After Effects CS6 : Warp Stabilisation

After Effects CS6 : Warp Stabilisation

We wanted to have smooth pans of our location/establishing shots at the start of the music video. We wanted that hollywood look of super smooth pans, what you would achieved by using a Jib. Since we had no where near the budget to hire or buy a Jib we went to After Effects.

Here is the Original Shot, as you can see it was shot using a handheld tripod and it quite shaky, as we filmed on top of a roof a tripod was near enough impossible to use. To fix this we dragged the clip in to After Effects CS6.

Once imported we created a new composition with the same aspect ration as out film, 1280x720p shooting at 24fps.

Then We applied a Warp Stabiliser Effect

After Effects then analysed the footage, it then figures out how to create a smooth motion. When shooting it is important we kept in mind that it may be a little bit cropped, this is why we would always frame the shot wider than needed.

Once it finished processing we fine tuned the motion settings before adding a colour correction. As the footage was slightly the graining and desaturated we wanted to make it vibrant and full of colour. Much like the rest of the video. By making a S-Curve in the RGB curve effect it lightens the lights and lowers the lows given a perfect contrast.

Example

Clip Before Edit:

Clip After Edit: