For those wondering what happened to my eye, I wish I could say it was from something badass or heroic....a bug flew into my ear right when I was walking through wooden, sliding doors. I whipped my head to the right to get it out and whacked my noggin against the door. Yet another day in the life of a doofus.
I learn so much from your videos Dylan!!! I honestly never paid attention to anything more than clicking the stabilization button. So many gems in this video.
Love the honest review of potential plugins. I also have found the latest lock and load not as consistently good as the built-in stabilization. Thanks for not just trying to make bank on affiliate links and sharing knowledge!
Right? What is up with that? It used to work pretty damn well. And of course, Dave! Although a lot of my income is affiliate revenue, I never promote something I don't think is solid.
Thanks Dylan! Any recs for adding auto generated subtitles in FCP yet? Like when repurposing long form content into reels. Right now I'm using VeedIO but would love a plugin for FCP.
You're welcome! There is the plugin called, Captionator. Have you checked that out yet? I've yet to do a video on it, but perhaps I'll do one soon! Thanks for the suggestion 👊🏼
@@dylanjohndickerson yeah I have... it's pretty bad LOL... I really want something that autogenerates and has style options, like what VeedIO does. VeedIO is awesome, it just so many added steps exporting a reel, uploading to Veed, the caption process, then downloading again... etc. This is a sample of what it does tho... th-cam.com/users/shortsiRbpO9mqr7M
Great video man, thank you! Was just traveling for a few weeks in Europe and could only bring so much in my backpack. I had my DJI RS3 Mini gimbal with me, but rarely was able to use it just due to the hassle of bringing it around a 10-12 mile walking/sightseeing day (which was most days), so ended doing 99% handheld. Which was great for convenience and better than using phones/GoPro all the time (which used to be my only way of filming travel), but definitely have plenty of shaky footage, particularly while walking around the cities of course. Was trying to find a video on what the best 3rd party plugins are that i could buy, since I truly don't mind paying to help fix some of these clips since they're invaluable memories that I obviously can't go reshoot. But this was a perfect video to stumble on instead. FCPX built-in stabilization used to absolutely blow, but haven't tried it in a bit and a lot of your example clips match the relative level of shake that my clips have, so I'm pumped to give this a go. Thanks for explanations! - Brian
From someone who has tried some expensive gimbals and now hates gimbals -- thanks for this, Dylan! Would love to know about more your footnote in re: Sony Steady Shot. I have left that on but will try filming with it off and see if things get better. Am using an A7iii.
My pleasure, Jason! So it's not Steady Shot. It's 'Active Steadyshot' - I believe that's the name of it. Active Steadyshot crops into your shot a bit and I've found that because it tries to stabilize your clips so much, it'll often result in worse stabilization in certain situations. Not always though. Sometimes it works really well.
Good explanation, I am very surprised that as lighting change can ruin the stabilization, thanks for the tip! I've read about that a high iso mode the stabilization can improve the stabilization result, too. Do you know if this is true and how you get the best parameters?
I mean, I wouldn't raise your ISO unless you really need to. I can imagine the only reason that would help is because better exposed images are easier to stabilize, but there are other ways to increase light in your camera than adjusting ISO (which doesn't exactly increase light, but adjusts the sensitivity of the sensor). I'd add brighter lighting if possible or open your aperture on your camera (A smaller f-stop number). Best of luck!
@@dylanjohndickerson The readout speed is dependent on on bits/pixel and the pixel needed to for the output format. Simply by increasing the ISO means rejecting the upper bits. A 12 bit ISO 100 Sensor has on ISO 1600 effective only 8 bits. So the readout can be switched from 16 or 12 bit readout to 8 bit which reduces the rolling shutter time. This is possible but it depends on the camera model!
Hey so I’m new at TH-cam and I notice that for example you use either scenes or video from let’s say the office.. 1.) this is allowed? 2.) what is the process of including those into FCP? Might be a noob thing to ask but also maybe a video idea? Thanks!
The way you break everything down is so understandable 💯💯 Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I always wondered about Smooth Cam & Inertia Cam and now it all makes sense why Automatic gets wonky 😅
That makes me happy to hear, brotha. I attribute that to teaching English as a foreign language for 4 years. I'm stoked it's carried over 🙌🏼 Thanks for the kind words and letting me know it helped out!
