Warp Stabilizer settings

Use the customization options for the Warp Stabilizer effect in Premiere Pro to to get the best results when you are trying to stabilize video.

Stabilization settings

Stabilization settings allow you to make adjustments to the stabilization process.

• Result: Controls the intended result for the footage.
  • Smooth Motion (default): Retains the original camera movement but makes it smoother. When selected, Smoothness is enabled to control how smooth the camera movement becomes.
  • No Motion: Attempts to remove all camera motion from the shot. When selected, the Crop Less <-> Smooth More function is disabled in the Advanced section. Use this setting to stabilize footage in situations where at least a portion of the main subject remains within the frame for the entire range being analyzed.
• Smoothness: Use this setting to determine the extent of the stabilization. Lower values are closer to the camera’s original motion while higher values are smoother. Values above 100 require the image to be cropped more. This setting is enabled only when the Result is set to Smooth Motion.
• Method: Specifies the most complex operation the Warp Stabilizer performs on the footage to stabilize it.
  • Position: Stabilizes based on position data only and is the most basic way footage can be stabilized.
  • Position, Scale, Rotation: Stabilizes based on position, scale, and rotation data. If there are not enough areas to track, Warp Stabilizer defaults to Position.
  • Perspective: Uses a type of stabilization in which the entire frame is effectively corner-pinned. If there are not enough areas to track, Warp Stabilizer defaults to Position, Scale, Rotation.
  • Subspace Warp (default): Warps various parts of the frame differently to stabilize the entire frame. If there are not enough areas to track, Warp Stabilizer defaults to Perspective. The method in use on any given frame can change across the course of the clip based on the tracking accuracy.
• Preserve Scale: When this checkbox is selected, the scale of the clip does not change.

Borders settings

Borders settings adjust how borders (the moving edges) are treated for footage that is stabilized.

• Framing: Controls how the edges appear in a stabilizing result. Framing can be set to one of the following:
  • Stabilize Only: Displays the entire frame, including the moving edges while showing how much work is being done to stabilize the image. Using Stabilize Only allows you to crop the footage using other methods. When selected, Auto-scale and Crop Less <-> Smooth More are disabled.
  • Stabilize, Crop: Crops the moving edges without scaling. With this option enabled, Auto-scale is disabled, but Crop Less <-> Smooth More is enabled.
  • Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale (default): Crops the moving edges and scales up the image to refill the frame. The automatic scaling is controlled by properties in the Auto-scale section.
  • Stabilize, Synthesize Edges: Fills in the blank space created by the moving edges with content from frames earlier and later in time. This is controlled by the Synthesis Input Range in the Advanced section. With this option, the Auto-scale and Crop Less <-> Smooth More options are disabled.
• Auto-scale: Displays the current auto-scale amount and allows you to set limits on the amount of auto-scaling. Enable Auto-scale by setting framing to Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale.
  • Maximum Scale: Limits the maximum amount a clip is scaled up for stabilization.
  • Action-safe Margin: Specifies a border around the edge of the image that you don't expect to be visible, meaning that it won’t be filled by auto-scale.
• Additional Scale: Scales up the clip with the same result as scaling using the Scale property under Transform but avoids any extra resampling of the image.

Advanced settings

• Detailed Analysis: When set to on, Premiere Pro performs a more thorough and time-consuming analysis of the footage. It examines the video clip frame by frame, tracking and smoothing out even subtle camera movements. This setting is best suited for footage with significant camera shake or complex motion, as it can provide more precise and stable results.
• Fast Analysis: It improves the time Premiere Pro takes to analyze shaky footage while leaving the actual stabilization process unchanged. This option is selected by default.
• Rolling Shutter Ripple: Premiere Pro automatically removes the rippling associated with stabilized rolling shutter footage. Automatic Reduction is the default. Use Enhanced Reduction if the footage contains larger ripples. To use either method, set the Method to Subspace Warp or Perspective.
• Crop Less <-> Smooth More: When cropping, it controls the trade-off between smoothness and scaling of the cropping rectangle as it moves over the stabilized image. Lower values are smooth; however, more of the image is viewed. At 100%, the result is the same as the Stabilize Only option with manual cropping.
• Synthesis Input Range (seconds): Used when Stabilize, Synthesize Edges is selected under Framing, it controls how far backward and forward in time the synthesis process goes to fill in any missing pixels.
• Synthesis Edge Feather: Selects the amount of feather for the synthesized pieces. It is enabled only when using the Stabilize, Synthesize Edges framing. Use the feather control to smooth over edges where the synthesized pixels join up with the original frame.
• Synthesis Edge Cropping: Trims off the edges of each frame before it is used to combine with other frames when using the Stabilize, Synthesize Edges framing option. Use the cropping controls to crop off bad edges that are common in analog video capture, or low-quality optics. By default, all edges are set to zero pixels.
• Hide Warning Banner: Use when you don’t want to reanalyze footage even though there is a warning banner indicating that it must be reanalyzed.