FPCX Stabilization Settings Tutorial

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What are FPCX stabilization settings?search("FPCX stabilization settings")# 【0†Stabilization in FCPX | Everything You Need to Know - YouTube†www.youtube.com】 FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/FCPXStabilizerPFSGet FREE Music for your YouTube Videos 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/UppbeatBDBeats by Dre Commercial 👉🏼 ...

【1†FCP X: Image Stabilization | Larry Jordan†larryjordan.com】

Open the Inspector ( Command+4 ), scroll down and turn on Stabilization by clicking the checkbox. (Blue means it is on .) A message is displayed at the bottom of the image in the Viewer saying the Final Cut is analyzing the movement in the clip. What this means is that Final Cut is looking to separate movement that is caused by a shaky camera ...

【2†Hands-on: FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 - amazing stabilization for ... - 9to5Mac†9to5mac.com】

FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 is a new plugin for Final Cut Pro X from Pixel Film Studios. It allows you to stabilize footage with ease using automatic tracking.

【3†How to Quickly Stabilize Footage in Final Cut Pro - PremiumBeat†www.premiumbeat.com】

Once FCPX analyzes your footage, it will determine if Tripod Mode is applicable. If it is, the checkbox will marked. For today’s example, we’re utilizing the standard InertiaCam effect to stabilize our footage. If you’re going to use this effect, it’s important to know that a simple “drag and drop” usually will not yield the results ...

【4†Correct shaky video in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support†support.apple.com】

SmoothCam: Applies the default stabilization method described above, allowing you to adjust the translation, rotation, and scale parameters: Adjust left, right, up, and down movement of a shot (x and y axes): Drag the Translation Smooth slider. Adjust rotation around the center point of the image: Drag the Rotation Smooth slider. Adjust forward or backward camera or lens movement (z axis ...

【5†Correct Shaky Video & Stabilize Footage in Final Cut Pro†motionarray.com】

FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 allows you to “lock on” to any object in your scene and stabilize all camera movement around that. The results are pretty amazing, and the effect is quite distinct from other stabilizers. At $29.95, this add-on is a must-have for any Final Cut Pro editor working with action-packed footage. 2.

【6†FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 - Professional Shot Stabilizer Tool for FCP†store.pixelfilmstudios.com】

FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 features improved analysis time over version 1.1 allowing for faster stabilizing that save you time and money. FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 tracks footage anywhere from 2 to 5 times faster than version 1.1 depending on the settings you choose to track with. Adjusting the quality of the stabilizing is as simple as moving a slider.

【7†How To Stabilize Footage In Final Cut Pro X - YouTube†www.youtube.com】

️ Check out our favourite FCPX templates here: https://bit.ly/3aSRkquIn this tutorial, you'll learn how to stabilize shaky footage in Final Cut Pro X. We'll...

【8†Translation, Rotation and Scale Stabilization in FCPX - YouTube†www.youtube.com】

Watch this demonstration of the variety of software stabilization methods that come stock in Final Cut Pro X to remove unwanted camera motion and shake from ...

【9†Unsure Sure How to Stabilize Footage in FCP X? Start Here - No Film School†nofilmschool.com】

After selecting your clip, hop on over to the Inspector panel and look for the Stabilization section, which FCP X revamped in version 10.1. In it, you'll notice under Method there three options to choose from: Automatic, InertiaCam, and SmoothCam. InertiaCam is a new feature and is a welcome addition. While the default option is set to ...

【10†Master the Locked-On Stabilization Effect in Final Cut Pro†motionarray.com】

Part 2: Create the Locked-On Stabilization Effect in FCPX with Plugin. Another easy and quick way to recreate this effect is using third-party plug-ins. Especially if you are new to editing with Final Cut Pro or have a last-minute edit, we definitely recommend using the Pixel Film Studios Stabilizer 2.0.Using this plugin you will be able to track a specific in-frame object and ensure it does ...

【11†FCPX Stabilizer – Pixel Film Studios – All-in-One Membership for Video ...†members.pixelfilmstudios.com】

Experience the transformative power of the FCPX Stabilizer – an essential tool designed to seamlessly enhance your Final Cut Pro X projects by eliminating shaky footage and unsteady handheld shots. ... your go-to solution for achieving professional-level stabilization and stunning visual results. Final Cut Pro. 5 Tools. Any Resolution. 30 ...

【12†FCPX Stabilizer 2.0†fcptemplate.gumroad.com】

FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 features improved analysis time over version 1.1 allowing for faster stabilizing that saves you time and money. FCPX Stabilizer 2.0 tracks footage anywhere from 2 to 5 times faster than version 1.1 depending on the settings you choose to track with. Adjusting the quality of the stabilizing is as simple as moving a slider.

