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Smooth out a jittery motion timelapse

Community Beginner ,
Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025

I would like to be able to smooth out the motion in the attached footage.

 

I've tried fiddling with time wrapping with optical flow, speed with optical flow and warp stabiliser. Nothing really gets the footage smoother. 

 

Note that the footage is technically a time-lapse, shot on a motorised slider. I'm not sure why the jitter has occurred, but it's in the master file; it's all 25fps file on a 25fps sequence.

 

thanks

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Community Expert , Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025

Pan is too fast for 25 fps.

Stabilizing to 1000% smooth motion might work

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New Here ,
Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025

Yeah, jittery motion timelapses can be tricky Try using frame blending or optical flow in post to smooth out the motion it usually gives a more natural look. Also, stabilizing the footage before speeding it up helps a lot, especially if it was handheld or slightly windy during the shoot.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025

Pan is too fast for 25 fps.

Stabilizing to 1000% smooth motion might work

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025
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@Ann Bens I'm indebted to you. This smoothed the motion enough to make the footage usable. Thanks 

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