Warp Stabilizer for large sections of video?

Greetings,
I have a pretty strong editing rig with 24gig of memory but with CS5, I still only selectively used the warp stabilizer in After Effects for short clips I was editing in Premiere Pro. I guess both because of the link and render hassles vs. benefits and time involved. In short, I used in when I had to and it usually worked.
With having it integrated in CS6 Premiere Pro now, I was wondering how performance was and if it was feasable for using it on longer shoot segments. Say I am editing some older camcorder footage that is rather shaky. Could I take a 20 or 30 minute chunk and expect it to correct and render in a reasonable time? Is there any ballpark estimate of footage time vs. warp stabilizer analyze and finish time?
I can't wait to use this as I upgrade to CS6 but don't want to expect too much.
Thanks,
BJBBJB1

Kevin,
Thanks for the on point link! Sigh....it still looks like it consumes a lot of resources. They recommend splitting clips at the 5 minute mark.
However, perhaps running a larger clip through the process and rendering it out in a lossless format, and then bringing it back in for editing might be the way to go.
Which, come to think of it, is what we had to do with AE!
But certainly having it integrated for short clip stabilizing is still very nice.
BJBBJB1

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You can make a new sequence from that 1080p file, stabilize it, nest it, then copy and paste it into your 720p project. This way you won't need to export it beforehand.
I notice this topic is old, but it may help someone.
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I'd love to hear from Adobe Staff on this one. Hopefully they can focus on fixes over features for the next update, especially for one it's most touted effects.
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/105331144/Warp_Stabilizer_SAMPLE_Project.prproj
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BUG #1: (It affects 7.0.1 and the new 7.1 Release/Update)
1) With GPU Acceleration Enabled and both sequences open, once the timeline render bar has turned yellow, hit save.
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3) Now toggle back to the other sequence and you have the same thing occur. Then, you can toggle back and forth with no delay...until...the project saves (or auto-saves) again...and then the delay/freeze will happen all over again.
4) Side Note: Even when you right-click on the sequence in the Project window, there's a delay. Right-click on a sequence with no Warp Stabilizers and the drop down list pops up immediately.
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BUG #2: (It affects only the new October Release/Update of Premiere 7.1...this issue is NEW and does NOT occur in 7.0.1!!!)
1) Take the above project into Premiere Pro CC 7.1 (again, this does NOT occur in the previous 7.0.1 release) and hit FILE>EXPORT>Media.
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UNFORTUNATE FEATURE #1:
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(BONUS FEATURE: It'd also be nice to have the ability to set a "max scaling %" too so you never crop in more than a preselected amount...but first things first...fixes over features.)
NOTE: I'm on a 2011 suped up iMac running OSX 10.8.5

[r]Evolution wrote:
Would it help to Render these Warp Stabaliized clips instead of leaving them in the sequence w/ the Effect applied?
Any way to "Batch" Warp Stabalize your media before editing so the effect is not needed during the edit?
Sounds like you guys could benefit from having your shooters use a "Stabalizer".
Thanks for the rendering tip rEvolution. Rendering the clips does help with BUG#1, however, I'm not sure if it would truly save us any time because of the constant need to render and rerender tons of very short clips with this effect as we make adjustments to the edit. Warp Stabilizer is GPU Accelerated so playback is really smooth which is great but why does saving a project have any effect on this and cause it to freeze up? And then it works great...until the next time the project is saved. Using any other effect, there is no issue (that I've found) when a project is saved or auto-saved.
Rendering unfortunately has no effect on BUG#2 in Premiere 7.1 (again, this bug/issue did not occur in Premiere 7.0.1)
Regarding "batch" stabilizing...I'm not entirely sure what you mean. We do stabilize dozens of clips at a time before editing because it's imperative for us to know which clips (the sections we've pulled) will stabilize effectively. And then once the longer edit is complete we end up pulling all the best shots from that long sequence and copy/paste it to another sequence to make a 2nd shorter edit.
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Regarding the "unfortunate feature" I mentioned, I would be satisfied knowing the default method works great for others if one were simply able to apply a custom preset of the clip with the adjusted method and it activated automatically and began analyzing the clip without the need to manually go into settings and hit analyze. That would be nice.
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var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;
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