【13†FCP X v.10.1: Change Project Settings | Larry Jordan†larryjordan.com】

Choose Window > Project Properties. This opens the Info tab in the Inspector. Click the Modify Settings button. This opens the Custom Project Settings panel, where you can change the project properties. When you configure properties after you’ve created the project, the option to have the product automatically match the format of the first ...

【14†How to Stabilize Your Video for Better Impressions in FCPX?†filmora.wondershare.com】

Here are the detailed instructions on how to stabilize the footage using the Filmora application. Step 1 First download the application according to your system OS and install it. Then, upload the shaky video into the timeline of Filmora to carry out the desired tasks on the shaky clippings. Step 2 Next, hit the Stabilization icon on the menu ...

【15†FCPX Cross dissolve sometimes causes jump on stabilized video†video.stackexchange.com】

That works fine, but sometimes going in or out of the transition causes a jump, as if the stabilization settings were different for the transition. For an example, take a look at this video... especially the start and end of the clip that runs from 00:31-00:43.

【16†How To Stabilize Handheld Video In Final Cut Pro (FCPX)†www.youtube.com】

In this video I’ll show you the best way to use the stabilisation tool Final Cut Pro to make your handheld footage smoother looking without getting that wobb...

【17†FCP X: When to Use Optimized, Proxy, or Native Media†larryjordan.com】

In FCP X (10.1) go to the switch in the upper right corner of the Viewer and choose between Optimized/Original or Proxy files. In earlier versions of FCP X, go to Preferences > Playback and click the appropriate radio button. (Apple moved both these preference settings to the Viewer switch in the 10.1 release.)

【18†Shootout: Adobe's Warp Stabilizer vs. Apple's Final Cut Pro X Stabilization†nofilmschool.com】

Here's the video comparison between the two: Yes, the After Effects one looks smoother. The FCP X video has a jump in it that After Effects corrects. However, this test is also a good example of the divide in Adobe and Apple's (new) philosophy: Adobe's stabilization requires a separate motion graphics app, while Final Cut Pro X 's is built-in ...

【19†The ULTIMATE Setup Guide For Gyroflow – NoirFPV†noirfpv.com】

The Gyroflow Stabilization Menu. The stabilization options allow you to fine tune the settings in order to optimize the end result produced by Gyroflow. The following section explains the settings that you might want to change 99% of the time. In most cases the default settings work well. FOV (Field Of View) Visible: 0% - 100%mclick([1, 3, 4])

NOTE: If you have a long clip, and only need to stabilize a short part of it, cut the clip with the Razor Blade tool (B) before turning on stabilization.

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When the analysis is complete, the message disappears and the image zooms in slightly. (Notice the width of the gray post on the left of the frame, compared to the initial shot above.)

UPDATE – June 4, 2012

Nicolas Nilsen reminded me that this background process stops when you move the mouse, or resume editing. By definition, a background process is “something that can be interrupted.” Analysis is very processor intensive, so it politely waits while you do other stuff, then resumes when there is a pause.

HOW THIS WORKS

What Final Cut does is sense when the image moves down, so it moves the image up by the same amount and at the same time. If it senses the image moves to the left, it moves the image a corresponding distance to the right. By applying an opposite movement of the same amount, it cancels out the shake.

But in order not to shoot off the edges of the image, Final Cut scales up slightly. The amount of zoom is dependent upon the severity of the shake. The more severe the shaking, or the more aggressively you want to compensate for it, the more the image needs to scale up.

For low resolution images – such as SD – this scaling can cause problems with pixilation. HD has more pixels to work with, so the image degradation is less. Still, for truly severe shaking, you may need to balance the amount of movement compensation with the quality of the image.

NOTE: You only need to analyze a clip once. Adjusting the settings does not require new analysis.

WHAT YOU CAN ADJUST

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There are three sliders that allow you to adjust the amount of stabilization and where it is applied. All three settings default to 2.5. A setting of 0 turns that setting off. A setting of 5 applies the maximum amount of compensation. The higher these numbers, the more an image needs to scale up.

Translation Smooth: This compensates for movement horizontally and vertically. Of the three controls, this has the greatest impact on stabilizing an image.

Rotation Smooth: This compensates for rotating the camera around the image. On many shots you may be able to decrease this setting without causing problems.

Scale Smooth: This compensates for shaky zooms. If you are not zooming during the shot, set this to 0.

ROLLING SHUTTER

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A new problem that appeared with the advent of DSLR cameras is “rolling shutter.” Notice in the screen shot above that both the trash cans and light post are leaning to the right?

