Comments on: Final Cut Studio 2 SmoothCam Tested: Fix Those Shaky Shots http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/ Motion graphics, live visuals, VJing, video production, and interactive art Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ottavia http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-135895 Ottavia Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:55:02 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-135895 Hi Vade, I am a newly Final Cut user (installed 2 days ago after 3 years of iMovie) and I found your post on smoothcam very useful as I had the same problem on analisys time. It was not clear to me how to convert the footage to .mtdf, I've done some search on the internet but I come out with nothing :( Could you please explain me in detail how to do that? Thanks a lot! Hi Vade,

I am a newly Final Cut user (installed 2 days ago after 3 years of iMovie) and I found your post on smoothcam very useful as I had the same problem on analisys time.
It was not clear to me how to convert the footage to .mtdf, I’ve done some search on the internet but I come out with nothing :(
Could you please explain me in detail how to do that?

Thanks a lot!

]]> By: tinder.tv » Blog Archive » Bildstabilisierung "Smoothcam" in Final Cut Pro http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28481 tinder.tv » Blog Archive » Bildstabilisierung "Smoothcam" in Final Cut Pro Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:50:23 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28481 [...] Die neueste Version von Final Cut Pro enthält eine neue Bildstabilisierungstechnologie (”Smoothcam“), die bislang nur in Apple’s High End Compositingprogramm Shake enthalten war. Mittlerweile liegen die ersten Rendertests vor, unter anderem bei Create Digital Motion und bei The Editblog. Wichtigste Informationen: [...] [...] Die neueste Version von Final Cut Pro enthält eine neue Bildstabilisierungstechnologie (”Smoothcam“), die bislang nur in Apple’s High End Compositingprogramm Shake enthalten war. Mittlerweile liegen die ersten Rendertests vor, unter anderem bei Create Digital Motion und bei The Editblog. Wichtigste Informationen: [...]

]]> By: Create Digital Motion » More on SmoothCam in FCS2: Editblog Tests, Comparison http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28283 Create Digital Motion » More on SmoothCam in FCS2: Editblog Tests, Comparison Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:07:36 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28283 [...] Editblog has responded to Anton’s SmoothCam tests with some tests of their own: [...] [...] Editblog has responded to Anton’s SmoothCam tests with some tests of their own: [...]

]]> By: Final Cut Studio 2 SmoothCam Roundup at FreshDV http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28251 Final Cut Studio 2 SmoothCam Roundup at FreshDV Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:50:52 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28251 [...] So last week Create Digital Motion posted the first SmoothCam test/tutorial I’ve seen online. They realized very quickly that HDV footage requires horrendous processing times with that filter unless you first export the clip into some other codec, they are suggesting ProRes 422. Some video examples shared as well. [...] [...] So last week Create Digital Motion posted the first SmoothCam test/tutorial I’ve seen online. They realized very quickly that HDV footage requires horrendous processing times with that filter unless you first export the clip into some other codec, they are suggesting ProRes 422. Some video examples shared as well. [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28192 Daniel Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:19:38 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28192 I think you've nailed it when you talked about the skewing being caused by the CMOS... google "hv20 rolling shutter" and i guess you'll find lots of people worried about this same problem on your camera's sister model. http://prolost.blogspot.com/2007/05/hv20s-rolling-shutter.html read that post and its links... Also, I think the results you show are really good, I specially like the second one. How do you think it compares to an After Effects based solution? (integrated tracker/stabilizer) and to a separate plugin such as 2d3 Steadymove? I suppose the optical flow based solution will be inherently better, but I'm curious. I think you’ve nailed it when you talked about the skewing being caused by the CMOS… google “hv20 rolling shutter” and i guess you’ll find lots of people worried about this same problem on your camera’s sister model.
http://prolost.blogspot.com/2007/05/hv20s-rolling-shutter.html
read that post and its links…

Also, I think the results you show are really good, I specially like the second one. How do you think it compares to an After Effects based solution? (integrated tracker/stabilizer) and to a separate plugin such as 2d3 Steadymove?
I suppose the optical flow based solution will be inherently better, but I’m curious.

]]> By: The Editblog » SmoothCam is smooth, but slow http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28165 The Editblog » SmoothCam is smooth, but slow Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:51:29 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/05/31/final-cut-studio-2-smoothcam-tested-fix-those-shaky-shots-with-shake/#comment-28165 [...] After setting up this little test I read another test that suggested the huge analysis times might be a result of the HDV codec and its mpeg/i frame existence. So I then exported these same clips using Apple’s ProRes 422 codec. [...] [...] After setting up this little test I read another test that suggested the huge analysis times might be a result of the HDV codec and its mpeg/i frame existence. So I then exported these same clips using Apple’s ProRes 422 codec. [...]

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