From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear
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Fixing shake in post
Richard Harrington: Rob, you and I both make a good part of our living doing postproduction. Robbie Carman: Because people say, oh, we'll fix it in post. Richard Harrington: Yeah, and an image stabilization is definitely one of those things. Now, I think it's important to point out that if you are stabilizing in postproduction, the simplest concept what you're basically doing is scaling the footage up and then moving it around the opposite way that the shake occurred. So if we are shaking this way, it moves it back that way. Robbie Carman: Yeah, it's all about counterbalancing that movement, right, by doing the opposite kind of--opposite move. Richard Harrington: Yeah, and you don't have to do this manually any more. We've got great tools that help, but the thing to realize is you're blowing up the shot. So you can only stabilize to a certain point, and if you stabilize footage that's really shaky, it might start to look soft, because it's gotten too big. Robbie Carman: Right. And…
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