What are the best plugins for stabilizing footage in Final Cut Pro?

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What are the best plugins for stabilizing footage in Final Cut Pro?

Hi! So I have a very jittery footage that I want to stabilize in FinalCut. I have currently tried a combination of the built in stabilization which is fantastic and also Lock and Load X, 100 dollar plugin for stabilization(I haven't purchase it yet it's on a 15 day trial don't worry) and combining both helps but there is more work to do. Do you know some particular plugin for Final Cut or even a different program that helps specifically with jitter. The video is stable there is just microstutters which are constantly happening because I am zooming like 400 percent from the original footage(it's shot further away) but in a previous video which also had the same problem the built in stabilization worked perfectly and made it completely stable, However here because it's even more jittery it cannot. How do I fix it?

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MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Posted on Sep 30, 2024 8:07 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 1, 2024 3:00 AM in response to ladybug119

There comes a time when you get to the limit of what image stabilisation can do and you have to accept what you have or not use the footage at all.

Have you simply used the auto setting or have you tried the other 2 settings together with the Smoothing slider?

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ladybug119 Author

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Oct 2, 2024 10:34 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

I have tried it, even tried overclocking them(entering a value higher than the max one allowed by the slider), well I did found out that it did stabilize the video and now it's super stable as if I shot on a tripod but I also found out this was never the issue. I don't think the problem is even stabilization. I mean it's basically you know the footage is zoomed in 400% from the original footage and the problem is those jitters or video hiccups happen only on the face of the subject. It might be focusing or artifacts, I don't know. Any idea based on my explanation? Imagine that the face of the subject jitters, like the details on the face are smooth at one point and clear and then they become unclear for a second but not blurry like out of focus and then clear again and it looks like a jitter or slight shake or something or like a video hiccup or something. But only on the face and it might be just because of the phone camera quality but any ideas?

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Answer 3

Oct 4, 2024 8:24 PM in response to ladybug119

If you share a sample video, you may gather suitable ideas.

Upload sample to WeTransfer. → Post the link you got.

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BenB

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Oct 5, 2024 7:35 AM in response to ladybug119

The FCP built-in stabilizer only goes so far. I don't find it impressive at all. Lock & Load by CoreMelt works better.

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