Any other options asides from Warp Stabilizer?

[sarras76596314]

I have some shaky footage that I took without a tripod and WS is making the footage visibly warped. 


Any other options to do?

I only really know the basics of editing in AP

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

Sarra S,

Are you on Mac or PC? There are third party image stabilizers out there and they often have free trials you can play with before deciding to buy.

That said, you may want to try different settings for Warp Stabilizer before going down that road. I often get better results with much less aggressively set controls than the default.

For example, sometimes 2-8% Smoothness can do the job. Other times, you'd need a different method for Smoothness, or using a different Framing setting for Borders. A little of experimenting with combinations of these setttings can also work.

If you have access to After Effects, you can do things you cannot in Premiere Pro. You can either dig into advanced settings and remove tracking points not related to the stabilization. You can also try the point tracker and stabilize that way. Let us know if you need help with those methods.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Wiley Visuals]

If you recorded an a camera with a CMOS rolling shutter (pretty much every camera released for the past 10-12 years) then chances are you're images are not just, shaky, but distorted due to the rolling shutter. This might mean the footage is beyond saving.

You can try to turn the warp stabiliser down to 1-5% and see if that gets some sort of passable compromise. You can also try bringing the footage into after effect and applying the warp stabiliser there. Then you can go into the advanced settings and delete most of the sample points except for those on the main subject (eg a face) and then apply the stabilisation there.

Warp Stabiliser, like all post-solutions, can only do so much and if the footage is bad enough there will be nothing you can do to fully fix it in post

[Ann Bens]

Warp Stabilizer can do wonders, it cannot perform miracles.