DSLR cameras don’t take the entire image at one time. Instead, they record the image from the top of the image sensor to the bottom. If the camera isn’t moving too quickly, the slight time lag this causes creates no problem. But, if the camera is in the middle of a rapid pan – as it is here – vertical lines take on a decided lean.

Fortunately, this is easy to fix – and you can even adjust how vertical you want your lines to become.

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As usual, select your clip, open the Inspector, and scroll down to Rolling Shutter.

Click the checkbox to turn it on (blue).

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The analysis message appears again and Final Cut communes with itself to figure out what needs to be fixed.

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Again, when the analysis is complete, the image zooms in slightly and image lines are back vertical,  where they should be. (The blur is caused by the speed of the zoom. This is both natural and expected.)

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You can adjust the amount of the correction by selecting one of these menu options. None turns the effect off. The higher settings cause greater amounts of compensation.

Most of the time, Medium, which is the default, should be fine.

NOTE: I’ve created new video training which helps you learn how to use the effects in Final Cut Pro X. 【20†Click here】 to learn more.

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65 Responses to FCP X: Image Stabilization

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[Image 13] Niels says:

【22†July 27, 2018 at 2:54 am】

I have a question,

is there a way to shortcut the stabilization.
that would be waaaaay quicker.

hope somebody can help
Niels

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[Image 14] 【24†Larry†www.larryjordan.com】 says:

【25†July 27, 2018 at 9:33 am】

Niels:

Not really. Stabilization takes a long time because, first, the software needs to determine how each frame changes position in four dimensions – side to side, up and down, rotation and zoom. This requires a lot of analysis.

Once the analysis is complete, the image can be stabilized.

The trick to using it efficiently is to keep your clips as short as possible. Not using an In and Out, but physically short. So:

• Only stabilize the portion of clips you need for your edit
• Consider exporting the clips to create short, stand-alone clips
• Then, stabilize those excerpts.

Larry

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[Image 15] Marc says:

【27†August 13, 2018 at 6:46 am】

Hy,
I have FCPX 10.4. Do you know if there is a stabilisation tool in it like in the former versions of FCPX ?
Thank you

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[Image 16] 【24†Larry†www.larryjordan.com】 says:

【29†August 13, 2018 at 8:30 am】

Marc:

Yes. You’ll find it in the Video Inspector, near the bottom, labeled “Stabilization.” It is automatically available to every clip, no need to apply it.

Larry

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[Image 17] Todd Ouzts says:

【31†January 8, 2019 at 11:47 pm】

I’ve recently restored 330 Super 8 films in FCPx. Stabilization is the single most important step in the workflow, one that is fraught with peril. Through trial-and-error I’ve arrived at a 16-step process for achieving the best results. The key step is to trim your footage and all cuts first, export it and import it again as if it’s the original. Then cut it into clips again. Then attempt to stabilize all clips. Otherwise FCP’s stabilizer will absolutely go off the rails, because it doesn’t consistently respect your clip boundaries when you trim out unwanted frames. Worse, once you get your project looking smooth, once you retime your project some scenes they will suddenly go choppy on you, thereby defeating the purpose of stabilization.

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[Image 18] 【24†Larry†www.larryjordan.com】 says:

【33†January 9, 2019 at 5:37 pm】

Todd:

You are absolutely correct. FCP X does not do well stabilizing long and varied clips. I like your workflow.

Larry

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[Image 19] Andrew Wingrove says:

【35†February 6, 2020 at 11:39 pm】

Hi Todd, I also do a lot of work with 8mm film and found your work flow interesting, something I am certainly going to try out today. Do you know if it is possible to define the part of the frame that it uses to stabilise the image. I would like it to focus on the sprocket hole on the left hand side of the image, and have that in the same position in every frame.

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[Image 20] Lorne Ould says:

【37†August 20, 2019 at 7:56 am】

I cannot find any troubleshooting for using Tripod mode in the Stabilization for FCPX, it is always greyed out ?
Please advise.
It was successful for one clip, looks very stable, then for all other clips, the tab or check box for Tripod Mode is greyed out or unavailable.
Lorne.
PS I do have coremelt lock and load, etc. but there is no Tripod mode in their product, only lock down which is fair to poor.

