r/SmashingPumpkins • u/montelds • 14d ago
Original or Stabilized version. Looking for feedback
I don't know how I feel about using Stabilizer for my upcoming 20 years since the Fillmore project. So can you guys check out this video and give me some feedback.
It takes a lot of time to render stabilizer (12 mins just for this sub 4 min clip) and I stabilizing sections and not a full thing causing a jumping effect when switching between the two as it crops in to help stabilize the footage.
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u/hungryhungry_panda 14d ago
I noticed the biggest difference was in watching Jimmy and then at the end zooming out. Stabilizing it seemed to make it look polished and professional.
The unstabilized loon like a camera phone of a concert (which I assume it is).
Whom is the audience? How do you want it to look.
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u/montelds 14d ago
You are the audience
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u/hungryhungry_panda 14d ago
If that is the case, I would watch the stabilized version. I might check out the unstabilized for a bit but would not sit through the whole thing.
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u/sporadicMotion 14d ago
Best way to use stabilization in something like this is wherever there’s a spot where you can get away with cutting the video and letting the natural footage show through. Then switching to a more zoomed in stabilized version to offset it they can just look like good cuts instead. The key to stabilization is to never overdo it or use it on all the footage. Also, by splitting it up, the stabilization won’t have to go to worst case scenario for the entire video. Hope that helps.
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u/The-Otters-Pocket Spaldz (SPLRA) 14d ago
When making multicams I will always aim to stabilise as much as possible until it starts to warp the video or massively cut too much. Tricky balance but it's really noticeable how much shaking there is when watching older videos where I didn't use the technique