How to Stabilize Footage Like a PRO with Davinci Resolve
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2022
- This video will teach you how to fix your shaky, nausea-inducing footage with the built-in stabilization feature.
And! We’re going to do it using the free version of Davinci Resolve.
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First Tip should maybe be: Don't shoot footage that is SO super wiggly and just relay on the algorithm to try to fix stuff in post 😅
Crucial tip! ^
Well I tried to use gimbal while walking but it's still far from steadicam quality so I have to use either stabilization in Resolve or use the built in on my phone. I don't know why is my gimbal so shaky while trying to just walk, not run.
@@jan.tichavsky I'm having the same problem with me homemade easyrig by diy tutorial.
You gotta learn the hard way, as we all have
@jan.tichavsky There's probably a balance issue that you're overlooking. I did the same thing when I got a gimbal, then I realized I was overlooking an entire axis. I addressed that, recalibrated it, and it finally started working as expected.
That's a massive improvement! Thank you for making this video - been struggling with my R10' poor stabilization and this will make a massive difference!
Hi its top excavations i was editing video and really needed help with stabilising my video your tutorial is straight to point without dragging out the video with pointless stuff thankyou really appreciate it
You going to end up with a lot of artifacts and problems, depending on how bad the rolling shutter effect was in your camera and how bad the movement. You also might end up with weird sheer and tear even if some footage where it tires to lock on something and prioritize that at the expense of something else in the frame. Basically post stabilization is like post slow motion effects. It heavily depends on the source footage. I've tried all the tools on the market and they all fail sooner or later if you push them, so its best to know the limitations of each tool, program and settings as well as shooting with the post stabilization in mind. There is no magic bullet.
SO helpful! Thank you! Switching over from Premiere to DaVinci and it’s quite the learning curve lol. This was clutch!
Happy it helped!
Short concise and to the point.
Thank you for sharing this one :)
VERY helpful, clear, concise and to the point! Thank you! CK
That worked real fast! Thank you!
I needed this!!! Thank you!
Very clear explanation; thank you so much !
OK have you ever tried to follow a Model Airplane and keep it (if going Left to right) in the right side of the screen? You know with moving objects you provide space in front to see where they are going. But the raw footage has the Model Plane all over the screen.
I found this super helpful! Really simple and easy to follow instructions 😊
I never use Perspective or similarity on super shaky footage. Those two only works on extremly calm videos.
Exactly what I was looking for 🤩
thanks dude i was trying to stabilize some clips and i couldnt figure why i have better results with capcut. totally missed the "inspector" widget
this was great, thanks man
"Don't shoot footage that is SO super wiggly" - brillian tip......... from someone who never tried.
As well "less shaky video == better software stabilization", is not always true. but for timelapse more opposite, while algoritms have hard time to fix minimum movements..... And resolve suck with walking stabilization, as well as any other software if movement is slow.
Thank you. This helped me learn Davinci so much easier!
Glad it helped!
Thank you this helped me a lot also I recognize that bridge
Excellent advice!!
please keep making videos! youre great
thank you so much for this video, it has already helped me twice 😅🙏
Nice as a newbie with davinci this is great explanation thx
thank you!
Good info, thanks.
Thanks for much! This is just what I needed!!
Happy I could help. Thank you for the feedback. Have a great day.
thanks man, very helpful. ive just subscribed
Thank you.
I would appreciate it , if your next video would explain how to achieve the orange-teal look with h.264 footage.
Sure thing!
Omg this is perfect for me.😮❤❤🎉 Thank you so much for this. I'm really really thankful for your teaching ❤❤
i found premieres/after effects subspace warp is the much more capable and versatile algorithm for most situations, it also takes about 20 times longer usually, but since actually editing something in adobe products is and absolute terrible slow and crash laden mess. you stabilize that in premiere and then export losless to a real editing software like davinci. in some cases you can even add davincis stabilizer to further stabilize for slight improvements.
Hey! I know that bridge to nowhere! Thanks for the tutorial, I knew the option was somewhere just could not remember where.
can you maybe tell me how to remove shaking and shifting while my phone is compltely still ?
i have a brand new 649 euro phone and everything around my face is constantly shaking and shifting while i record in 1080p 60fps and even though the lighting condition is very good.
Thanks man!
I followed these steps 3 times in the end my video was cropped at what appeared to be the end. Afterwards I only saw the Stop button it would play anything.
Great video... Big thanks Timothy
Thanks!
