premiere pro cc warp stabilizer requires clip dimensions

But, this post isn’t for those people that just throw it on and have it work.

All the computing, tracking, and general analyzing happens in the software and you end up with a great clip in around 1 minute. If you have a decent clip it will usually make it great, and if you have a great clip with maybe a slight bump in it, (think slider with an uneven bit of railing) it will make it look perfect. The good news is that Warp Stabilizer’s default settings work for the majority of the clips that you throw at it. Thus, Warp Stabilizer was born and now stabilized footage is only a quick click away. Thankfully, Adobe realized there was a need for a much quicker solution that would work for the majority of the clips being filmed in the world today. For many years if you had shaky footage your only option was to either spend hours tracking a moving object in After Effects with keyframes in the hopes of it working properly, or learning how to use an expensive plugin software such as Mocha. One of my favorite new effects included in Adobe After Effects CS 5.5, CS6, CC, and Adobe Premiere Pro CC is the Warp Stabilizer.

With the popularity of DSLRs as well as the smaller sizes they are making cinema cameras these days, it makes sense that they would need help in software if you want to have any hope of shooting handheld. The form factor and weight don’t lend themselves to a steady shot which is why you often see DSLRs decked out with full shoulder rigs, weights, and setups that resemble something more appropriate for fishing than stabilization. Personally, if I have to nest to solve this problem I add a 1 sec handle at each end and then nest and trim it back to fit the original shot length.Most shaky footage comes from a lack of control of the camera and is especially prevalent in DSLRs due to their small size. One word of warning - if you only nest the clip as it sits in the timeline, then if you want to dissolve either end of that clip then you will only be able to dissolve (or any other transition) into the clip. Then apply the stabiliser to that new clip. The easiest solution is nest the clip - right click and select nest on the clip. With the warp stabiliser in Premiere, the clip has to have these numbers of a clip the same as those of the timeline. The first number (1920 or 1280) is the number of horizontal pixels of a frame and the second number (1080 or 720) is the number of vertical pixels of a frame. For example, for a 1080 clip the dimensions are 1920x1080, for a 720 clip they are 1280x720. The clip dimensions is the pixel count for your individual clips, while the sequence settings are the same but for the timeline you are working with.

Premiere pro cc warp stabilizer requires clip dimensions