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applying stabilization to a side by side stereo movie clip

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Brian F Flint
Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
applying stabilization to a side by side stereo movie clip

I did some movie recording using two cameras mounted on a rig. I hand held the rig and walked over a bridge. The recorded stereo clip which was side by side - cross view was found to be jerky. I did not have a gimbal to stabilize the set up. I tried to hold the set up steady while walking and relied on the fact it was recording in slow motion which would make the viewing reasonably good. However  I found the slow motion ( x4 ) made the movement too slow. When I played at x1 speed the image was jerky.

I wondered if it was possible to stabilize the side by side clip in a video editor using the stabilization feature. I tried it on the Davinci Resolve video editor and it worked although I had to do some further adjustments to remove some artifacts which occurred.

The following clip shows before and after stabilization was applied.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bGrXdS6YAEXiwobpndTdA9Yt2vu87HIe/view?usp=sharing

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60 Sony RX10 III Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.5 1-5x Macro
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threed123
threed123 Senior Member • Posts: 1,490
Re: applying stabilization to a side by side stereo movie clip

what was the frame rate of the original video? If they are 24fps, they will have some jerk/flicker (judder). 30fps or 60fps will be smoother. Make sure your video is also synced perfectly and aligned perfectly before stabilizing. I use Edius from Grass Valley. It does the best alignment and stabilization and also has a rotating shutter stretch function (in my opinion ;o). PowerDirector is pretty good too, but Edius does a great job of combining two videos into one stereo video.

3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: applying stabilization to a side by side stereo movie clip

First, in cameras (or lenses) stabilization must be disabled.

Brian F Flint
OP Brian F Flint Regular Member • Posts: 184
Re: applying stabilization to a side by side stereo movie clip

Most of my 3d stereo video recording is done  using two cameras. In many cases I record at 120fps ( Slow motion mode on the camera ). In this mode any stabilization on the camera is switched off. Also there is no sound recorded and the focus and exposure settings are fixed at the point the record button is pressed. I don't find this a problem and to some extent it is an advantage. To make synchronization of the timing of the two clips easier when editing, I put my hand/arm moving in a downward direction in front of the two camera lenses at the beginning of  the recording. If sound is being recorded then I make a click sound with my mouth near the two cameras and use this on the sound tracks to align the timing of my videos to the nearest frame. I use  a couple of different video editors for producing Side by Side or anaglyph outputs.

The cameras I am using don't have log profile, so I have a custom setting where I make the contrast , saturation, noise reduction, sharpness all set to a low setting. This creates a sort of flat image which I have to grade back to a 'normal' look in the video editor. I think it gives me a little more dynamic range than I would otherwise get using a 'normal' profile ( ie REC709 ).

 Brian F Flint's gear list:Brian F Flint's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60 Sony RX10 III Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.5 1-5x Macro
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