I noticed that some of my drone clips turn out worse after stabilization than before. There seems to be something happening to the timing of the shot, leading to differences in the speed of the motion that wasn't there before. Your video made me aware of the settings beyond "automatic". I'll have to experiment with "inertia cam" and "smooth cam". This was driving me nuts recently. Some drone footage probably shouldn't be stabilized as the DJI gimbal is pretty good.
Good call! I was actually going to create a video for my youtube channel memberships since I don't think the video will do well if I release it to everyone.
what camera do you shoot with most ? im looking to buy a canon r7. ive been obsessed with it the last couple weeks. just bought a mavis 3 classic. and the r7 is next unless you have a reason I shouldn't and something in the price point is better?
Well buying a Canon and then hopping to Sony is going to be a really expensive switch because of all the new glass you'll have to buy. I'd suggest trying out the A7siii and figuring out which one you like more 👍🏼
Hey Dylan I'm a Final pro user, I'm facing some issues in stabilising a vertical footage by FCP's native stabiliser. Please see if you can tell how to make it work for verticals.
Hey Dylan I have a question, maybe you could help me. I film with a Sony Alpha 7s iii and the edit the videos in FCPX. Do you know why the proxy files are stabilized better and smoother than when they are shown in the original? I tried editing myself with a Mac Book Pro M2 Max and it still wasn't good without proxy files. do you have tips on this with camera settings that are important to stabilize the videos as with proxy? I understand that the files are much less as with the original but, even Mac Book Pro M2 Max can't handle the footage of the 7s iii?
Hello, Dylan! Thanks for the video. So, I watched this and stabilized a one take video. I just ended the color grading process and when I was about to export, I cropped (sliced, bladed, make shorter) the last part of the video. When I did that it appeared "Analyzing for dominant motion" and it automatically zooms out the whole image (I am almost sure it has something to do with stabilization). But I wanted this to be exactly as it was without the zooming out. Is there a way to do this without Final Cut Pro automatically modifying the image. I don't know if manually zooming in or exporting (which format?) and then cropping that exported video will work, but I am afraid it will loose quality. Thank you! (Hope i made myself clear.
It does not. Catalyst Browse using gyroscopic data from your footage to determine where your camera was and how it was moving. th-cam.com/video/ta5BXhHU2OU/w-d-xo.html
Lock and Load is the only way I can stabilise mulitcam clips. There is no other option, apart from cutting the clips inside the multicam and stabilising the individual cameras. I wish this is something Apple would work on. Thanks for the advice about pushing the inertia cam above 3, never knew that!
Dylan, hello))) Great video, but you didn't say anything about vertical video. No one says that for some reason the FCPX stabilizer absolutely does not work with vertical video. It's like he doesn't understand what's going on. Am I the only one in this situation? I pan smoothly at 120fps in landscape mode, then I stabilize it and everything works great. But if I shoot the same frame vertically and try to stabilize it, the result is even worse than before. Moreover, if I throw this file into Premiere, then Warp Stabilizer copes with vertical video equally well as with horizontal. It is very sad that you have to use two programs in some cases. The stabilizer in FCPX is of terrible quality. It is no match for Premiere's Warp Stabilizer. And the surprising thing is that no one has yet released a full-fledged plugin for the same stabilization in FCPX as Premiere Pro. When will neural networks reach FCPX🤪
Ah great point! I totally forgot about vertical video 😅 I've been slacking on my vertical game as of late. As for vertical stabilization, I haven't messed around with it enough with vertical video to provide any sort of opinion. I will say that Warp stabilizer is one of a kind. If only Apple updated FCP to have a stabilizer like that 🤞🏼
How about not removing the camera strip - hang the camera round your neck and then pressing with your arms against the camera and the strip - that creates a lovely triangle and will be much more stable than trying to keep the camera close to your body.... and gives a better view angle to the display...
Thx again Dylan for killer content! 🤌🏻 When you show on screen action, is it just a screen record? And if so, Any specific settings for the quality that allows those zooms your adding? Hope your doing good, and that you truly remember how valuable you and your content is to your community in here 🙏🏻💪🏻🔥
Thanks for watching, Michael! 👊🏼 Yup yup! Just a screen record with Quicktime at the highest settings. No sharpening is even added while zooming. And I really do appreciate that, man. I hope you're doing well as well 🙏🏼
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For those wondering what happened to my eye, I wish I could say it was from something badass or heroic....a bug flew into my ear right when I was walking through wooden, sliding doors. I whipped my head to the right to get it out and whacked my noggin against the door. Yet another day in the life of a doofus.
Is it bad that I didn’t notice? I guess it means you’re very engaging.
