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BSchwizer
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February 16, 2015
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Proper way to stabilize time lapse?

  • February 16, 2015
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I am new to modifying time lapses in Premier Pro and would like to ask for some general advice regarding stabilization.

The nature of my video is a house being built over the course of months.  The camera was inside a fixed enclosure so the pictures are 98% stable.  The 2% movement is due to the wind pushing on the enclosure.  I have used Warp stabilizer in After Effects and can now apply the same settings in Premier Pro.  It does take a significant amount of time to run however, and in reading tutorials, I have also stumbled across mentions of a legacy stabilizer called Track Motion.  This uses what's mentioned as an Anchor Point.  This does sound quite convenient since I would have several easy to define anchor points.  I am wondering if this would allow me to create easy transitions from one day to the next since I could define the same anchor point in all the videos and then the stabilizer would crop and zoom accordingly?

Should I just stick with applying warp stabilizer for each video individually or is there a better way to stabilize this type of footage using anchor points and if so, could anyone link a tutorial on how to set anchor points?

Warp settings

Result: No Motion

Method: Subspace Warp

Preserve Scale: No

Borders: Stabilize, Crop

Additional Scale: 102%

Schwizer

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    Correct answer KJerryK

    Here's a tutorial for the legacy tracker in After Effects Stabilizing Motion with the Point Tracker - After Effects Tutorial

    In Premiere Pro it's warp stabilizer . Here's tutorial  REMOVING TIMELAPSE CAMERA SHAKE: ADOBE PREMIERE TUTORIAL - YouTube

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    KJerryK
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    Legend
    February 16, 2015

    Here's a tutorial for the legacy tracker in After Effects Stabilizing Motion with the Point Tracker - After Effects Tutorial

    In Premiere Pro it's warp stabilizer . Here's tutorial  REMOVING TIMELAPSE CAMERA SHAKE: ADOBE PREMIERE TUTORIAL - YouTube

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    BSchwizerAuthor
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    February 16, 2015

    I watched that tutorial thank you.  I can not seem to figure out how to bring up that "Tracker" window.  I also don't have the "animation" option at the top of the main menu bar.

    KJerryK
    KJerryK
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    February 17, 2015

    In After Effects, right? Here's what I do. First open tracker from Window drop down.


    1. Import video

    2. Make comp from video

    3. Select video layer

    Tracker should now be live.

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