Camera stabilization software compared

This is a split screen video comparing Avid's Region Stabilize, Apple's SmoothCam and the stand alone application iStabilize. It takes an average hand-held shot of a snake in the grass and tries to steady the snakes head. It's part of a blog post at: http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2007/06/02/smoothcam-vs-some-others/

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• software
• apple
• final
• cut
• pro
• avid
• media
• composer
• stabilization

[macnation]

Have you tried final cut 6, it works really well for this kind of thing.

[ls2562006]

Uhhhh yea. That's where Apple SmoothCam comes from.

[10000pillars]

How can you even say that? Avid's image doesn't move at all.

[evertlund]

Avid seems to be a still frame but if you look closer u see a fly or something is flying by.

[Ariegiggles]

Am voting for Avid's Region Stabiliz

[gusphraba]

There are two I would really like to see compared: Lock & Load for Mac and Mercalli by ProDAD, both are available as Final Cut Plug-In.

[Garone1998]

Year, avid pruduced some still frame and they got the best colors,

but it looks so death

--------I thing edit video from Apple is the best

[jeffkrebs]

That's a pretty simple example, most stabilize software can deal with that.

[bizzarosanta2]

There is a way to use the smoothcam filter on Final Cut without those "ghost" movements you are seeing in the test. Works better than it looks here.

[PestVic]

you can see the shadows and light move

[msgfilms]

do they have region stabilize on media composer? the avid one looks like a freeze frame