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After Effects CS5.5

Warp Stabilizer

This is the headline new feature in After Effects CS5.5: Just apply it to a clip, wait for it to process, and now the bumps in the camera movement have been smoothed out without any user intervention required. A single parameter allows you to adjust the amount of smoothness; a simple pop-up allows you to completely lock down the shot. Of course, there is a lot more power under the hood…

Warp Stabilizer Instant Gratification

See how to quickly apply the new Warp Stabilizer to footage for instant gratification, including setting the Smoothness amount as well as choosing between Smooth Motion and No Motion:

Warp Stabilizer Basic Parameters

Learn more about the new Warp Stabilizer’s Result and Smoothness settings, Stabilization Method, choices for how to treat the borders of an image, and automatic scaling options.

Warp Stabilizer Advanced Parameters

Explore the new Warp Stabilizer’s advanced settings, including its innovative Synthesize Edges option. In the process, you will learn how to make custom adjustments to compensate for problem footage.

Outsmarting the Warp Stabilizer

The Warp Stabilizer’s ability to automatically distinguish between foreground and background requires user intervention on some shots, such as a greenscreen stage with tracking dots in the background. Learn how to work around these issues.

There have been two early criticisms of the Warp Stabilizer: You currently can’t reverse the process (so you can’t stabilize a scene, add or touch up an element, then re-introduce the original camera motion), and that it has taken over the traditional Stabilizer’s button. If you still need to get access to the original AE Stabilizer (i.e. for the case spelled out in the first complaint), it can found still lurking in the Tracker panel: click Track Motion (not Stabilize Motion), and then switch the Track Type to Stabilize.

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Thanks for the heads-up, Scottie; working with AdobeTV to get that resolved.

Posted by Chris Meyer  on  04/11  at  08:03 AM

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Thanks, Chris. Living vicariously through these posts as I am stuck in NYC this year :(

Trying my best to get all the info without the hangover! 

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/11  at  08:10 AM

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While we try to this resolved, here is the direct link to the AdobeTV page that has the missing Camera Depth of Field Parameters movie:

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/after-effects-cs55-new-creative-techniques/ae-cs55-3d-camera-depth-of-field-parameters/

Posted by Chris Meyer  on  04/11  at  08:25 AM

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Nice job on all of these Chris! I especially like the “Outsmarting the Warp Stabilizer” video. (You already know my passion for Green Screen!)

Posted by Jeff Foster  on  04/14  at  12:30 AM

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