After Effects Warp Stabiliser - Demo Footage

A test of the "Warp Stabiliser" effect in Adobe After Effects CS5.5, using the tool's installed default settings - in other words I just applied the effect with the default settings and let it do its thing, without any manual intervention.

The inset shows the original footage, the main view shows the stabilised footage. It helps to concentrate on the inset, then replay the video watching both.

All footage was captured using a Canon EOS 7D camera with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens, neither of which have native stabilisation.

The footage was captured at 1080/25fps. Due to the output file sizes it was saved at 25% quality and down-sized to 720p (the quality of the image isn't as important as what the frame is doing).

Other than the warp stabiliser effect, the only other change made to the footage is a brightness and contrast adjustment, which was applied identically to both layers.

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[commanderkruge]

Wow, that's actually quite impressive...

[starfedrogue]

@commanderkruge And it's SOOOOO EASY! Literally drag it across from the effects panel, then go make a cup of tea.

[commanderkruge]

@starfedrogue I mean, okay, slowly one should get used to the fact that there is nothing you can't do with computers any more - but each time I think that someone comes up with a program that does something automatically like this that just blows me away. :D

Too bad this stuff is so expensive, I'd *so* love to simply toy around with tools like that. :)

But no need to complain, even the "average ppl" software I use can do impressive things already. ^^

[starfedrogue]

@commanderkruge Adobe CS 32 will just be a button labelled "Create Awesome".

[starfedrogue]

@AcceptNoBullshit (1) Drag the effect over the clip, (2) Make cup of tea.

[KidBajan]

No need for a Glidecam now.

[lifewasters]

Looks as if a crane was used to get closer to the barbecue. Professional film-like motion. Add the two horizontal black bars [cinema], slightly alter the colors and add some appropriate music/audio and viewers will think this is an excerpt taken from a Hollywood film or a BBC documentary.

[FischFanger]

that replace a glidecam or somthing like that!!! more than great

[commanderkruge]

@starfedrogue Heheh... I toyed around with a similarly interesting audio toy today - ujam com (with a dot apparently ^^) - it lets you record / upload an audiotrack (like you singing a capella) and then creates "orchestration" for it, picking from a range of styles. Probably much "easier" to do than what adobe does, but still... :)

[starfedrogue]

@AcceptNoBullshit Indeed!

[ekhaat]

Amazing



[VelcroBanana]

Very nice...

[dualranger]

woot!!