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QuintinHS
QuintinHS
Inspiring
January 8, 2023
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Warp Stabilizer won't initialize

  • January 8, 2023
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I have a timelapse that I've stabilized using manual stabilizing trackers. I render it with lossless settings, then try to put it back into AE and use Warp Stabilizer to do some final stabilizing, but it won't initialize. It'll be stuck at frame 1 of x at 0% if I'm lucky. Otherwise, it gets stuck at the "Initializing" stage. I've tried the obvious and reinstalled the software, disabled multi-frame rendering, cleared all caches, and reset preferences. It's not a corrupt project because I've tried repeating this with different projects and different footage. Same issue.

Computer specs: Windows 11, 32 GB ram,  AMD Radeon 6700, my computer is super fast. Performance isn't the issue. There are no spikes in processing power or ram usage.

Suggestions?

I have projects I need to finish and I've been desperately looking for a solution for over 2 months now, Adobe customer support hasn't been useful. Sincerely appreciate the help. attached are pictures for context of what I'm doing

    Correct answer QuintinHS

    Ok... so AE versions previous to 22.5 would begin analyzing footage just by applying Warp Stabilizer with default settings (in almost all cases). Versions after 22.5 require the "Detailed Analysis" button to be checked when applying a Warp Stabilizer effect to a precomposition that has some form of stabilization done within the precomp. Otherwise, if the Detailed Analysis button isn't checked, it won't stabilize. See attached image for Warp Stabilizer settings I use.

    Thanks to everyone who took the time to help with this!

    5 replies

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    jpRay
    Participating Frequently
    June 25, 2024

    Same problem here. It happened before, worked for a while, and now broken again.

    Unusable.

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      Hernandus
      Participant
      June 15, 2024

      Unchecking "Fast Analysis" option worked for me.

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      alx34501141eafp
      Participant
      January 7, 2024

      I have the same issue, 7th of Jan 2024!

      Tried everything, Warp Stabilizer doesnt work on my iPhone 15 Video footage

        alexd34197202
        alexd34197202
        Participant
        January 11, 2024

        Same Issue here it freezes at initailizing or X amount of time through the clip

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          Feitong5ED4
          Participant
          January 23, 2024

          same thing here, any solutions?

           

            QuintinHS
            QuintinHSAuthorCorrect answer
            Inspiring
            January 28, 2023

            Ok... so AE versions previous to 22.5 would begin analyzing footage just by applying Warp Stabilizer with default settings (in almost all cases). Versions after 22.5 require the "Detailed Analysis" button to be checked when applying a Warp Stabilizer effect to a precomposition that has some form of stabilization done within the precomp. Otherwise, if the Detailed Analysis button isn't checked, it won't stabilize. See attached image for Warp Stabilizer settings I use.

            Thanks to everyone who took the time to help with this!

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              Anthony28163844lem4
              Participant
              September 22, 2023
              • I'm experiencing the same problem, except that no matter what settings I use, no matter the clip, it will not initialize and then say it has timed out. Super frustrated as it used to work perfectly. Looked through old threads and tried everything. Nothing has worked. 
                I
                Illuminated Pictures GmbH
                Participating Frequently
                November 3, 2023

                Same here with a project that worked on Version 23, now it is stuck on Initializing... in Version 24 after updating. 😞

                  Mylenium
                  Mylenium
                  Legend
                  January 8, 2023

                  That probably doesn't make a lot of sense workflow wise. Easily possible that the stabilizer is unable to detect any actual motion patterns that fit it's algorithm and gets in a death spiral trying to do so. Otherwise I have no idea beyond what we already told you in your other posts, unfortunately. The only way to even check if this isn't your computer would be to tryn another system...

                   

                  Mylenium 

                    QuintinHS
                    QuintinHSAuthor
                    Inspiring
                    January 8, 2023

                    Yeah, it's not a great workflow but the alternative was to use a precomposition and then use Warp Stabilizer which was just fine workflow-wise. Fine until it quit working

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