Informative ❤❤❤
When you're a newbie to Davinci Resolve - and I am so everything looks "Pro". Thanks for the tip. Probably saved me a couple of hours. My interest developed in DR when I met a guy at Siggraph in Vancouver this past year where DR (Blackmagic) had a "booth". Normally use the consumer Cyberlink Power Director 17 since it meets my simple needs. When faced with Stabilization issue on a 3 hour digitized VHS Home Video (redundant?) from 1981 the rendering on the desktop might have taken 7-8 hours (CPU i7 5930, GPU RTX 3080Ti) unfortunately the GPU failed so it was on the to the laptop - GTX 2080. Well Power Director would NOT use the GTX2080 and believe me I tried. Render time? 16 Hours. That's when your video helped me figure out how to do PRO stabilization. Wow. You clearly showed what had to be done. I thought great! The problem became evident when I realized that DR with my hardware might also take 16 hours for DR to "analyze" the footage.
Great job explaining how it's done in Davinci Resolve. Thank you for your work.
Hi Timothy, you should continue doing tutorials for DAVINCI RESOLVE, I really like the way you teach, you sound very friendly and understandable, on other channels there some RUclipsRS who do not have a talent teaching like that, and the sound of your voice draws attention to learning, thank you so much! - I subscribed today!
Thanks for the feedback! Any topics in particular you'd like to see covered?
Thanks alot!
Woah! Wasn't expecting to see my hometown!
Go Big Red 😎
I think this side of resolve I hope is improved in 19 , translation seems to be always the best . We need something better as I think this is a weak link in resolve
Hold on harry its gonna be a bompy ride. Nice one Tim
Great tutorial!!!
Thank you!
Thanks for the vid! BTW I enjoy walking that bridge.
Me too!
Thanks
Thank You
does this work with action 3?
Thanks...
stabilizer does not work anymore greyed out on hd videos or .mov files
So usefull, thanks 😉
Glad it was helpful!
objective, thank you
thank you
You're welcome
great work. excellent tutorial. Mayb next tutorial try editing to the beat using text images and videos and some speed ramp
Great idea! I’ll add it to my backlog
Is it possible to stabilise multiple clips at the same time ?
Not that I know of, since each clip would receive its own analysis for correction.
Changing brightness, contrast, saturation using key frames. Not actually using full coloring mode, just basic editing stuff.
Great idea. I’ll add it to the backlog!
I'm finding stabilization works on short clips but not long ones. I've take a piece of footage made it long and short and stabilization will work on the short but not long. Frustrating.
nice
how fast is your computer? specs?
7800x3D CPU and 7900XTX GPU custom build
Nice introduction to stabilization for complete beginners! However, given that the title includes "Like a PRO", I would have hoped for a few explanations on how the three different algorithms work, to build up actual understanding instead of just clicking buttons (like a PRO would do) 🙃
Fair enough - if you read the documentation on how the algorithms work you won't learn much about how they work with your specific footage, just how they approach. In the end, guess and check is the best way to approach it, or just re-shoot the footage. Hope this helps.
I would like to learn "how to create a tutorial with DVR" (recording, commenting ...).
Thanks.
Ohhhh meta! I can do this!
why does my video slow down when I try to stabilize it?
Probably processing power is limited on your machine.
as a beginner is this quality better than cap cut, which is said to be easy to use
a lot better
Miles better
That bridge looks like it's the one in Omaha, NE
Oh, you know Bob? Nice!
1:00 Thank you
Excellent, do you accept other brand's sponsor right now?
Yes, reach out at timothyvallier.com
Great tutorial!!! I already watched many Resolve tutorials, but somehow I never found this...
For the future, one theme I am interested in, would be mixing video with stills for creating perfect and modern slideshow and presentations. (including speed ramp, using key frames, effects, etc)
Great idea thanks!
I still wouldn't be satisfied enough with that end result to use that footage.
next tutorial about transitions and effects
Any effects in particular?
@@drtimv u could show us how to make a soft camera shake motion for music videos or rgb split effect
That wasn't very helpful. You didn't explain what any of the modes or sliders are supposed to do, you just said try everything and see what looks best.
That's a fair point. I went back and forth when staging the tutorial on how deep I'd be going. Given that the modes are just algorithms, knowing the approach the algorithm takes doesn't prevent it from producing undesirable results. For this reason, I advise everyone try all 3 modes any time they want to stabilize footage. Knowing the theory behind each algorithm might be interesting to some, but for others they're more interested in results. Same thing with the sliders - since I advise most folks use camera lock, taking time to go through the sliders doesn't help the user produce better results for most use cases. Staying high level may feel like it's not a very helpful tutorial, I get that. If enough folks are interested, I'd be happy to do a deep dive to focus more on the theory as well as handling edge cases. I appreciate your comment.
Damn really, it was helpful to me…
This was helpful.
Plus, the end result is super wobbly
This shot isn’t nearly finished. Good explanation of the basics but the rail on the right is all over the place. You need to use the maximum zoom possible without losing resolution to get past that.
Yeah, this tool helps stabilize shaky footage but it’s not a silver bullet. I opted for the wider framing knowing that the audience would focus towards the center of the frame. I could’ve zoomed further but at that point it’s too narrow.
