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Imovie stabilisation

Hello, all,

It's an interesting stabilisation question.

Using my phone, I have recorded the forward facing camera view on an aeroplane tv screen during a landing. The image from the screen sits within the frame of the screen which is unstable, but I want to stabilise the frame in my movie. Using the automatic image stabiliser built in to Imovie, it seems to have stabilised the entire image, and the screen frame bumps into view every now and then. Is there any way of fixing a particular point or set of points in a project, such as the corners of the screen in the view, so that the correct stabilisation is applied? Does that make any sense at all?

Cheers, Ed

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 12:36 AM

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Jun 7, 2021 3:09 AM in response to edbevan

I am not sure what you mean.


However, I would like to point out that stabilisation results in the image being zoomed into. The greater degree of stabilisation, the more the imaged is zoomed in.


These pictures are just for illustration of the concept. The actual degree of zooming will vary.


Original Image.



Image after stabilisation

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Jun 7, 2021 4:46 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Hi, Ian, thanks for your reply.

I know that the end movie is somewhat zoomed in, but I suppose in simpler terms, I have a movie with certain points that are fixed, (such as the edges of the aircraft TV screen) and certain points that are moving (such as the image on the aircraft TV screen). Is there a way of forcing IMovie, or any other software, to use these fixed points to stabilise, rather than doing it automatically?

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Jun 7, 2021 6:56 AM in response to edbevan

Hi,


A screen shot would help us visualize what you are describing.


iMovie will stabilize the entire clip view. I see no way to isolate and stabilize parts of the display. Would it be possible for you to crop out the fixed edges and stabilize the remainder?


-- Rich

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