When I heard that Adobe had produced a new filter to correct rolling shutter, I was highly skeptical. Previously, I had tried a few first-generation filters from other vendors, and they all seemed to make little difference at fixing my camera’s rolling shutter distortions. But after giving Warp Stabilizer (a filter available for Adobe After Effects) a chance to correct some incredibly bumpy footage, I was absolutely amazed at how well the filter performed! Continue Reading »
Final Cut Pro X Rolling Shutter Removal and Stabilization
Stabilization filters to remove unwanted bumps and shakes in recorded footage have been available years, but as CMOS based shooters have grown in popularity, the use of this feature has become more questionable, as stabilization often highlights rolling shutter artifacts that can look worse than shaky video.
The solution, taken up by Apple, Adobe and some other smaller plug-in makers, is to develop algorithms that attempt to identify and correct this common issue. In the video up top, I’ve used Final Cut Pro X’s stabilization and rolling shutter analysis in an attempt to increase the image quality of my footage. Continue Reading »
Rolling Shutter With Lumix GH1, GH2, etc.
The Lumix G series cameras, which now include: the GH1, GH2, GF1, and GF2, are known to produce a relatively low amount of rolling shutter artifacts when shooting video.
But once you run your Lumix shot footage thru a deshake plug-in, like FCP’s Smoothcam, RS (rolling shutter effect) can suddenly become a lot more pronounced. This is not a Lumix G specific issue — anyone shooting with a VDSLR these days must deal with this annoying post production hangup.
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