabilizer to clips in the timeline, showed perfectly stabilized in the preview but when I export, they are unstabilized/shakey as hell. Tried all the recommendations, nothing has worked. I edited something else this morning and stabilizer worked, but not now. 

    Richard van den Boogaard
    Community Expert
    Richard van den BoogaardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 22, 2023

    What version of PPro are you using?

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 28, 2020

    Try resetting the preferences:
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-premiere-pro/td-p/8236158?page=1

    If that doesn't work, try resetting the Workspaces:
    Reset a workspace
    Reset the current workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.
    1. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Workspace menu icon and select Reset to Saved Layout.
    • Choose Window > Workspace > Reset to Saved Layout.
    from here:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/workspaces.html

    If that doesn't work, try Preferences > Audio Hardware and set Input to None.

    If that doesn’t work, try updating or rolling back your graphics driver directly from the video card manufacturer’s site.

    If that doesn't work, try creating a new project and import the old one into it.

     

    fernandoz63779324
    fernandoz63779324Author
    Participating Frequently
    August 29, 2020

    Thanks, Peru Bob, for the response. This looks like random IT armwaving when you don't know what to do. I think I can do without the first 5 frames of my footage just fine 😃

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 29, 2020

    Perhaps, but it sometimes solves the problem. 

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    Community Manager
    Sumeet Kumar ChoubeyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    August 28, 2020

    Hi fernandoz63779324,

     

    Sorry to hear about this. Are you experiencing this issue with any specific media or is it with all the timelapse sequences? Also, is this timelapse a rendered video or is it a series of images imported as an image sequence in Premiere Pro? 

     

    Thanks,

    Sumeet

    fernandoz63779324
    fernandoz63779324Author
    Participating Frequently
    August 28, 2020

    Hello, Sumeet, thanks for your interest. I just shot another timelapse and found the same exact issue, so yes - it seems to be a bug. Basically I generate the timelapse movies by stitching together all still images to an *.avi file with a Python script, and the first image is repeated 5 times (this is just because in most cases the person opening the file misses the first few frames anyways). 

     

    When the timelapse *.avi file has these extra 5 frames it always shows the bug: You do the warp stabilizer, the command stabilizes the footage in Premiere's preview window, but when exporting the media file the warp stabilizer effect is not applied. If the 5 frames are removed (using the cut tool), then the warp stabilizer works in both preview and export.

     

    My Premiere version is 13.1.5, Build 47; if that helps.

    Thanks!

    fernandoz63779324
    fernandoz63779324Author
    Participating Frequently
    August 28, 2020

    It must be a bug. If I drag the clip into the timeline without altering it, it presents the issue described. If I crop the first few frames of the clip, then warp stabilizer works both in preview and export. 

    I think it has to do with the fact that the clip I'm importing has 5 still frames at the beginning (it's a timelapse). I don't understand why it would work in the preview, though. So confusing!!

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