TK weave now goes soft and sharp on Smoothcam processed shot

Hi folks.
Hoping someone may have a suggestion or idea.
Trying to improve a wobbly shot. Shot on super 16 with a TK txfer from a Spirit onto Digi (625). However, shot has rotational weave (not excessive but iritating enough for the director to want us to see if we could fix it - it was not a fault on the TK as we checked that - pleased one slightly worried colourist). So I decided to see how Smoothcam would perform with it. After analysis, the shot is now rock solid. However where the movement is obviously being processed the most, the image goes soft which I did expect it to do but was hoping would be less obvious than it is. I tried altering the parameters in Smoothcam but it didn't help a whole lot. I then tried applying deflicker and then sharpening, which actually did help a bit. However I've now run out of ideas, so does anyone out there have any other suggestions I could try. (especially as I don't want to have to give it to our DS ops so they can sneer about FCP although I'd say they'll probably get the same result). The shot is only 6 secs long of which 18 frames either end is a dissolve, but any chance to put one over the smug DS boys would be great.
Cheers
Rob C

Well first of all smoothcam how it applies to FCP is not really designed to handle things like this. Its main purpose is to take out the bumps in a bumpy dolly move, etc and frankly this is more for the prosumer crowd. If you are a pro guy, which it sounds like you are, you should be seeking help from an experienced operator of an effects package like shake (from which this feature was cannabalized) or flame. I had this happen to a roll of film I shot and had a flame artist take it out after 2 hours of work. Each situation is different in how they might approach a weave so the "push button" solution in FCP is not going to satisfy you. If properly done right you may minimize the weave but in reality if you are expecting it at closer inspection to look as if it never was there, thats probably asking too much. The softening in my guess is just a reality for what is a worse alternative.

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