Is there any such thing as a filter or program which will reduce
shakyness of camcorder footage? (I'm talking about after-the--fact,
,clipsp that haave been captured onto the PC). I read on the internet
that are a few programs that can do that, but the result is not
high-quality video.

Virtualdub with Gunnar Thalin's Deshaker filter is the best, but
there is a learning curve. Commercial products are SteadyHand
by Dynapel, and SteadyMove. SteadyHand is easy to use but isn't
always successful. I've never tried Steadymove.

geronimo <Jamesw@grandecom.net> wrote:
: Is there any such thing as a filter or program which will reduce
: shakyness of camcorder footage? (I'm talking about after-the--fact,
: ,clipsp that haave been captured onto the PC). I read on the internet
: that are a few programs that can do that, but the result is not
: high-quality video.

geronimo wrote:

Check out "A Guide to Using DeShaker" at
http://dvformat.digitalmedianet.com/...e.jsp?id=28849
It was designed for Vegas but will work with other NLEs as well.

Mike

Thanks, guys, I will get VitualDub and Deshaker.

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:24:35 -0400, Mike Kujbida
<kXuXjXfXaXm@xplornet.com> wrote:

I have completed the movie project, at least a preliminary version---
550 mb rendered to MPEG-1. I suppose I can Use virtualDub/deshaker to
process some of the bad clips in the Project folder, without creating
a problem, next time I make a rendering?

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:24:35 -0400, Mike Kujbida
<kXuXjXfXaXm@xplornet.com> wrote:

I've never tried DeShaker so you're on your own here :-(
All I can suggest is to try it and see what happens.
Make a copy of the bad clips if you're not certain and play with those.

Mike


geronimo wrote:

I've tried Deshaker with VirtualDub and it was difficult to achieve the
results I wanted.

I now use SteadyHand by Dynapel. It's easy to use, and I find it works
rather well. Obviously, there is some quality loss, as it has to cut the
image down to get a stable part of the image, then shift, rotate, and
resize to fill the screen (there are other options, but this is the mode
you're most likely to use). Still, if your source is good quality, the
results are rather nice. Non shakey video is worth a slight loss in picture
quality.

Your needs may be different than mine, but I find I get the best results if
I deinterlace the video in VirtualDub first. Then I run it through
SteadyHand, and finally do my editing in Adobe Premiere.

Oh, and the more you can reduce shake while recording, the better the
results are after running through the stabilizer software.

Anthony