How to stabilize a time lapse video with very slight movement/shifts due to wind?

[iconoclastix]

Hi everyone, I filmed an all-day time lapse video the other day and it looks pretty great, except that throughout the video I can see slight shifts in the framing, which I assume was a result of wind slightly moving the camera between intervals. The shifts are extremely minor, it's nothing significant, but it's enough that I'm a little disappointed that it's not perfectly still since that was of course my intention when I set up the tripod (it's a small camera and it was very windy, and I also think I will need to set the tripod up in a different way next time).

I'm just wondering if there is any way to fix these very slight shifts in Premiere? I've heard of "warp stabilizer" (which I think might be in After Effects, which I also have) but I have a feeling it is for shaky footage, which this really is not. The shifts in my time lapse seem to only be up and down (not side to side) and are only a few pixels different. Like I said it's very minor but noticeable.

Not sure if there's anything I can do about this, but I figured I would ask just in case! The clouds look awesome as they pass over the camera but you can see the shifting in the treeline which was too bad. Thank you in advance for any help anyone can provide!

[Sumeet Kumar Choubey · Accepted solution]

Hi iconoclastix,

Warp Stabilizer would be the best effect to use for this case in Premiere Pro. Warp Stabilizer should be able to handle these micro jitters. You may try to the use the Smooth Motion first and check how it works. If it's not able to take care of the jitters, then you may try the No Motion option (this may cause some cropping but as your timelapse was shot on a tripod with not much movement to it, this cropping should be minimal).

Stabilize motion in Premiere Pro with the Warp Stabilizer effect

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

Sumeet

[iconoclastix]

Hi Sumeet, thank you so much for your quick reply! I followed your instructions and that seemed to do the trick! Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it!