IMovie image stabilization and FCE 4.0

I imported some video in Imovie in order to stabilize the video. I'm so shaky without a tripod.
Anyway once all the clips have been detected for stabilization what do i do to get that into FCE? Do i have to export each file or can i do a makeshift sequence then save as an FCE file? Does it bring in the image stabilzation with it if i do it that way.

You can either export it as an XML file for use within FCE or as a separate Quicktime file. The Quicktime approach is the most foolproof, as FCE will simply treat it as another video file.

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Hi
If You are using FinalCut 3.5.1 the ImageStabilazion is near OK.
Previous versions a joke.
In FCE 4 it's omitted.
Yes in FCE 3.5.1 it works but the result isn't impressing.
You set a high contrast spot as reference (eg a candle flame, lamp etc.) and the area that it moves around in.
Then render - a hourly task - take a walk, dinner and sleep and it will eventually
reach end.
In FinalCut Pro - There is SteadyCamera - This works more Pro like but here it
does not only calculate sequence on TimeLine but the whole material so one has to
do the Import/Capture right from beginning. eg 30 sec clip (30 min material) was
estimated to about 40 hours rendering.
Alt. is to use a Plug-in to FinalCut Express 4 - fxStabilizer™ (Google it).
also avaliable to iMovie HD 6 where it does a fairly good job - slight sharpness loss
In iMovie'09 - Well we have to see. Won't we ?
Yours Bengt W

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Tom,
Many thanks for replying so soon. Actually, I think I've solved my little conundrum. I was selecting all of my clips in the timeline with the hope of running both functions. I found that when I only selected one clip at a time, that the two options would appear and that I could select them.
Again, Tom, thank you.
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i have decided to return my new Sony TG5V handycam since discovering that it does not have an external mic jack for interviews that I plan on doing. The return will not be a problem, but my new question is this:
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~L

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Any of you worked with an easy to use one for FCP?
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a stabilizer is built in ... the effect is called SmoothCam (Effects > Video Filters > Video > SmoothCam)
its best to export just the portion of the clip you want to stabilize as a standalone movie file before applying the effect to it as this will minimize the processing time
http://audiovideoproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=165367
for tracking you could use Lyric's Motion Tracking Kit
http://www.lyric.com/fcp-plugins/tracking.htm
but I would use Motion's Match Move
http://www.motionsmarts.com/tutorials/matchmove1/mm1.html

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I posted a solution at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2684460?threadID=2684460
cheers!
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I have a lot of 'wobbly' videos (Iknow I SHOULD use a tripod but these clips are when I've been filming while walking about) and the only one I've seen is by GeeThree Slick, but the problem is that it won't work with OSX10.8.5. as shown below:
I emailed them to ask if they would upgrade it soon and their reply was as follows:
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I have got a tripod but, as I explained in my post, the wobbly clips are caused by the fact that I was filming while walking about so my tripod would not be any help in that situation anyway. As the problem already exists in the video, I'd like to correct it.
Re your comment about me 'moaning', it's because (copy of information from GeeThree):
Slick Transitions and Effects
Volume Eight
Slick Stabilize
Amazing image stabilization takes out the shakes and jitters from your video. (does not work with Mac OS X 10.7 or later).
So there you have it 'Slick Stabilize does not work with Mac OSX 10.7 or later'. My second 'moan' refers to their reply about updating it (quote from GeeThree's email reply):
Hello,
Unfortunately there is no plan to update the Stabilizer plug-in for Mac OS X 10.7 or later. Since Apple closed the door for us to continue to develop plug-ins, we no longer have the resources to update plug-ins from iMovie HD 6 to the most recent versions of OS X.
Best Regards,
GeeThree Slick Team
For some reason my jpeg files cannot be seen as they would make everything clear about my complaints being justified. You say 'Apple do nothing of the kind', so why does GeeThree say Apple have closed the door to them?

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In iMovie, click FILE/IMPORT/MOVIE and navigate to the folder where Image Capture stored your movies.
If that does not work...
Open iPhoto, and click FIle/Import To Library and navigate to your camera.
You can also click on your camera in Image Capture and set it to automatically open iPhoto, if you want.

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Thank you Tom and Luis, but I'm not with any of this. I can add a clip to the timeline or insert a clip into it via the "arrow tools". If I attempt to shorten the clip IN the timeline there is a blank space representing the amount trimmed from the clip.
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daveypr
It looks like you have come up with the answer to your particular situation. Great.
But, so that your experience can be of benefit to those finding your thread
a. What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
b. How were you not applying the video stabilizer to the whole video clip in the first place? Or, are you suggesting
that others apply the video stabilizer to all the clips on the Timeline instead of one video clip that may really need that effect?
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ATR

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Many people use/will use their excellent non system manual focus non system macro lenses on the A7II and undoubtedly on the soon to be released A7RII. Stabilization in the X/Y planes is very very important for macro. Sony on the A7II only stablizes the X/Y planes for lenses that report the focus distance as best I can tell. Perhaps the lens compensation app or another can be modified so this data can be manually inputted or even change the firmware to allow this and thus stabilize all 5 axes. Focal length will need to be inputted of course as well. Perhaps there is another way around this that I have missed. Thanks for any comments.

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