Microsoft Movie Maker Video Stabilizer

[tom95521]

Microsoft no longer bundles the software with Windows 10 but you can still download it for free from archive.org. This Microsoft web page has more information.

I have tried multiple video stabilizers but this is the easiest, fastest, and most accurate stabilizer software I have used. Export MP4 or WMV container at 1920x1080 60 fps up to 135 Mbps.

If you need to stabilize video you might try Movie Maker.

Tom

 

[JudyKay]

I am not a fan of software stabilizers.  Seems to me that they always reduce image quality and crop the frame unacceptably.  Haven't tried Movie Maker though in a long time.

[tom95521]

Hi Judy,

My old smartphone camera at the time this was recorded (Google Nexus 5x) didn't have electronic image stabilization. I'm just glad software can automate the X,Y,Z, and rotate frame transformations. If I had to adjust that many keyframes in PTE it would take me days to do what image stabilization software can do in a few seconds.

I will probably not use Movie Maker as often when text outline is available in PTE.

Tom

[Lin Evans]

Thanks for the tip on the old Movie Maker stabilizer Tom. I was thinking about buying Mercalli but I think Filmora 9 has a video stabilizer. I'm not certain which version of Filmora I have because my 8.1 system is down until I get the power supply adapters but it's great to know that the Movie Maker stabilizer works well. Fortunately, I haven't needed to stabilize yet because my two main cameras I use for video "Nikon P900 and P1000" have really excellent stabilization built in. I was amazed at how good it is. I can actually hand hold and pan and zoom and keep a perfectly stable video. Of course I wouldn't use them on my Harley or in one of my vehicles to record on a bumpy road - that definitely requires post capture stabilization in my experience.

Best regards,

Lin 

 

[tom95521]

When you read about how image stabilization works it's pretty amazing. I'm just glad that Microsoft has a one click solution.

https://www.guthspot.se/video/deshaker.htm

Thanks,
Tom

[JudyKay]

I am tinkering with Filmora Pro's new image stabilization which has object and editable edge tracking capability. It stabilizes over pans and more.  Looks impressive.  I haven't tested it well enough to offer an evaluation. Davinci Resolve is free and allegedly good, but I have never liked it.

[tom95521]

Blender and Davinci Resolve Fusion are both node based editors. Very powerful but different than layer based editing. I hope to learn how to use them by watching YouTube videos.

YouTube *had* a great video stabilizer feature but removed it for some reason. I think you can still use Google Photos video stabilizer at least on Android. I also have Filmora Pro and it some nice new features. I like the ability to outline an outlined font.

Tom