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One thing which keeps annoying me about my first YouTube video is the camera shake; it makes the video unpleasant to watch, and you can't appreciate Chandra's graceful movements.
I gave DeShaker (a VirtualDub plugin) a try, and I'm pretty happy with the results. Most of the camera shake is gone, and to my untrained eye the video quality is pretty much the same. Once in a while you'll see a heatwave shimmer, but it's not a problem.
DeShaker is definitely not a push-button solution. It takes a bit of tweaking to get the results you want. Once you understand the feedback DeShaker gives you, it's not too difficult to adjust the settings. I suggest extracting the worst 10 second clip of your footage into a separate, smaller file. The short length allows you to experiment quicker.
Here is the original video (the worst shaking happens at 1:25)
Here is the improved video (the shaking is a lot less at 1:35)
For a piece of free software, I'm pretty happy. It can be a bit intimidating to learn at first, but once you figure things out, it's kinda fun. Here's a tutorial to get you started.
I gave DeShaker (a VirtualDub plugin) a try, and I'm pretty happy with the results. Most of the camera shake is gone, and to my untrained eye the video quality is pretty much the same. Once in a while you'll see a heatwave shimmer, but it's not a problem.
DeShaker is definitely not a push-button solution. It takes a bit of tweaking to get the results you want. Once you understand the feedback DeShaker gives you, it's not too difficult to adjust the settings. I suggest extracting the worst 10 second clip of your footage into a separate, smaller file. The short length allows you to experiment quicker.
Here is the original video (the worst shaking happens at 1:25)
Here is the improved video (the shaking is a lot less at 1:35)
For a piece of free software, I'm pretty happy. It can be a bit intimidating to learn at first, but once you figure things out, it's kinda fun. Here's a tutorial to get you started.
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