Frame movement
hi guys ... bit of a tricky one. My camera developed a problem when recording. On playback, there are segments where the tape seems to jump up & down. Sometimes a lot, other times a little bit.
I'm running FCP 4.5HD
The questions is: how do i keep all the recorded frames fixed in a central position without mapping each frame individually to keep it central? As some of the projects are up to 7 minutes long, that makes for a lot of work to correct each frame (trying to make it perfectly still) as it is 25fps. Any ideas would be appreciated, save my eyes from sinking to the back of my head.
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Andy... thankyou very much for your help. This imovie plugin works just fine.
I give it a 8.5 out of 10. and i give you a 10 out of 10 for knowing where to point me
If anyone else has a shakey problem.. then this will at least fix 80-90% .. fine tuning in FCP will get rid of most of the edge blur.
Pitty it doesn't work in FCP, but who cares, just export it as a QT file from iMovie.
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