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[Image 21] 【24†Larry†www.larryjordan.com】 says:

【39†August 20, 2019 at 12:32 pm】

Lorne:

Both options work for me. Try trashing FCP X preferences and see if that helps:

【40†https://larryjordan.com/articles/trouble-shoot-your-apple-final-cut-pro-x-system/】

Larry

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[Image 22] Lorne Ould says:

【42†August 21, 2019 at 10:38 am】

To no avail, after trashing system preferences for FCPX 10.4.6, osx Mojave 10.14. * 【397† Use built-in camera LUTs to color correct ProRes RAW video 】 * 【398† Use custom LUT effects to color correct ProRes RAW video 】 * 【399† Color correct ProRes RAW video directly without LUTs 】 * 【400† Apply LUTs 】 * Measure video levels
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Correct shaky video in Final Cut Pro for Mac

You can smooth a 【496†clip’s】 shaky footage by correcting the stabilization, rolling shutter, or both.

The stabilization feature in Final Cut Pro reduces the camera motion in your video so that shaky parts can be played back more smoothly. You can turn off stabilization for any clip so that it plays as originally recorded.

Many camcorders and still cameras include CMOS image sensors that expose the picture they’re recording progressively, instead of all at once. As a result, if the camera moves a lot during recording, or if the camera records fast motion, image distortion can occur. This causes the picture to appear wobbly or skewed. Final Cut Pro has a rolling shutter feature that can reduce this motion distortion.

Fix a clip with excessive shake or rolling shutter distortion

1. If the clip isn’t already in your Final Cut Pro project, add it to the 【497†timeline】, then select it.

Tip: Stabilization and rolling shutter corrections operate on whole-clip selections, not on 【498†range selections】. To get the highest-quality and fastest results, isolate the problem section by 【499†cutting the clip with the Blade tool】 in the timeline. Then apply the correction to just the video footage that needs correcting.

2. If the Video inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:

* Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4).

* Click the Inspector button on the right side of the toolbar.

[Image 1: The Inspector button in the toolbar] 3. Click the Video button at the top of the inspector.

[Image 2: The Video button] 4. Scroll down to the Stabilization and Rolling Shutter sections.

Tip: Double-click the top bar of the inspector to switch between half-height view and full-height view.

5. In the Video inspector, do any of the following:

* Reduce the shake: Select the Stabilization checkbox.

If you turn on Stabilization, its checkbox turns blue and Final Cut Pro analyzes the clip for the best stabilization method. See 【500†Adjust stabilization settings】, below.

* Reduce rolling shutter distortion: Select the Rolling Shutter checkbox.

[Image 3: The Stabilization and Rolling Shutter controls in the Video inspector] 6. To view the fix, play the clip in the timeline.

To turn off stabilization or rolling shutter corrections for a clip, deselect the Stabilization or Rolling Shutter checkbox.

Adjust stabilization settings

You can adjust how much of a correction is applied by the stabilization feature.

Stabilization has two independent phases:

• When you apply stabilization to a clip, Final Cut Pro analyzes the pixels in successive frames to determine the direction of camera movement.

• During playback and rendering, Final Cut Pro uses the motion analysis data to apply a transform effect to each frame, compensating for camera movement.

Use the available sliders in the Video inspector to control the steadiness of your shot. The higher you set the value of each parameter, the more camera motion is compensated for. A value of 0.0 turns off the parameter.

[Image 4: Three types of motion applied to clips during image stabilization: translation, rotation, andFinal Cut Pro X (FCPX) offers stabilization settings to correct shaky footage and improve video quality. The stabilization feature compensates for camera movement by analyzing the motion in each frame and applying an opposite movement to neutralize the shake. If the camera moves down, FCPX moves the image up by the same amount, and similarly for left and right movements. To avoid shooting off the edges of the image due to these corrections, FCPX slightly scales up the footage, which may lead to a slight quality degradation, especially in lower resolution videos【5†source】.

There are three main settings you can adjust to control the amount of stabilization:

• Translation Smooth: Compensates for movement horizontally and vertically and has the most significant impact on stabilization.
• Rotation Smooth: Adjusts for camera rotation around the image.
• Scale Smooth: Adjusts for shaky zooms. If you're not zooming during the shot, you can set this to zero.

Another feature to be aware of is the correction for rolling shutter distortion, a common issue with DSLR cameras due to how they capture images. This feature corrects the skewing effect that rapid camera movements can cause, making vertical lines appear tilted. You can adjust the amount of correction applied through the stabilization settings【5†source】.

To apply these corrections, select the clip in your project, open the Inspector, and navigate to the Stabilization and Rolling Shutter sections. Here, you can choose to activate stabilization, adjust settings for translation, rotation, and scale smoothness, or correct for rolling shutter distortion. FCPX will then analyze the clip and apply the necessary corrections to stabilize the footage【6†source】.

For more in-depth guidance and visual demonstrations, checking out resources and tutorials on Final Cut Pro X's stabilization features would be highly beneficial.

FPCX Stabilization Settings Tutorial created at Tue Jan 20 1970 19:43:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)