Editing the editing tutorial... Editception
Color grading like LA LA Land
So in essence, just brute force it. thanks -_-
Thank you, I will be stealing some of your knowledge
Steal on!
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Man, DaVinci Resolve has tonnes of different ways to stabilize your footage and you showed the most obvious variant. Anyone who's using DaVinci knows about this thing and actually it's pretty much useless. If you are making videos about basics, there's no need to put a "PRO" in the name of the video.
I appreciate your comment. Here are some counterpoints:
I've worked with students who are new to filmmaking, as well as new to Davinci, and they don't have a clue where to begin with stabilization. Even pointing them to the tool, they still don't understand the workflow or how the modes, zoom, camera lock, etc work.
This series is meant for newcomers to learn how a pro would approach a problem. "Like a pro" is different than "subject matter expert". In this case, as a pro, your goal is to manage speed of delivery with quality of output. The fastest way to stabilize shaky footage is to check zoom, camera lock, and run through the algorithms. Only if you can't get to high quality output would you need to make more manual adjustments, or potentially reshoot your footage.
My question for you is - what were you as a viewer hoping to get out of this video? And to follow up with that, what were you hoping to achieve with your comment?
@@drtimv well, I agree that even such simple instrument needs to be explained. But I wouldn't name such video "how to stabilize like a pro...", more like "how to stabilize your footage..."
Personally, I'm not a pro in DaVinci Resolve, but I use this instrument quite rarely, because it's actually useless for stabilizing a really shaky footage. It can soften some angles, but nothing more. That's because after applying it on your footage you'll get some strange stretching on edges of the image, which is very annoying (in my opinion). So, to avoid it, you should use classic stabilizer and manually set points, which will be tracked. It's harder, but it creates much cleaner result.
What I was expecting to get out of this video? I hoped to see some new tips about this theme, that will make my life easier and help me to stabilize my videos faster. That's what I expect, when I see a word "pro" in the name of the video - some advanced things, not just basics.
What I was hoping to achieve with my comment - I wanted to tell you, that my expectations were broken.
And actually, I'm really glad that you answered me.
hehe, i actually learned something, i just downloaded davinci and didn't have to dig trough the menues 20 min to find this, so, this video helped.
I'm a total noob and want good enough results. For people like me this video is amazing.
@@phyll0medusa i have the same things with you
RAW video is not real common. Do you consider RAW as any source video or is your MOV you were editing consider truly RAW? Raw video refers to unprocessed video data directly from the camera sensor, preserving all the original information. MOV files, on the other hand, can contain both raw video data (if encoded as such) and other compressed video formats (such as H.264 or ProRes).
When you encounter an MOV file, it could be raw video (unlikely) or a compressed video format (more common). Was your MOV RAW video or compressed?
You’re confused and overcomplicating things. In video production, "raw footage" refers to the unedited, original video material that is captured during filming. This footage has not been altered, trimmed, or processed in any way, and it includes all the takes, mistakes, and background noise. Raw footage is used as the starting point in the editing process, where it will be cut, organized, and refined into the final video product.
@@drtimv How do you distinguish between raw video and unedited compressed video?
@@MstrRo1 if you’re discussing footage straight out of the camera, compressed or uncompressed, it’s raw footage. If you’re discussing formats, you would say compressed or uncompressed and then add the attributes like RedRAW or Apple ProRes. It’s two different conversations.
@@drtimvAccording to my research, interestingly enough, "it is technically possible to store raw video data within an MOV container." Must be why, it matters not, in the context of your video. I am just learning, so thank you for the clarification.
@@MstrRo1 of course - you’ll find the conversation about codecs is usually separate from containers as well. It can get confusing. 🫤
IDK but I did not enter this video to watch trial-and-error kind of instructions 😅 I already did that on my own but I need to know how each combination / option works and what it does exactly, sorry but I didn't find this video very helpful 🙌🏼 but it might be helpful for the first-time users tho
Trust me, understanding the algorithms behind the approaches does not remove the fact that they are black boxes with unpredictable results depending on your footage. Given that, trial and error is the most efficient approach and takes about 90 seconds to figure out the best algo for your given footage. If the theory helped with decision making, I’d teach it. But in this case, the theory is unhelpful. Go ahead and seek out your answers and you’ll see for yourself.
I agree it might be unpredictable, but sometimes I just know the shot very well, and I know which option might be the best, then I just choose it from the beginning, I used to do this in premiere and it saves some time most of the cases.
Anyways, I'm also new to DR and I just wanted to know the differences between them, I might be wrong.
Thanks for your answer, appreciate it 🙏🏼@@drtimv
The final product still looks bad. If this is what I should expect I'm quite disappointed.
this video should take max 1 minute
well thank you so much
i also want this stabilize for my city walk thank you soo much😉👍👍👍
thank you
You're welcome