I learn so much from your videos Dylan!!! I honestly never paid attention to anything more than clicking the stabilization button. So many gems in this video.
So happy to hear that, my friend! Thanks for letting me know you enjoy my stuff 😊
thanks for the tips!!!!Hopefully it will help me out!!!
Awesome 😊 Glad to hear that. thanks for watching!
Man best video I've seen on stabilization, thank you.
Hot damn! Stoked to hear that 😊 Thanks for letting me know you liked it.
Fantastic video Dylan! 👏
Thanks so much! 👊🏼
Love the honest review of potential plugins. I also have found the latest lock and load not as consistently good as the built-in stabilization. Thanks for not just trying to make bank on affiliate links and sharing knowledge!
Right? What is up with that? It used to work pretty damn well.
And of course, Dave! Although a lot of my income is affiliate revenue, I never promote something I don't think is solid.
Thanks for the valuable FCP tips, Dylan.
Have a great day.
Thanks for watching and commenting, Ko! Have a great day yourself 👊🏼
This guy is the best! Another great video ✌️
Thanks Gal 😊
So informative. As always. Many thanks!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 😊
Wow this really helped, I’m stabilizing footage now & switching to inertia cam really helped! 🙌
Awesome! 😊 Stoked to hear that, brotha!
Dylan - I enjoy and benefit from your insights and advice so much. You explain and demonstrate features so very well. Thank you.
Well damn! I've come a long way from how I was when I started the channel, so that means a lot! Thank you for letting me know my videos help you out 😊
Thanks Dylan. This helps so much 👍
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 👊🏼
Fantastic video Dylan! Thanks for all of the tips!
Yo Josh! Thanks for watching man 👊🏼
Great next level video ❤️🔥
Thanks a ton! 👊🏼
Really valuable video! Thanks for sharing such informative tips 👍
Glad it helped you out. 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks a lot buddy, it's helpful
Glad it helped ya out 😊👊🏼
well explained
Thanks Animesh!
Some tips are "no duh" but you shared little ones I never considered, great content thanks!
Those 'no duh' tips for you are great ones for beginners 😊 I have to try and cover all the bases. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, Lexie!
Thanks Dylan! Any recs for adding auto generated subtitles in FCP yet? Like when repurposing long form content into reels. Right now I'm using VeedIO but would love a plugin for FCP.
You're welcome! There is the plugin called, Captionator. Have you checked that out yet? I've yet to do a video on it, but perhaps I'll do one soon! Thanks for the suggestion 👊🏼
@@dylanjohndickerson have you looked at MacWhisper for doing simple speech to SRT? Of course that would be for closed, not open, captions.
@@dylanjohndickerson yeah I have... it's pretty bad LOL... I really want something that autogenerates and has style options, like what VeedIO does. VeedIO is awesome, it just so many added steps exporting a reel, uploading to Veed, the caption process, then downloading again... etc. This is a sample of what it does tho... th-cam.com/users/shortsiRbpO9mqr7M
Great tips and info brotha! And your animations are gold haha, always knew there was a caterpillar in you :P
Thanks for watching dude! Much appreciated 🙏🏼 Lol and yes, I started out as a caterpillar actually.
Great video man, thank you! Was just traveling for a few weeks in Europe and could only bring so much in my backpack. I had my DJI RS3 Mini gimbal with me, but rarely was able to use it just due to the hassle of bringing it around a 10-12 mile walking/sightseeing day (which was most days), so ended doing 99% handheld. Which was great for convenience and better than using phones/GoPro all the time (which used to be my only way of filming travel), but definitely have plenty of shaky footage, particularly while walking around the cities of course.
Was trying to find a video on what the best 3rd party plugins are that i could buy, since I truly don't mind paying to help fix some of these clips since they're invaluable memories that I obviously can't go reshoot. But this was a perfect video to stumble on instead. FCPX built-in stabilization used to absolutely blow, but haven't tried it in a bit and a lot of your example clips match the relative level of shake that my clips have, so I'm pumped to give this a go. Thanks for explanations!
- Brian
Hey Brian! happy to help, man. Let me know how stabilizing them goes 🤙🏼 Hope you enjoyed the trip!
Thanks Dylan needed this
My pleasure, Newton! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Awesome info!!!!!
Thanks amigo!
Dylan… nice one ! Rock Steady stuff 🤣 love it , thanks for all that info
Thanks for watching and for the support, Denes!
2024 the return of shaky cam! But until then, great tips Dylan! Lot's of details.
