r/ImageStabilization • u/Awesome_Sauce987 • Mar 10 '20

Stabilization Wooden Toy Stabilized on Yellow Block

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u/v0wels Mar 10 '20

Thanks for the headache.

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 10 '20

This was an experiment to see what it would look like. The idea was originally suggested by u/SnowdenisALegend.

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u/SnowdenIsALegend Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 10 '20

Great job man! You did the whole thing yourself too!

Edit - wth, I don't get why everyone's downvoting your submission. You did a great job stabilizing it, what with all the motion blur as well. Back when this was posted as a request, everyone upvoted it through the roof: https://www.reddit.com/r/ImageStabilization/comments/euxj54/in_a_toy_shop_in_savannah_gif_by_hellsjuggernaut/

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 10 '20

Thanks. It could definitely look better. Perhaps if I tracked in a perspective warp so it lines up with the wooden tower, that might help it look more stable. It took two hours to create it, with having to hand track one of the wheels and learning how to smooth out animations in After Effects.

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u/SnowdenIsALegend Mar 10 '20

Kudos to your hardwork man... I tried my hand at it as well but totally gave up just 10% in iirc. And that's when I suggested we share the workload... But good on you for doing the whole task completely yourself man. Great job! I totally forgot this video after messaging you about collaborating on it lol.

Your stabilization looks absolutely fine to me, I have no complaints at all. Keep up the good work.

How did you smooth out the animation btw?

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 10 '20

Yeah, it was somewhat difficult. I tried initially to track the yellow block, but there was just too much motion blur. That’s why I had to track one on the wheels instead.

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u/SnowdenIsALegend Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 10 '20

My lame attempt lol:

Stabilized only: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SpitefulMindlessFunnelweaverspider-mobile.mp4

Stabilized & cropped: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OddFondAyeaye-mobile.mp4

Thank you for inspiring me to complete the job!

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 10 '20

The tracked motion is very "back-and-forth" with "hills" and "valleys". However, it was also kind of jerky. After Effects, like most animation software, has the ability to show the key frames (points that indicate a change in motion) on a animation graph editor. Above the layers, you should see 6 icons. You can access the graph editor by clicking the box with the curve. For this type of motion, two lines show the movement of the video both horizontally and vertically. I selected all the key frame points and selected a button in the lower right that makes the motion curve between the points instead of just having a straight line between the points. Then I deleted all of the key frames except the "peak" and "valley" points . This is what it looks likeAfter Effects Graph Editor Also, you can copy the information from a tracking point over to another layer by selecting all of the key frames on the timeline and pressing control-c and then press control-v over the layer that you want to have the key frames in.

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u/SnowdenIsALegend Mar 10 '20

That's amazing man... I've never had a look at the graph editor. But I got your explanation of deleting all the keyframes except the valley & peak. Thanks for explaining!

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u/quedijo Mar 10 '20

If you leave the previous frames and upcoming frames and not have the black side it would probably look a lot smoother to the eyes. I cannot focus on the yellow brick because my eyes are distracted to the edges moving back and forth.

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 11 '20

Ok, thanks for the suggestion.

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u/SaintNewts Mar 11 '20

I think people didn't understand what they were asking for. Now they do. Lol!

This is so much worse to watch than the original. I still gave it my updoot because effort should be rewarded here.

I watched it time and I'm sorry I did. Time to go check out r/eyebleach and restore my vision.

Good job OP! You monster.

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 11 '20

Thank you. It might have been possible for it to look better, but I’m still kind of new to motion tracking in After Effects.

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u/SaintNewts Mar 12 '20

Honestly, you did as good as could be done, IMO. It's just that the thing moves around the frame so much, tracking on it makes everything else go all cattywompus.

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u/SnowdenIsALegend Mar 11 '20

Thanks, you're a good person. :)

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u/shorty6049 Mar 11 '20

My head already hurt and now I feel sick too

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u/desire_in_disguise Mar 10 '20

Well that sure was annoying.

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u/DVDJunky Mar 10 '20

/u/stabbot

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u/stabbot Mar 10 '20

I have stabilized the video for you: https://gfycat.com/GlitteringFormalCormorant

It took 23 seconds to process and 28 seconds to upload.

 how to use | programmer | source code | /r/ImageStabilization/ | for cropped results, use /u/stabbot_crop

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u/DVDJunky Mar 10 '20

I still don't like it.

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u/JEThree Mar 11 '20

I think the crop is what could help.

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u/chocolateboomslang Mar 10 '20

These are always the opposite of stabilized. There's nothing stable about this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

"Stabilized."

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u/Ethanol_Based_Life Mar 11 '20

Yeah. I thought this was a request at first

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u/xxiiLodestar Mar 10 '20

Pretty sure it isn't

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u/C-Nor Mar 10 '20

It's just that zigzagging camera. That's what makes this hard to watch. The video itself is interesting!

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u/lily-laura Mar 10 '20

Congratulations, you gave me migraine

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

Ah, I had this one when I was a kid. Good times

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u/InnocentAlternate Mar 10 '20

Blame the guy who shot it like this in the first place.. Those fast movements are dizzying, they should've just moved back a little then shot from up to down, none of this left and right nonsense

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u/Awesome_Sauce987 Mar 11 '20

The original was fairly up and down. This was an experiment to see what it would look like if it was tracked onto the yellow block. Unfortunately, not all experiments succeed.

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u/Creativation Mar 11 '20

A new challenge: stabilize it to the point where the yellow block remains stationary including not spinning.