Final Cut Pro Smoothcam Filter

This is my first project using Final Cut Pro 6. I have done all my prior editing using iMovie. With Apples latest "upgrade" to iMovie being such a failure, I decided it was time to learn Final Cut.
I learned a few new skills in creating this short project. FCP is so advanced, I know it will take me a long time to learn how to use it effectively.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Final
• Cut
• Pro
• smoothcam
• filter
• candy
• cane
• lane
• tutorial

[MacMe101]

Is this filter on 5.0? If not, how is there a way I can download it or another filter that will steady out shots?

Thanks

[bigd1971]

This filter is on 6.0, and I am not sure about 5.0. I have not used a version earlier than 6.0, so I don't know what filters are out there for it.

[Alomaim]

the problem is with the quality of the video after the smoothcam filter.

[bigd1971]

Are you saying the filter made the quality poorer?

[Alomaim]

It actually does especially if your not shooting HD.

Because the smooth cam zooms into the video and removes the shaking through the process.

So the filter would be better if you use HD because the resolution of the video is already high, even if the filter does zoom into the video it does not make that much difference :)

[bigd1971]

I made this video before I purchased my HD camera. I have not tried this filter with any HD footage yet. I no longer post videos on here anyway. Vimeo does much better with HD video, so my stuff goes up there now.

[AceNichols33]

sweeeeet ;] I have some band performances this would work great on..

[loveja1]

So if you use a pro cam such as in a sony vx series you would probably get much better results.

[jchouproductions]

nice video, but when I apply the smoothcam filter, it makes it zoom in more to make it stable and a little blurry, do you know what i am talking about?

[lucky13studios]

wow.... that is amazing

real quick did u shoot in 3:4 and then crop because otherwise you would get the moving black bar right?