Thanks brotha! Much appreciated 👊🏼
Absolutely mind blowing 🤯🤯🤯 Your videos get better and better, Dylan. Thank you for the tips!
Thanks a ton, Chad! Love to hear that 👊🏼
Thx for this ultimate FCP stabilization tutorial. Wish Apple offered something like Adobe AE tracking motion.
Thanks so much! Yup, Warp Stabilizer would be so damn nice.
Great tips and content!
Thanks a ton, brotha 👊🏼
From someone who has tried some expensive gimbals and now hates gimbals -- thanks for this, Dylan! Would love to know about more your footnote in re: Sony Steady Shot. I have left that on but will try filming with it off and see if things get better. Am using an A7iii.
My pleasure, Jason! So it's not Steady Shot. It's 'Active Steadyshot' - I believe that's the name of it. Active Steadyshot crops into your shot a bit and I've found that because it tries to stabilize your clips so much, it'll often result in worse stabilization in certain situations. Not always though. Sometimes it works really well.
loved that caterpillar Dylan
Thanks brotha! I enjoyed putting that bit together 😊
Good explanation, I am very surprised that as lighting change can ruin the stabilization, thanks for the tip! I've read about that a high iso mode the stabilization can improve the stabilization result, too. Do you know if this is true and how you get the best parameters?
I mean, I wouldn't raise your ISO unless you really need to. I can imagine the only reason that would help is because better exposed images are easier to stabilize, but there are other ways to increase light in your camera than adjusting ISO (which doesn't exactly increase light, but adjusts the sensitivity of the sensor). I'd add brighter lighting if possible or open your aperture on your camera (A smaller f-stop number). Best of luck!
@@dylanjohndickerson The readout speed is dependent on on bits/pixel and the pixel needed to for the output format. Simply by increasing the ISO means rejecting the upper bits. A 12 bit ISO 100 Sensor has on ISO 1600 effective only 8 bits. So the readout can be switched from 16 or 12 bit readout to 8 bit which reduces the rolling shutter time. This is possible but it depends on the camera model!
Seems like the new trend is handheld for 2023 but thank you so much for the tips.
Haha true true. In that case, the filming set of steps is more useful then.
Hey so I’m new at TH-cam and I notice that for example you use either scenes or video from let’s say the office.. 1.) this is allowed? 2.) what is the process of including those into FCP? Might be a noob thing to ask but also maybe a video idea? Thanks!
The way you break everything down is so understandable 💯💯 Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I always wondered about Smooth Cam & Inertia Cam and now it all makes sense why Automatic gets wonky 😅
That makes me happy to hear, brotha. I attribute that to teaching English as a foreign language for 4 years. I'm stoked it's carried over 🙌🏼 Thanks for the kind words and letting me know it helped out!
I noticed that some of my drone clips turn out worse after stabilization than before. There seems to be something happening to the timing of the shot, leading to differences in the speed of the motion that wasn't there before. Your video made me aware of the settings beyond "automatic". I'll have to experiment with "inertia cam" and "smooth cam". This was driving me nuts recently. Some drone footage probably shouldn't be stabilized as the DJI gimbal is pretty good.
"Tuck your arms in like you're a T-Rex" 😂 Awesome video and great dance moves ;) This channel is way underrated!
😂 Thanks so much, Florence! I really appreciate that. And I appreciate the support.
id love to see your rig build
Good call! I was actually going to create a video for my youtube channel memberships since I don't think the video will do well if I release it to everyone.
what camera do you shoot with most ? im looking to buy a canon r7. ive been obsessed with it the last couple weeks. just bought a mavis 3 classic. and the r7 is next unless you have a reason I shouldn't and something in the price point is better?
Well buying a Canon and then hopping to Sony is going to be a really expensive switch because of all the new glass you'll have to buy. I'd suggest trying out the A7siii and figuring out which one you like more 👍🏼
just a quick feedback Pixel film stabilizer doing a great job for parallax hyper lapses (drone)
Ya that's a good point. The locked on stabilization effect is useful for hyper lapses
Hey Dylan I'm a Final pro user, I'm facing some issues in stabilising a vertical footage by FCP's native stabiliser. Please see if you can tell how to make it work for verticals.
Hey Anmol! From what I've heard, it doesn't allow you to stabilize vertical footage. Sucks, I know.
nice video
Thanks so much!
