Tremor When Watching Hand Held Video Playback

[whiskeryron]

Does anyone know if there is software to stop tremor on hand held video playback ? When we are playing back old vids from hand held video camera, the tremor is making us feel nauseous & I wonder if there is some way of alleviating this.

WR.

[bazwillrun]

You need anti-shake which is a feature on a lot of video editing packages
All the videos will need re-processing though

Sony Vegas has it in some of their packages , they usually have trial versions
Adobe Premiere does, not sure about Elements, free trials available
DeShaker was free last time I looked.

Theres probably other

one thing to note is that the video will be slightly cropped

[Peter Pedant]

yeah the no shake of Pres Kennedy is arrsome !

I think they also use if for the bicycle viddies of the Cambridge rowing races - a uni full of techno geeks anyway

[Milvus]

The solution depends on your setup. I'll give an answer for a Mac (I've not sure about Windows, I've not used it enough but I suspect the same actions work). If your footage is on tape then you need to convert it to digital using a converter like AVDC. This will put a digital copy on your computer disc. Import that to iMovie and edit using image stabilisation. If your footage is digital then import directly to iMovie and edit using image stabilisation

[whiskeryron]

Thanks for answers guys. To explain a little more I am copying from VCR (using the prescribed VCR adapter to hold the original cassettes from the Vid Cam) to my Panasonic DVD recorder DVD discs which works a treat & require something in between to try to iron out the shakes.

WR.