Stabilize a shaky clip

Applies to 0.11Updated 28 Oct 20261 min read

Select the clip and choose Clip › Video Options › Stabilize Clip. Then fine-tune Smoothness, Framing and Method in Effect Controls › Stabilizer.

1. Select a shaky clip on the timeline.
2. Choose Clip › Video Options › Stabilize Clip, or right-click the clip. The analysis runs in the background in Activity, where you can cancel it.
3. Open Effect Controls › Stabilizer to adjust the result.

The settings

• Smoothness (50% to start): higher is steadier, lower keeps more of the original movement.
• Zoom Limit (100 to 150%, 125% to start): how far the picture may be enlarged to hide moving edges.
• Framing: Stabilize Only, Stabilize, Crop, Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale or Stabilize, Synthesize Edges.
• Method: Position, Position, Scale, Rotation, Perspective or Subspace Warp. For Perspective and Subspace Warp, press Measure Scale and Perspective or Measure for Subspace Warp.
• Rolling Shutter and Scan Direction: straighten the wobble of phone and mirrorless footage.

Tip: if the edges look stretched, lower Smoothness or switch Framing to Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale.

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