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You can stabilize motion with the Warp Stabilizer effect. It removes
jitter caused by camera movement, making it possible to transform
shaky, handheld footage into steady, smooth shots.

Stabilize with the Warp Stabilizer effect

To stabilize motion using the Warp Stabilizer effect, do the following:

1 Select the clip you want to stabilize.

2 In the Effects panel, choose Distort > Warp Stabilizer, and then
apply the effect by double-clicking, or by dragging the effect to
the clip in the Timeline or the Effect Controls panel.

After the effect is added, analysis of the clip begins immediately

in the background. As analysis begins, the first of two banners
displays in the Project panel indicating that analysis is occurring.
When analysis is complete, the second banner displays a
message that stabilization is occurring.

You are free to work with the footage or elsewhere in the project
while these steps are occurring.

Note:

The Warp Stabilizer effect in Premiere Pro requires that the clip
dimensions match the sequence settings. If the clip does not match the
sequence settings, you can nest the clip, and then apply the Warp
Stabilizer effect to the nest.

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Analyze
There is no need to press this button when you first apply Warp
Stabilizer; it is pressed for you automatically. The Analyze button
Effects and transitions in Premiere Pro
remains dimmed until some change takes place. For example, if you
adjust a layer’s In or Out points, or there is an upstream change to the
layer source. Click the button to reanalyze the footage.

Note:

Analysis does not take into account any effects that are applied directly
to the same clip.

Cancel Cancels an analysis in progress. During analysis, status

information appears next to the Cancel button.

Stabilization Stabilization settings allow for adjusting the

stabilization process.

Result Controls the intended result for the footage (Smooth or No

Motion).
Smooth motion (default): Retains the original camera movement
but makes it smoother. When selected, Smoothness is enabled to
control how smooth the camera movement becomes.
No Motion: Attempts to remove all camera motion from the shot.
When selected, the Crop Less Smooth More function is disabled in
the Advanced section. This setting is used for footage where at
least a portion of the main subject remains within the frame for
the entire range being analyzed.

Smoothness Chooses how much the camera’s original motion is

stabilized. Lower values are closer to the camera’s original motion
while higher values are smoother. Values above 100 require more

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cropping of the image. Enabled when the Result is set to Smooth

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Method Specifies the most complex operation the Warp Stabilizer

performs on the footage to stabilize it:
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Position: Stabilization is based on position data only and is the

most basic way footage can be stabilized.
Position, Scale And Rotation: Stabilization is based upon position,
scale, and rotation data. If there are not enough areas to track,
Warp Stabilizer chooses the previous type (Position).
Perspective: Uses a type of stabilization in which the entire frame
is effectively corner-pinned. If there are not enough areas to track,
Warp Stabilizer chooses the previous type (Position, Scale,
Rotation).
Subspace Warp (default): Attempts to warp various parts of the
frame differently to stabilize the entire frame. If there are not
enough areas to track, Warp Stabilizer choose the previous type
(Perspective). The method in use on any given frame can change
across the course of the clip based on the tracking accuracy.

Note:

In some cases, Subspace Warp can introduce unwanted warping, and

Perspective can introduce unwanted keystoning. You can prevent
anomalies by choosing a simpler method.

Borders Borders settings adjust how borders (the moving edges)

are treated for footage that is stabilized.

Framing Controls how the edges appear in a stabilizing result.

Framing can be set to one of the following:
Stabilize Only: Displays the entire frame, including the moving
edges. Stabilize Only shows how much work is being done to
stabilize the image. Using Stabilize Only allows you to crop the
footage using other methods. When selected, the Auto-scale
section and Crop Less Smooth More property are disabled.
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Stabilize, Crop: Crops the moving edges without scaling. Stabilize,

Stabilize motion
Crop is identical with
to using the Crop,
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Auto-scale, effect
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Maximum Scale to 100%. With this option enabled, the Auto-scale
section is disabled, but the Crop Less Smooth More property is
enabled.
Effects
Stabilize, and Auto-scale
Crop, transitions in(default):
Premiere Pro
Crops the moving edges and
scales up the image to refill the frame. The automatic scaling is
controlled by various properties in the Auto-scale section.
Stabilize, Synthesize Edges: Fills in the blank space created by the
moving edges with content from frames earlier and later in time
(controlled by Synthesizes Input Range in the Advanced section).
With this option, the Auto-scale section and Crop Less Smooth
More are disabled.

Note:

It is possible for artifacts to appear when there is movement at the edge

of the frame not related to camera movement.

Auto-scale Displays the current auto-scale amount, and allows you

to set limits on the amount of auto-scaling. Enable Auto-scale by
setting framing to Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale.
Maximum Scale: Limits the maximum amount a clip is scaled up
for stabilization.
Action-Safe Margin: When non-zero, specifies a border around
the edge of the image that you don’t expect to be visible. Thus,
auto-scale does not try to fill it.

Additional Scale Scales up the clip with the same result as scaling
using the Scale property under Transform, but avoids an extra
resampling of the image.

Advanced

Detailed Analysis

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Rolling Shutter Ripple The stabilizer automatically removes the

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in Premiere shutter footage. Automatic
Reduction is the default. Use Enhanced Reduction if the footage
contains larger ripples. To use either method, set the Method to
Subspace Warp or Perspective.

Crop Less <-> Smooth More When cropping, controls the trade-off
between smoothness and scaling of the cropping rectangle as it
moves over the stabilized image. Lower values are smooth; however,
more of the image is viewed. At 100%, the result is the same as the
Stabilize Only option with manual cropping.

Synthesis Input Range (seconds) Used by Stabilize, Synthesize

Edges framing, controls how far backward and forward in time the
synthesis process goes to fill in any missing pixels.

Synthesis Edge Feather Selects the amount of feather for the

synthesized pieces. It is enabled only when using the Stabilize,
Synthesize Edges framing. Use the feather control to smooth over
edges where the synthesized pixels join up with the original frame.

Synthesis Edge Cropping Trims off the edges of each frame before it
is used to combine with other frames when using the Stabilize,
Synthesize Edges framing option. Use the cropping controls to crop off
bad edges that are common in analog video capture, or low quality
optics. By default, all edges are set to zero pixels.

Hide Warning Banner Use when you don’t want to reanalyze

footage even though there is a warning banner indicating that it must
be reanalyzed.

Warp Stabilizer workflow tips

1 Apply the Warp Stabilizer.

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3 Choose Stabilization > Result > No Motion if you want to
completely remove all camera motion. Choose Stabilization >
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original camera movement in the shot.

4 If the result is good, you’re done with stabilization. If not, do one

or more of the following:

If the footage is too warped, or distorted, switch the Method

to Position, Scale, Rotation.
If there are occasional rippled distortions, and footage was
shot with a rolling shutter camera, set Advanced > Rolling
Shutter Ripple to Enhanced Reduction.
Try checking Advanced > Detailed Analysis.

5 If the result is too cropped, reduce either Smoothness or Crop

Less Smooth More. Crop Less Smooth More is much more
responsive, as it doesn’t require a restabilize phase.

6 If you want to get a feel for how much work the stabilizer is
actually doing, set the Framing to Stabilize Only.

When Framing is set to one of the cropping options and the cropping
gets extreme, a red banner appears saying, “To avoid extreme
cropping set Framing to Stabilize Only or adjust other parameters." In
this situation, you can set Framing to either Stabilize Only or Stabilize,
Synthesize Edges. Other options include reducing the value of Crop
Less Smooth More, or reducing Smoothness. Or, if you are satisfied
with the results, enable the Hide Warning Banner option.

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