How do you lock down a shot with the Stabilize effect?

How do you lock down a shot with the Stabilize effect?

• A. Disable SteadyGlide in the Tracking window
• B. Increase stabilization amount to maximum
• C. Enable Auto Track
• D. Freeze frame before stabilization

Answer: (A)

In Stabilize, how the image is held steady comes from the tracking options you pick in the Tracking window. SteadyGlide is a smoothing option that makes the stabilization feel like a gentle glide rather than a rigid lock. If you want the shot to be truly locked down, disable SteadyGlide. With that setting off, the stabilization works with a more rigid constraint, keeping the frame anchored so the motion is minimized across frames rather than eased into place with a glide. Auto Track can still be used to define what the system should follow, but turning off SteadyGlide is the key move to achieve a locked, steady shot.

In Stabilize, how the image is held steady comes from the tracking options you pick in the Tracking window. SteadyGlide is a smoothing option that makes the stabilization feel like a gentle glide rather than a rigid lock. If you want the shot to be truly locked down, disable SteadyGlide. With that setting off, the stabilization works with a more rigid constraint, keeping the frame anchored so the motion is minimized across frames rather than eased into place with a glide. Auto Track can still be used to define what the system should follow, but turning off SteadyGlide is the key move to achieve a locked, steady shot.