Hey Dylan I have a question, maybe you could help me. I film with a Sony Alpha 7s iii and the edit the videos in FCPX. Do you know why the proxy files are stabilized better and smoother than when they are shown in the original? I tried editing myself with a Mac Book Pro M2 Max and it still wasn't good without proxy files. do you have tips on this with camera settings that are important to stabilize the videos as with proxy? I understand that the files are much less as with the original but, even Mac Book Pro M2 Max can't handle the footage of the 7s iii?
That's very odd! Unfortunately I can't answer that confidently. I'm not sure why proxy files would result in different stabilization quality.
can you show me how to do the "beats by dre" effect? 10:11
Hello, Dylan! Thanks for the video. So, I watched this and stabilized a one take video. I just ended the color grading process and when I was about to export, I cropped (sliced, bladed, make shorter) the last part of the video. When I did that it appeared "Analyzing for dominant motion" and it automatically zooms out the whole image (I am almost sure it has something to do with stabilization). But I wanted this to be exactly as it was without the zooming out. Is there a way to do this without Final Cut Pro automatically modifying the image. I don't know if manually zooming in or exporting (which format?) and then cropping that exported video will work, but I am afraid it will loose quality. Thank you! (Hope i made myself clear.
Great breakdown, but this update has crashed my plugins.
Thanks!
Is final cut pro stabilization using the information about gyroscopes recorded like catalyst browse?
It does not. Catalyst Browse using gyroscopic data from your footage to determine where your camera was and how it was moving. th-cam.com/video/ta5BXhHU2OU/w-d-xo.html
Damn, those dance moves ahahah
You’ve never seen anything like them. I know 🔥😂
Lock and Load is the only way I can stabilise mulitcam clips. There is no other option, apart from cutting the clips inside the multicam and stabilising the individual cameras. I wish this is something Apple would work on. Thanks for the advice about pushing the inertia cam above 3, never knew that!
Ahhh interesting! I didn't realize that. Ya let's hope Apple makes a lot of these needed changes in the near future.
Is there a way to have FCP default to InertiaCam when clicking on Stabilization?
I wish! But not that I know of
Dylan, hello))) Great video, but you didn't say anything about vertical video.
No one says that for some reason the FCPX stabilizer absolutely does not work with vertical video. It's like he doesn't understand what's going on.
Am I the only one in this situation?
I pan smoothly at 120fps in landscape mode, then I stabilize it and everything works great. But if I shoot the same frame vertically and try to stabilize it, the result is even worse than before.
Moreover, if I throw this file into Premiere, then Warp Stabilizer copes with vertical video equally well as with horizontal. It is very sad that you have to use two programs in some cases.
The stabilizer in FCPX is of terrible quality. It is no match for Premiere's Warp Stabilizer. And the surprising thing is that no one has yet released a full-fledged plugin for the same stabilization in FCPX as Premiere Pro.
When will neural networks reach FCPX🤪
Ah great point! I totally forgot about vertical video 😅 I've been slacking on my vertical game as of late. As for vertical stabilization, I haven't messed around with it enough with vertical video to provide any sort of opinion. I will say that Warp stabilizer is one of a kind. If only Apple updated FCP to have a stabilizer like that 🤞🏼
Maybe in the next century... Maybe... Or maybe not)))
Yay, you dance! Lol. 🕺
I do I do! Although, not well 😂
@@dylanjohndickerson that's all you need. Lol 😆
How about not removing the camera strip - hang the camera round your neck and then pressing with your arms against the camera and the strip - that creates a lovely triangle and will be much more stable than trying to keep the camera close to your body.... and gives a better view angle to the display...
Do whatever method you find works best!
what about gyroflow plugin for final cut?
That’s fairly new and not everyone has a Sony camera, but I wish I had known so I could’ve included it! I’ll create a video on Gyroflow soon 😊
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When using a water bottle I think you should fill it up to it’s fullest. Bottles only half full will cause more trouble than they solve..
You use water bottles often while filming? And wasn't mine full? Nevertheless, it certainly made a difference in the test.
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Thanks so much!
Thx again Dylan for killer content! 🤌🏻
When you show on screen action, is it just a screen record? And if so, Any specific settings for the quality that allows those zooms your adding?
Hope your doing good, and that you truly remember how valuable you and your content is to your community in here 🙏🏻💪🏻🔥
Thanks for watching, Michael! 👊🏼 Yup yup! Just a screen record with Quicktime at the highest settings. No sharpening is even added while zooming.
And I really do appreciate that, man. I hope you're doing well as well 🙏🏼