Warp Stabilizer Optimization & Workflow

[Limenimate]

Hey Adobe Team,

Recently I was having issues with Warp-Stabilizer workflow,

resulting in a support session that did not quite go as planned.

The session raised a problem when using Warp Stabilizer:

1. Warp Stabilizer applied to multiple clips at once causes issues (more then 5 or 10 at a time fails to auto-analyze clips one-by-one)

2. There is no indicator (at least on my end) from Premiere that tells me there are analyzes in the background for Warp-stabilizer applied clips.

3. Third-Party plugins also cause crashes and issues with this effect (as mentioned by the agent)

4. Copy and Pasting a Warp-Stabilizer effect after changing its setting to the desired output, does not activate auto-analyze for the pasted-effect clip.

As someone who works alot with camera movements, slow-motions and car commercials - this workflow can really slow up the process. 

Not to mention Warp-Stabilizer still gets errors when I try to apply to 5-10 clips (durations of each clip is like 2 seconds tops)

Would love to have someone to address this!

[RobShultz]

Warp Stabilizer can be finicky and much of the end result depends on the footage and how much motion is in the footage.

We almost need more information about your clips. Also, After Effects has some more robust stabilization which you may want to look into.

[Limenimate]

Thanks for the reply Rob!

Footages are in 6K resolution - 50FPS which I forced-interpreted as 25fps to have them slow-mo from the source (without dealing with time remapping and nesting for Warp Stabilizer).

I feel like jumping into After Effects just for stabilization should not be necessary, assuming there is nothing else I need to do in After Effects. I'd be wanting to stay inside Premiere.

Regarding motion in the footage - the videographer who took the footage was using a tripod and stabilizer so it's not shaky almost at all, I just wanted to correct the minor movements in the footage.

In general, the workflow for multiple-use of Warp Stabilizer can be improved in my opinion.

[R Neil Haugen]

In my humble experience, anything above 4k really is stressing the capabilities of Premiere's Warp stabilizer. And as that is such a resource hog, you need a lot of both RAM and vRAM.

And the way the Adobe apps are built, the NLE that is Premiere Pro is envisioned as having more general tools, with heavy-duty things in AfterEffects. So it is assumed that the heavy-duty work will be done 'over there'.

I've occasionally had a situation where right-clicking a clip in the sequence, make AE comp, Ae starts up, apply Warp there, and then exporting a full replacement clip from Ae was the best workflow process for that clip. 

I don't do much in Ae, avoid it when possible truthfully ... but at times, it's simply the way to get something done now.

[Limenimate]

I hear you Neil!

Thing is - with the worlds' shift towards brand commercials and fast-pace reels everyday that are edited for social media and sometimes don't require major effects and heavy stuff - To be able to create those beautiful reels and still stay in Premiere is a necessity rather than a 'nice to have' thing.

I've been editing social media content for almost 4 years now and 90% of them were Premiere material.

Another example for a feature Adobe has put in Premiere is the new Masking method in Beta where you can use masking in Premiere in a similar way to Rotoscoping in After Effects which saves alot of ping-pong between the two.

I think the next step would be developing the Warp Stabilizer tool to be even more efficient 🙂

[R Neil Haugen]

Oh, we'd all love a more capable Warp in Premiere ... !