What is the correct way to stabilize something?

Question

A static shot taken with a tripod. An object is lying on the table in the frame. I need to remove the slight, barely noticeable shake from the tripod so that the shot is perfectly steady. For some reason, Premiere adds zoom and camera shake. I don’t need that. What do zoom and shake have to do with it? I need to remove the slight shake, not add it. The whole point of stabilization is to make the image smooth, not to add zoom and shake.

NewBlue Stabilizer handled this task perfectly, while Premier did a worse job.

PaulMurphy · Accepted Answer

@Paul_GringoI tested Warp Stabilizer with No Motion selected on the version without stabilization, and it seemed to work fine. I'm not sure what's causing the issue on your end.It's possible the hand movement in the frame is confusing the stabilizer. To work around this:Add a rectangle mask around the area where the hand appears.Move the mask to the Opacity effect and invert it, so only the untouched console remains in the frame.Nest the clip.Apply Warp Stabilizer to the nested sequence and set it to No Motion.Open the nested sequence and remove the mask.

Ann Bens · Answer

If your hands are showing and moving around in the frame then yes the stabilization will fail.Tripod footage should not need stabilization.

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